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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« on: October 07, 2006, 10:55:19 AM »
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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2006, 11:13:18 AM »
Good read, thanks...
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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2006, 11:59:22 AM »
Wow. Great read. Thank you.
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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2006, 02:12:02 PM »
Excellent.  Thank you very much for posting the link.
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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2006, 05:31:22 PM »
2 thumbs up for "Best Chuck Norris Moment"  You can't fight city hall indeed.
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I'm so contrarian that I didn't respond to the thread.

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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2006, 01:05:16 AM »
"The insurgents know that the police are far better at finding them than we are  and they are finding them. Now, if we could just get them out of the habit of beating prisoners to a pulp... "

Anyone else think there may be a connection here?

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Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2006, 02:28:05 AM »
[sarcasm]No connection, because, according to Really Smart People, such methods don't work when seeking information.[/sarcasm]
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Re: Letter from Iraq (from a Marine Officer via Time mag.)
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2006, 10:20:31 PM »
I love the story about the mayor too.  Thanks for the link!