Tim Sumner

Afghanistan, Iraq, Support our troops, Vets for Freedom

War vets: Finish the job

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Within The Arizona Republic today, Steve Russell, who commanded the battalion that captured Saddam Hussein and whose personal heroism earned him the Silver Star, said:

“All the second-guessing is moot, at this point. We are where we are now. A destabilized Iraq is going to have implications for all of us.”

The newspaper’s editorial board agrees with him.

Lieutenant Colonel Russell is crossing the country with the Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour that will arrive in Washington, D.C., in time to for General Petraeus’ report to Congress. Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, or another theatre of the War on Terror, “can sign up to show up on April 8 and tell Congress to support General Petraeus and our fellow troops as they continue to succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

heroes, Vets for Freedom

Good-sized groups hear Vets for Freedom heroes

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Uncle Jimbo, at Black Five, provides an update on the Vets for Freedom National Tour:

The Heroes Tour has made it from San Diego to LA, Phoenix, Tucson and now we are in San Antonio. The events have all been special and the reception very warm. It has been heartening to see good-sized groups of people eager to hear from the folks with the real deal from Iraq and Afghanistan. This tour serves multiple purposes starting with allowing Americans across the country a chance to see and hear about the battles we have fought and the progress we have made. But just as much it serves as a counter-narrative to the MSM portrayal of our efforts in Iraq as a failure.

Since we sent the extra troops and changed our strategy to counter-insurgency (COIN), the results could hardly be more startling. That is one of the more compelling stories being told on the tour. Pete Hegseth talks about his time in Doura when it served as AQI HQ in Baghdad and was essentially a no-go zone, and contrasting that with his trip to the same neighborhood 2 weeks ago where kids played in the streets and he didn’t hear a single shot in three days out with patrols. Or Jeremiah Workman, who fought his way through 2 dozen insurgents in a single house in Fallujah earning the Navy Cross in ’04, describe the utter normality of life when he went back last September. We are winning and so are the Iraqis. The losers are the MSM and the Defeatocrats.

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