Taliban Attack Kills Two U.S. Marines, Destroys Six Jets

WSJ ^ | 9/16 | nathan hodge

[RummyChick]

KABUL

[RummyChick]

6 harrier jets...a coup for the ragheads

[RummyChick]

Under Obama
"The well-coordinated attack destroyed six Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jump-jets, the largest single loss of U.S. combat aircraft since the war began. It also "significantly" damaged two others, and destroyed three refueling stations, the coalition said. Harrier jets cost an inflation-adjusted $30 million to $40 million apiece when they were acquired in the 1980s and early 1990s."

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The only way they could have done this is for our guard to have been completely down.

[Dudoight]

Unbelievable.

[treetopsandroofs]

“The only way they could have done this is for our guard to have been completely down.”

Not to mention a complicit C-in-C who orchestrates military actions (ours and the enemies’) for political gain and to “fundamentally transform America”.

[bigheadfred]

A lethal coalition airstrike, meanwhile, threatened to raise additional tensions in the country, amid reports of civilian casualties.

What a joke. We could shoot EVERY single F ghanistanican and never hit a civilian.

[primatreat]

WWW3 will Start in one month. The mad mullas will nuke somebody right after the election. It matters not to them who wins our election!

[oh8eleven]

Taliban Attack Kills Two U.S. Marines, Destroys Six Jets
History repeating itself ...

"February 6, 1965 - Viet Cong guerrillas attack the U.S. military compound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands,
killing eight Americans, wounding 126 and destroying ten aircraft."

A month later, 3500 Marines landed in DaNang ... and the rest is history.

[RummyChick]

They didn’t have a Commie Vietnamese Sympathizer as President.

[bunkerhill7]

disarm all the Afghani soldiers immediately, send them home, carpet bomb the whole f country and Pakistan like we did Germany and Japan in WW2.

[rbg81]

Interesting how the destruction of the 6 jets wasn’t reported by the MSM (network news).

[DesertRhino]

I think there were only 8 there. They wiped out the whole detachment of jets. Wanna bet they had large numbers of Afghans in the security force?

Also, our rules of engagement probably blunted the initial violence of our normal response.

[A.A. Cunningham]

wasn’t reported by the MSM(sic)

The DLEMM - Dominant Liberal Establishment Mass Media - is the farthest thing you could get from mainstream.

[bigheadfred]

They didn’t have a Commie Vietnamese Sympathizer as President.

B-b-b-bb-bb-but what about????...

[Lurker]

I said it last night. The base commander should be shot.

[Feckless]

If ZeroBama wasn’t the pResident the press would be calling this Tet II.

[TalBlack]

“The Taliban’s weekend assault on a major coalition base was one of the most determined and effective ever seen in Afghanistan, according to details released Sunday, destroying six U.S. combat jets and damaging two others.”

Bad moon rising. PC whirlwind. Oil skyrockets. Interesting times.

[RummyChick]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9545508/Ive-been-inside-Camp-Bastion-and-it-seemed-like-the-safest-place-on-earth.html

“But the events of last Friday, when a force of Taliban gunmen managed to move up to and breach the Bastion’s security at around 10.15pm (local time), supposedly without being seen or heard, have sent a shock wave through Nato’s high command. “

[Bratch]

[bigheadfred]

Did you catch the ufo rover Curiosity photographed on Mars????