Posted on 08/21/2006 6:02:19 PM PDT by wjersey
"God bless our military. As we sit and chat in the comfort of our homes, they are sitting in the viper's nest."
Yes, Chena.
And those men are about to avenge the earlier losses incurred in the area.
It's my hope and prayer.
bttt
SPOT ON!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh
They learned that lesson some time ago.
Thanks for the support, nopardons. My son calls it "flashbacks", or my "passion". I just can't stop feeling like a mom and patriot to every single man and woman serving in our military. I fear and pray for them every day, and for their families too. I sure hope that those brave souls stationed at this base will kill the head of the beast.
Yes, I know what you mean. I too pray for our brave troops, every night.
These boys, or their earlier model ancestors, were at Khe Sanh, and they will likely be hanging around this base as well.
However I wouldn't be too surprised to find the Talibunnies in possession of the same sort of rockets, from the same sources, as Hzb'allah. Those make pretty good artillery, if you have enough of them.
I know they all appreciate our prayers. Thank you so much. I'm going to sign off now. I've got my hackles up tonight and I don't want to get myself into trouble. Not due to this thread, of course. :)
Be well, be safe, and we'll see ya later....IF I'm dumb enough to log back on. ;)
True indeed, but watching the bad guys being shot, bombed and otherwise sent to gather their virgins, well before they get to the wire is some consolation.
Of course the most destructive air support during Khe Sanh was the B-52 strikes.
Nighty nite.......take care. :-)
We are sending troops into areas of Afghanistan where are presence has been small. One was Helman province in the Sought. Nato has taken over that area and last report has about a 1000 Taliban killed since the operaton has began.
Hopefully the same thing will happen in these two provinces in the North.
Why because we didn't have you geniuses planning all this.
That is Bullshit. Oh, thats right Geraldo told us it was so.
God Bless you and these young heroes. And damn those treacherous PoS who undermine them and aid our enemies.
May God go with our brave warriors.. I pray for them daily and thank God we have them to serve and protect us..
We need to learn (again) that as long as we focus on killing "bad guys" we just guarantee our ultimate defeat. That's not the way you fight an insurgency, as we realized too late in Vietnam.
Since insurgents, by definition, cannot be distinguished from ordinary civilians, the only way you can defeat an insurgency by force is by killing everybody. And it's pretty stinkin' hard to kill everybody in a rugged, thinly populated Third World toilet like Afghanistan -- even if you have overwhelming firepower. Not to mention they have a sanctuary over the border in Waziristan.
Nope, we should do as little killing as we can in Afghanistan while limiting the threat to civilians as much as possible. Meanwhile we need to win over ordinary Afghans by making their lives better -- providing roads, telecommunications, clean water, agricultural aid, schools and teachers, economic development, medical care, etc. -- all the things that make peace better than war for Achmed the farmer and Abdul the shoemaker.
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