30 Marines vs. 250 Insurgents — Gee, Too Bad It Wasn’t A Fair Fight!
Posted By: 'Okie' | 10:39 am — 11/25/2008 | 
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If you’ve read any of the Stephen Hunter penned Bob Lee Swagger novels you know what a sniper is, and does. That’s just fiction — here’s the real deal!
“The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they’re given the opportunity to fight,” the sniper said. “A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong.”
During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.
Afghanistan — it’s where our next Pres. says the action is a gonna be. Just let our boys fight and it should eventually be alright. Not negotiator-in-chief, but “Commander”-in-Chief — remember?
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