The Lonely Walk
April 25th, 2007 at 3:40 pm . by nukeSpook 86 follows up on his earlier piece, The most dangerous job in Iraq, pointing to Melissa Nelson’s excellent report from Eglin AFB. Here is a brief excerpt:
The abandoned truck-mounted rocket launcher didn’t belong on a road approaching sprawling Camp Liberty in Iraq.
Sgt. Timothy Weiner, Airman Elizabeth Loncki and Airman Daniel Miller Jr. - a three-member bomb disposal unit known as “Team Lima” - responded.
The trio first sent a robot to inspect the truck. Then Weiner, the team leader and a career bomb technician, donned protective gear and took what technicians call “the lonely walk,” the first approach to a suspected explosive. He returned.
The three then walked toward the truck without protective gear - and it exploded.
In an instant last Jan. 7, Team Lima was gone.
Weiner, a 35-year-old father who wrote of his concern for Iraqi children.
Loncki, 23 and engaged, but always a daddy’s girl.
Miller, 24, a handsome daredevil who got in trouble for playing with fireworks as child. source
I couldn’t help but think about our friend reaganite, and the many others who have served with distinction. Men and women to whom “duty” and “honor” are more than just words.
Men like our own n2l. Faithful to the country, and sworn to defend the constitution which holds the truths of the Republic.
The incredible sacrifices by our men and women who serve, and by the families they leave behind leave me with a feeling of awe and wonder.
People like Master Sgt Michael Riley, “The job we are doing over there, it is a very important job. The job that Tim, Dan and Liz did, they saved hundred of lives by what they were doing.”
Harry Reid can kma.
Please read all of Melissa’s report
(h/t In from the cold)
Comment posted by Ronin
at 4/26/2007 8:05:46 PM
They want us out of Iraq not because it will save soldiers as much as take away our ability to rapidly enter Iran should it be necessary. The same politicians wanting us to withdrawal from Iraq are pushing for a separate (Muslim) Kosovo and attempting to weaken our individual rights. Check out these jewels of liberal agenda:
The federal “anti-hate” bill, H.R.1592
The Executive Branch Reform Act H.R. 984,
The Department of Peace and Non-Violence Act. H.R. 808
They are willing to make deals with the devil himself to regain and permanently maintain political control.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/26/2007 12:19:38 AM
I watched Fox news for the first time today, and then had to take a walk in the cool night air away from the political stench and corruption emanating from television.
I was out and about today, quietly mixing with the general public, overhearing conversations at restaurants, and marvelling at how foolish some of our fellow citizens are. There was a person at the table behind me ranting about how her call center had outsourced their jobs to India and it was because of NAFTA. Bush’s fault. I did so want to stop at the table and say “Excuse me, but could you tell me in which part, exactly, of North America is India?” but I knew I would just get an empty-eyed stare.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/25/2007 11:49:12 PM
Excellent piece by Hugh Hewitt.
The escalating defeatist rhetoric flowing out from Congressional Democrats illuminates a crucial fact: The momentum has shifted in Iraq, and the Petraeus offensive is increasingly recognized as at least potentially successful in producing an Iraq that is stable politically and competent to suppress both al Qaeda and sectarian ethnic cleansing. The change in the wind petrifies Democrats who bet their political futures on the inevitability of defeat of our mission and violent chaos in the wake of our departure. To have played this contemptible game would be risky enough even if defeat followed, but to have done so when the tide had turned could and should expose the party as the collection of feckless and partisan hacks it has become.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/25/2007 11:47:35 PM
Oh, and Dingy Harry can’t kiss anything of mine.
I might let him eat the lumps in ma’boys litter box, if I feel particularly benevolent that day.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/25/2007 11:36:57 PM
Dingy Harry understands he wants more power. Nothing else is as important to him.
If the GOP takes control of the Congress in ‘08, he will surely face ethics charges for his land deals, he won’t get to divert national attention to the damage he and his party are doing, and if a GOP candidate wins the Presidency, he will face even more vetoes.
As for Team Lima, I remember reading about them over at B5 I think. I still ask why did they approach that rig out of their gear. Dangit!
EOD is a career field that few desire, and even fewer are qualified emotionally to perform.
God Rest Them All.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/25/2007 10:18:39 PM
Yep. I made a comment on another blog today to the effect that at best, Harry Reid is merely stupid and doesn’t understand the connection between what he is proposing and putting the troops in danger. What I fear, though, is that he understands it very well and does not care.
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