US Establishes Base in Bin Laden’s Backyard: 21 killed

Afgha ^ | 8/17/2006 | Matt DuPee

[wjersey]

"It’s a mystery why these bases were not established five years ago." -- I agree

[zarf]

Iraq was a priority. Begging the question...

[Paleo Conservative]

"It’s a mystery why these bases were not established five years ago." -- I agree

What's riduculous is that it's necessary to have one now. A UAV found bin Lauden back in the fall of 2001, but some Pentagon lawyers ordered the Air Force not to fire the Hellfire missles onboard at bin Lauden.

[RedRover]

The men serving at this base deserve the thanks of their nation. I hope someday we know who their names.

[Yossarian]

What's riduculous is that it's necessary to have one now. A UAV found bin Lauden back in the fall of 2001, but some Pentagon lawyers ordered the Air Force not to fire the Hellfire missles onboard at bin Lauden.

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Bin Ladin, but rather the one-eyed Mullah Omar.

[pissant]

Happy Hunting, good soldiers.

[Paleo Conservative]

Mullah Omar isn't 6'5". The report I read said they saw a very tall man.

[Redbob]

"As the smoke settled, 19 dead militants were yanked from the battlefield."

It's a mystery to me why anyone calls these terrorist scum "militants."

Huey Newton was a "militant;" these muslims are just pig sh!t.

[SandRat]

[McGavin999]

Pray for these young warriors, they are in the belly of the beast.

[McGavin999]

No, the incident in 2001 was Mullah Omar, the one you are thinking of was Clinton was in the WH, before 9-11

[theDentist]

...decapitation strikes against their leadership.

Oooh I likes the sound of that!

[bkepley]

"It’s a mystery why these bases were not established five years ago."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu

Not saying that's what it is I just hope they learned the lessons.

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...anyone who thinks that U.S. troops can't function in that environment just as well if not better than the natives doesn't know them. They may or may not stick around after the first snow due to logistics issues, but their presence until then is a real problem for the bad guys.

Now for the propaganda part. The hold the tribals have over the area sways with the power of the moment (as it has for all of recorded history) and if the terrorists can say "here is a place where you may not go" the locals pretty much have to put up with it. If they wind up getting hunted and hounded, the tribes will be the first to learn of it. We need to help that process along.

[Alas Babylon!]

An Unholy Trinity of Northeastern Insurgents

Yeah, Kerry's and Kennedy's Massachusetts and Clinton's and Schumer's New York!!!

[Pikachu_Dad]

It's not much fun being the bait.

[COEXERJ145]

The main reasons the French lost at Dien Bien Phu was the lack of effective air support and that the PRC supplied 105mm artillery pieces (originally given to China by the U.S.) to Viet Minh.

The Taliban don't have artillery except for mortars and we have very effective air support.

[pissant]

LOL

[pissant]

And guys that love shooting jihadis.

[Chena]

"It’s a mystery why these bases were not established five years ago." -- I agree

Things in realtime cannot be established as quickly as they do in cyberspace. There are hurdles that the armchair viewers cannot even begin to comprehend.

God bless our military. As we sit and chat in the comfort of our homes, they are sitting in the viper's nest.