"A lucky shot?" This really makes me sick.

[Sara Beverley]

Not wanting to give any kind of props to the "insurgents" most of the spinmeisters are spinning today's attack in Mosul as a "lucky shot."

How lucky do you have to be to hit 500 soldiers under a Halliburton tent?

No one wants to talk about the US weapons that a number of Iraqis (excuse me, "insurgents") have hoisted from our military. They have night vision equipment, missiles, rifles, and you name it. Whatever we gave them during training is now in the hands of the "insurgents."
But we must not discuss those things. If we don't mention it maybe it will all go away.

[knowbody0]

1. i got sick watching that woman speak of "lucky"

let's do the math. 25 million to 140 thousand. my friend is in mosul now and i am a wreck. no one has heard from him.

[patdem]

3. Sickining...truly...So sorry about your friend in Mosul...

I hope he is healthy, but so many are not!...Even when they survive the killing fields.

I am sorry you have a friend in this horror that is war! :cry:

[tblue37]

6. My young nephew spent an entire year in Mosul.

He just got back to the States in March and out of the Army in May. I am almost shaking with relief that he isn't still there.

[Gothmog]

2. Iraqis are refining tactics

Mortars are hard to stop and the Iraqis will probably being using more mortar attacks as this occupation continues.

[MADem]

4. Let's not talk about the Local National Iraqis who work in the mess hall

...either. Or the ones who work in other locations around the base.

If someone is there to tell you where to point your launcher, it makes the probability of success much greater. i certainly wouldn't leave it down to "luck" -- unless I wanted to minimize the situation.

And I think they DO want to minimize the situation.

[Gothmog]

5. It appears to be suicide bomber now

Latest reports are talking about a suicide bomber and not a rocket or lucky hit.

[DireStrike]

7. I wonder if the 4 mortars that hit the fortified base were also

"lucky shots."