February 17, 2004

The strangely named "Wretchard," who is clearly sharp and therefore not wretched, gleaned this important fact out of this USA Today report on the jihadi attack on Iraqi installations in Fallujah on Saturday:

No American troops were involved in the fighting. Officers from the 82nd Airborne Division stationed a 10-minute drive away could hear the battle clearly. They offered help but the Hammad said it wasn't needed. The Americans did provide additional ammunition and weapons, including light machine guns.

After the battle, soldiers at the civil defense base proudly displayed a light machine gun and a pair of rocket propelled grenade launchers they had captured from the attackers.

The Iraqis are "getting it;" they are realizing that they now have a chance to remake their country into a good and democratic place and are taking the responsibility for it into their own hands so that that will happen.
Good for them!
Of course, the Liberal media won't help us see that but thankfully, Wretchard has!
Read the whole post here in his post
Their Finest Hour.
I'll be visiting the Belmont Club blog more often!