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bootsontheground 01/24/08

This is How We Win

Here's some more news you won't hear elsewhere - because if it's not bombs, bodies, or bullets, the media elites think you don't want to hear about it.

The Marines of Regimental Combat Team 5 conduct regular patrols in Anbar province, Iraq, to make deposits in the "goodwill bank" of the Iraqi people.

The concept is simple: the enemy brutalizes the Iraqi people in a fashion that makes them wonder if life under Saddam wasn't so bad after all (a fact hungrily reported on the evening news, because, apparently, our movies aren't bloody enough).

Then in come the Marines. What do they do? Besides killing or capturing the brutalizers, they do things like this:

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Marines operating in Al Anbar Province airlifted a young Hadithah girl in desperate need of a life-saving surgery, and her mother to the Jordanian border Jan. 22.

They were met there by a team of medical professionals who will escort them to Nashville, Tenn., for open-heart surgery.

Amina Al'a Thabit, a three-year-old who suffers from a congenital heart defect, was discovered by Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, which is now part of Regimental Combat Team 5, patrolling the area as part of their daily interaction with the populace.

The battalion surgeon diagnosed her condition, and recognizing the gravity of the situation, coordinated arrangements with doctors in the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University who agreed to perform the surgery at no cost to the family.

The Marines, in concert with numerous government agencies, initiated a coordinated effort to transport Amina and her mother from their home in the Hadithah region to Nashville for the procedure.

Travel costs and incidentals were financed by private donors.

From Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

The Marines aren't just one of the most fearsome groups of warriors on the planet - their professionalism is evident in their ability to display "strategic compassion."

It's winning this war because it shows the Iraqi people whom they can trust.

But it's not just a strategy - it's part of who we are. We're Americans, and this is what we do. We show the world that every life is precious.

And that's something to be proud of.

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