Posted on 10/03/2009 10:46:57 PM PDT by montag813
Eight American soldiers and two Afghans have been killed in an attack on two outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
A tribal militia launched the attack from a mosque and a nearby village in Nuristan, one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Americans and Afghans repelled the attack and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties," the statement said.
In the U.S. statement, Col. Randy George described it as "a complex attack in a difficult area." The Taliban claimed responsibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Obama scratched his head, more Americans dead.
Gee, Obama can’t be bothered. His eating his waffles.
Oh man, prayers for the families.
Just damn.
Cant Obama just enjoy his waffle?
Give the guy a break...he and his wife have been "sacrificing" this week over in Copenhagen (puke filled sarcasm)
Yeah..damn..he took 25 minutes out of his busy schedule to meet with his General, before he headed to Tivoli Gardens to meet with the IOC on the Ferris Wheel.
Is “hands off mosques” part of Obama’s new friendlier rules of engagement?
You mean, The First Wookie "Babygotbakka"?
Sad news. Someone has to take the reigns from obama.
God Bless them and their families.
“tribal militia”
Yeah, just some local yokels trying to keep the neighborhood safe.
He did spend 25 minutes with Stanley McChrystal after his Copenhagen vacation.
I say if he can’t do what the commanders in the field want and give our boys what they need bring em home and put them on the border. We may end up needing them here more anyways the way things are going. I just don’t want these brave patriot men to be sitting ducks.
So now at least 40 have died, not counting the Afghans, since McChrystal requested more troops. Obama is sitting their twiddling his thumbs, trying not to offend the lunatics on the left, while our troops die. In fact, if I head over the liberal boards, I bet their solution is to cut and run. One thing Obama is good at is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. If Bush were in office, you can dang well be sure more troops would be in Afghanistan right not.
“a complex attack in a difficult area.” = ROE left the troops without air or artillery support.
Which network is keeping track of the body since last November, it escapes me at the moment?
But just like losing the Olympics for your criminal buddies, the NYT will spin this as “good for America and Obama” too, won’t they? Way to go, Zero!
Edit, I had the number wrong. It’s at least 51. :(
not local yokels, community organizers.
Prayers for the soldiers and their families. Our young men and women should not be sent into harm’s way without full support, and definitely not with ‘rules of engagement’ that will surely end up with more totally unnecessary deaths.
The attackers wanted Chicago as the Olympic city of choice and they were pissed off at Glenn Beck. I mean Obama is not at war with terrorists anymore.
Hey Obambi....drip, drip, drip
 Nothing but prayers and best wishes for the families of these fallen patriots. Thank you for your loss and sacrifice.
Either ramp up deployments like the in-theater CCs want to do to f*cking win and stabilize the region — or pull the troops all the hell out RIGHT NOW! Stop playing you indecisive community organizer games with America's son & daughter, damn you! |
Heavy heart ping.
Firstly, I don’t think you can blame this on the President. It’s not like he wants this to happen. Plenty of troops were killed when Bush was in office, way more than under Obama. I suspect if Obama had his druthers and could do what he felt like, he’d withdraw all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan immediately, but that’s just not politically feasible. Thoughts and prayers should be with the troops and not on blaming someone.
That said, it is his problem that he’s doing things like jetting off to Denmark, laughing it up with with a gap-toothed pervert and having beers with Henry Gates while his soldiers are dying and his commanders are urgently requesting reinforcements. If he truly feels that the mission is no longer productive, then be a man, get on TV say so, and bring them home. But to just sit around and do nothing while this happens is intolerable.
More importantly, note how the media covers this. In Iraq whenever troops were killed it was the number one story on the front page. Every news show did these in depth profiles and sob stories designed to whip up resentment and anger at Bush. It worked. Meanwhile, we’re having record casualties in Afghanistan and I haven’t heard one story about anyone killed there this year. No front page profiles. No Katie Couric or Brian Williams sob stories. Letterman was mad as hell about Iraq. He had Obama on and didn’t seem to care that hundreds are dying in Afghanistan. Where’s the media on this? Where are all those anti0war activists who cared so much about the troops? Nowhere.
I’m almost torn because I know that a huge debacle and deterioration in Afghanistan would mean that Obama will be gone by 2013, but I don’t want to see the country and the military have to suffer to bring that about.
