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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-29-06 02:26 PM
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Creating the American Hero!
Edited on Sat Jul-29-06 03:51 PM by newyawker99
(also in LBN... I didn't want you guys to miss this one)

Florida Marine metes out swift death in Iraq
ANTONIO CASTANEDA
Associated Press

RAMADI, Iraq - He was 5 when he first fired an M-16, his father holding him to brace against the recoil. At 17 he enlisted in the Marine Corps, spurred by the memory of 9/11.

Now, 21-year-old Galen Wilson has 20 confirmed kills in four months in Iraq - and another 40 shots that probably killed insurgents. One afternoon the lance corporal downed a man hauling a grenade launcher five-and-a-half football fields away.

Wilson is the designated marksman in a company of Marines based in downtown Ramadi, watching over what Marines call the most dangerous neighborhood in the most dangerous city in the world.

Here, Sunni Arab insurgents are intent on toppling the local government protected by Marines.

Wilson, 5-foot-6 with a soft face, lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He's married and has two children and speaks in a deep, steady monotone.

After two tours in Iraq, his commanders in the 3rd Battalion, 8th Regiment call him a particularly mature Marine, always collected and given to an occasional wry grin.


More: http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15153837.htm

You need to read the whole thing to believe the gall.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-29-06 03:03 PM
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1. These men are dead because America eats bullshit.... spoon
fed to them by criminals who have infested our government.
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-29-06 03:23 PM
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2. And Now......
....he KILLS for JEEEEZUS...Praise the Lord....more neocon propaganda,but this particular load of Bullshit is enough to make the NRA blush....and that AIN"T easy....The funny part is they aren't all that happy with Catholics (Papists) down south...I guess this boy has expiated his sins....
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