“I Got A Message For That ------ Harry Reid”

Posted by Pat Dollard:

Today, from Corporal Tyler Rock in an outpost in downtown Ramadi. His first sentence is in response to an email from me:

“yeah i know how you feel. its going to be very weird leaving
this place and going back to america. weve been here for almost an entire year
and have lived in the center of it the whole time. its crazy that when we got
here it was so hectic and now its calmed down so much. so it was awesome to be
able to see that turn out.
yeah news worth reporting…. well ramadi was once
dubbed by everyone as the worst city in the world. but we have done such a great
job here that all the families in the area have worked with us on driving out
the insurgency and that we work directly with the IA and the IP’s. the city has
been cleaned up so well that the IP’s do most of the patrols now and we go out
with them to hand out candy and toys to the children. you can tell that the
people want us here to protect them from the thugs and gangs (insurgents).
granted they would rather have peace and quit but they know that if we arent
here they will be thrown around by the insurgents. a good example is this one
mission we did. long story short we got blown up in multiple buildings and had
to run into a families house. i spent my christmas holidays covered in ash from
the mortar fire and the IED’s, sleeping under a dirty rug i found in the house.
everyone was sleeping way to close for comfort just to stay warm. anyways. a
family was there and they obviously didnt want us there. atleast at first. the
daughters were very sick so our corpsman treated them. they didnt have
electricity so we got them a generator for power, they were cold so we got them
gas heaters, we got them food and water and then we gave them $500. by the end
of the week long visit with them we were drinking tea with them. when we left we
cleaned their house better than it was when we got there. i even have pictures
with the family. they told us that they liked marines and they would help us as
much as they could and they gave us some information on the insurgents in the
area. we ended up catching a HUGE target down the road from there house because
of it.

yeah and i got a qoute for that douche harry reid. these
families need us here. obviously he has never been in iraq. or atleast the area
worth seeing. the parts where insurgency is rampant and the buildings are blown
to pieces. we need to stay here and help rebuild. if iraq didnt want us here
then why do we have IP’s voluntering everyday to rebuild their cities. and
working directly with us too. same with the IA’s. it sucks that iraqi’s have
more patriotism for a country that has turned to complete ---- more than
the people in america who drink starbucks everyday. we could leave this place
and say we are sorry to the terrorists. and then we could wait for 3,000 more
american civilians to die before we say “hey thats not nice” again. and the sad
thing is after we WIN this war. people like him will say he was there for us the
whole time.and for messages back home. i have a wife back home who is going
through a tough time. i just cant wait to be back home and see everyone. haha
and i cant wait to go back home and get some starbucks. i love it when those
people serve me. hahaha”