I wonder if President Obama can see Arlington from his house. 8 more of his soldiers died and he’s missing in action.
But that’s to be expected from a guy whose only concept of the military was probably buying a pair of khakis at Old Navy.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the Blue Duck Tavern in the West End area of Washington on Saturday. They were celebrating their 17th anniversary.
Right with you. The rookie in chief is showing who he is, a frikkin rookie.
Level the mosque.
Does the lazy ass ever work?!
Judge Carter are you listening? Rules of engagement changed by Hussein plus Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood moles in the white hut leaking ntel to Al Quada and the Taliban.
Maybe now is the time to quote the President directly from his book, ‘The Audacity of Hope”:
“’I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
The increasing fatalities have proven the current year as the deadliest for the foreign forces since the beginning of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
As of Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at least 774 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the US Defense Department.
386 foreign soldiers, including at least 228 Americans, have reportedly been killed this year.
Despite the presence of the US-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan since 2001, insurgency has risen in the country.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107781§ionid=351020403
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 774
As of Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at least 774 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Of those, the military reports 595 were killed by hostile action.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/03/AR2009100303024.html
Obama changed the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan on orders from his bosses in Saudi Arabia. Our boys are sitting ducks.
Win this thing or get them all out of that Hell hole.
May God grant the famlies strength and Peace in their lose. Just sad.
...Obama’s ROE’s strike again!
judging from the expression on the bamster’s face it looks like he just can’t please her Majesty.
This is sad. God bless their souls.
CIC is asleep at the wheel. Sacrifice and tragedy like this is inevitable in war. But, the worst truth is that the CIC is actually not bothered with the war.
Tribal militia launched attacks on the foreign and Afghan fighters from a mosque and a village on Saturday morning, ISAF said in a statement.
The firefight happened in Nuristan province, it said without elaborating on the exact location. “The sources of the conflict in the area involve complex tribal, religious and economic dynamics,” it added.
“Coalition forces effectively repelled the attack and inflicted heavy enemy casualties while eight ISAF and two ANSF service members were killed,” the statement said, referring to Afghan National Security Forces.
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“The Taliban are in a strong position. They want to show that they are everywhere,” said Mariam Abou Zahab, from the Centre for International Studies and Research in Paris.
North and west Afghanistan were calm until the start of this year, but have seen a sharp security deterioration in recent months, as Taliban insurgents intensified attacks before the August 20 presidential election.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ihSuIJNb5c2LZubwmeqvUTkBjNGw
Everything you stated is ok AFTER the above.
Of course more were killed when Bush was in office for 8 years. Obama 10 MONTHS and the number killed are growing rapidly, when it is not necessary if only the impostor Potus would commit to sending what is needed. So, in light of that this is O's war now and he will be blamed for what is happening and deservedly so.
Plus the fact that the News kept track EVERY stinking evening of just what the dead count was, where is the same for O's war? Fox News should get on this and keep a running total. Glen Beck, Limbaugh are you listening?
Damn them ...damn him for his despicably disdainful, nonchalant treatment of our troops and their urgent needs.
God bless and protect our troops. St. Michael, defend them in battle. May the souls of those brave souls who were lost today rest in God's eternal peace and joy.
Priorities Obama... PRIORITIES!
I’m sorry to hear of these deaths. So sad. What the hell is happening to our Republic?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
"It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama....The world is looking.....Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." -Joe Biden, 10/20/08
How's that test looking, Joe?
Not just for the 8 yrs but on a monthly basis in Iraq. I was just saying that it’s not like there’s casualties because Obama’s the President. I’m sure if McCain was the President there would be casualties as well. Or if Bush had stayed for 3rd ter,. More? Less? Who knows?
The issue for me isn’t even so much the casualties as his lack of action. If this was all happening as apart of a plan and there were signs of progress, fine. Casualties happen in war, and historically even the 300 or so killed this year is extremely low.
Still, he doesn’t really seem to be displaying any leadership. My point was more to compare the media reaction, though. That was the main thrust. Bush really didn’t even have naything to di with main point and looking back I don’t even really know why I brought him up at all.
Look at the front page of msnbc.com as of this minute. Side by side, doesn’t make them look good. But, whomever is putting that page together doesn’t get it anymore than those two do.
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