This week, we're lifting a post from the incomparable
J-Walk Blog.
Hoo-ah!
A document at the White House Web site: President Discusses War on Terror.This weekend we marked the two-year anniversary of the liberation of Baghdad. (Hoo-ah!) Coalition forces crossed more than 350 miles of desert to get there, pushing through dust storms and death squads. They reached the Iraqi capital in 21 days, and that achievement will be studied for generations as the fastest armored advance in military history. (Hoo-ah!)
The coalition assault was rapid, and it wasn't easy.
The enemy hid in schools and hospitals. They used civilians as human shields. Yet our troops persevered. We protected civilian lives while destroying the Republican Guard's Medina Division, pushing through the Karbala Gap, capturing Saddam International Airport, and, on April 9th, we liberated the Iraqi capital. (Hoo-ah!)
I wasn't familiar with the term Hoo-ah, so I looked it up. I guess anybody who's been in the U.S. military knows about it. You can even buy a Hoo-Ah sticker.
Hoo-AH!
Posted by
abnu on Sunday, April 17, 2005 @ 8:55 AM
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