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Obama’s new Rules of Engagement are costing American Troops' lives in Afghanistan
Patriot Skyline ^ | 9-10-09

Posted on 09/11/2009 7:29:33 PM PDT by STARWISE

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To: STARWISE

These brave troops have to endure have Obama as CIC.

But Americans do not want their boys dying because of Obama’s cowardice and stupidity.

Stop the stupidity, Obama - stop the Outrage - allow our troops to protect themselves and to take the fight to the enemy!


21 posted on 09/11/2009 8:10:22 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: STARWISE

I’m hoping more people will read Luttrell’s book, “The Lone Survivor”. It is without a doubt a book that every patriotic American should read. Then we need to kick the s.o.b.’s in Washington out of office and elect people who really do love our country like Luttrell does.


22 posted on 09/11/2009 8:10:27 PM PDT by demkicker (Helping Democrats Become Extinct)
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

BO is no president and certainly no CIC. He is nothing but a wimpy celebrity that should be judging American Idol or hosting Talk Soup. He’s not a man and celebrities don’t have to be men, they just have to look good and act cool.


23 posted on 09/11/2009 8:14:11 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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24 posted on 09/11/2009 8:16:05 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: dandiegirl

You are right - of course - he is an imposter in the first place and a communist racist demagogue in the second place - but officially he is CIC.....so very sadly for our heroes in the military.


25 posted on 09/11/2009 8:16:26 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: RedRover; jazusamo; Girlene; 4woodenboats; Grimmy; xzins; smoothsailing; lilycicero; bigheadfred; ..

(( ping ))


26 posted on 09/11/2009 8:17:14 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: STARWISE

The zero has no problem killing Americans.


27 posted on 09/11/2009 8:20:52 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of misery.)
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To: STARWISE

In before SoCalPol.


28 posted on 09/11/2009 8:27:34 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Lancey Howard; STARWISE

Obama’s warped ideology will continue to do great harm to our troops and our country.

He wants America weak and in retreat, everything he’s done makes that glaringly obvious.

Pray for our brave.


29 posted on 09/11/2009 8:36:40 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: STARWISE
"DEFEND OUR TROOPS, NOT THE TALIBAN"

August was the deadliest month of the war! thanks to obam a'a new ROE. Sept. is looking even worse.

Where now is the press outrage?

It seems he's more concerned about taliban lives than American.

We need to get this featured on FOX - NOW.

Email each separately - they don't open mass mailings - or you can email 'separately' by using the BCC line - that way, each one only sees their email address/name.

Read this story of the battle - include the link in the emails - we must fight for our troops - the administration wont.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html

glennbeck@foxnews.com; rush@eibnet.com; hannity@foxnews.com; huckaby@foxnews.com

Live links next post.

Help our troops!

30 posted on 09/11/2009 8:39:03 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (aUGUST WAS THE DEADLIEST MONH)
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To: STARWISE

Read this story of the battle - email the link to beck, et al -

we must fight for our troops...obama wont.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html

email - use the BCC line for add’l email adds as they won’t open ‘mass mailings’ - and include your name/town and email add...or they won’t get read.

glennbeck@foxnews.com ; hannity@foxnews.com ; oreilly@foxnews.com ; rush@eibnet.com ;


31 posted on 09/11/2009 8:44:40 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (aUGUST WAS THE DEADLIEST MONH)
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To: Chickensoup
Message for Obama:

 

"Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists."
~~George W. Bush

32 posted on 09/11/2009 11:35:50 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
I am glad this is getting some attention. I saw some rumors about it on one of the military blogs a couple of months ago.

It demonstrates my Unified Theory of Obama: Any action he takes or policy he proposes is designed with the sole purpose of the destruction of this nation.

It is a plan. It is done with malicious intent. It is not incompetence; if it were, very occasionally there would be something done that we agreed with.

If one is trying to predict his position on any issue, just think what the worst way of dealing with it would be (as regards our nation's interest) and THAT will be the position he chooses.

I believe he is setting the military up so that they can be blamed when he pulls out of Afghanistan. It won't be HIS fault. Nope, it will be that the military couldn't do the job (no doubt because George Bush wore them out) and he will blame the loss of Afghanistan on them and Bush.

His overriding goal is to reduce the respect and influence the military has in America. They will be marginalized and honest to God, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to disarm them.

33 posted on 09/12/2009 2:52:59 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: STARWISE

BTTT


34 posted on 09/12/2009 3:01:51 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: STARWISE

BTTT


35 posted on 09/12/2009 3:02:09 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Miss Marple

If our terrible jobs situation was different, I’m sure that recruiting and retention would be WAY down, thus speeding up the Left’s desired disintegration of our Military. After all, it isn’t Faaiiir for America to have such a strong defense force!

The deaths of these four American troops has hardly caused a ripple in the 0bamamedia. Just disgusting.


36 posted on 09/12/2009 4:49:14 AM PDT by maica (Politics is not about facts. it is about what politicians can get people to believe. - Thomas Sowell)
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To: Lancey Howard; 4woodenboats

Boats, you were saying something about building a new wing at Leavenworth. Obama is turning the whole country into that wing.


37 posted on 09/12/2009 5:53:38 AM PDT by bigheadfred (NEGROMANCER!!!! Run for your LIVES!!!)
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To: STARWISE; Lancey Howard; jude24; P-Marlowe

A nation must reject any war against a determined enemy fought with such rules of engagement. They are a certain death sentence for many of our troops.

In the early years of the Iraq war, I know of soldiers who had exactly the enemy among civilians scenario come up. They hated it, but they knew their duty. To their credit they tried to AVOID civilian casualties.

That would be a far better ROE, what the soldiers on the battlefield figured out. You don’t give the enemy free shots. You engage him when he engages you. If they are among civilians, you honestly try to avoid civilian casualties, something that isn’t always possible.

And, as at Haditha, there are often times when the civilians are themselves somewhat complicit. Remember the 13 year old who explained how they knew that the IED was going off?


38 posted on 09/12/2009 3:10:15 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support our troops pray for their victory!)
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