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MAF Presents: The Daily File Blog

Here at the Move America Forward Daily File we chronicle the good news on the War on Terrorism you might not have heard about on the evening news. We also shine the spotlight on those whose conduct against our country and our military is unbecoming.


Monday, September 13, 2004

Posted By:
Howard Kaloogian
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One of many heroes - Lt. Col. David G. Bellon

Here are some excerpts from a BLOG posting on the website TheGreenSide.com.

The BLOG is maintained by Lt. Col. David G. Bellon who once was a lawyer based out of Oceanside, California - but now fights to keep Americans safe and free.

His accounts are extremely moving and his sacrifices are worthy of our deepest appreciation. 

Email from Dave - Sep 8, 04

Dad,

As you have heard, we lost 7 Marines to a suicide car bomber the other day.  We also lost 3 Iraqi Special Forces Soldiers.  All were exceptionally brave men.  The Marines are from a battalion that has fought as hard or harder than any other here in Iraq.  These were the guys that were knee deep in the hardest fighting in Fallujah back in April and who have been going hard ever since.  Even more tragic is that they were close to getting out of here.

As heart broke as the Marines of the battalion were, last night they really took it to the insurgents inside of Fallujah.  Contrary to what might be in the media, the mission was not “retribution” for the suicide bombing.  It was part of a regular operation that was slightly accelerated in light of what happened.  We had been watching the city for quite a while and killed many, many terrorists last night.  The battle lasted for hours and hours later, we were still getting secondary explosions off of objectives that we destroyed.  You must have faith that the Marines are giving much better that we get. 

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Having seen the tragedy in Russia this week we cannot help but shake our heads here and wonder when the rest of the civilized world will wake up and realize that we are in the middle of a struggle for civilization.  History will show that the outcome of this struggle will be no less critical to our collective future than WWII.  Islamic Fundamentalism inspired terrorism is mutually exclusive to peaceful coexistence with anyone who does not buy into their twisted view of the world.  For the masses of appeasers who are still blabbering on about “dialogue” and concessions, I would simply offer that what transpired in Russia is not an aberration.  The enemy we face here is the same one that murdered the children in that school, is the same one that flew the airplanes in the towers, and is the same one that bombed the train in Spain.

CLICK HERE to READ ENTIRE REPORT FROM DAVE BELLON


Dave Bellon and his niece, Ali
Here is his mailing address.  I would ask that you please let him know how much all of us at Move America Forward appreciate what he is doing:

Lt. Col. D.G. BELLON, USMC
RCT 1 HQ Co
UIC 40145
FPO AP 96426-0145


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