Even as Obama speaks of the end of the combat mission, combat willl continue to occur but ostensibly as helpers for the Iraqi security forces. However the U.S. continues to train these forces. U.S. forces are still engaged in hunting down and killing al-Qaida militants - and could still have to defend themselves against attacks....Hours before the raids, Lt. Col. Andy Ulrich gave his soldiers a pep talk to counter concerns they weren't on a worthwhile mission."You all are combat troops not doing a combat mission, although it looks smells and feels and hurts a lot like combat," Ulrich said.
U.S. forces are still engaged in hunting down and killing al-Qaida militants - and could still have to defend themselves against attacks....Hours before the raids, Lt. Col. Andy Ulrich gave his soldiers a pep talk to counter concerns they weren't on a worthwhile mission."You all are combat troops not doing a combat mission, although it looks smells and feels and hurts a lot like combat," Ulrich said.
"You all are combat troops not doing a combat mission, although it looks smells and feels and hurts a lot like combat," Ulrich said.
got it? now line up at the pharmacy tent for your cognitive dissonance meds...
and there's always the army chaplain if they don't work. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
