Posted on 02/16/2010 7:15:48 PM PST by JLWORK
The United States Marines now fighting the battle of Marja, Afghanistan are facing a most difficult mission. They are tasked with clearing the town of Taliban fighters and they are restricted by rules of engagement not seen heretofore in the history of U.S. warfare. Commanding General Stanley McChrystal has made limiting civilian casualties a higher priority than loss of American lives. And it is impossible to tell who is the enemy in a Muslim State that still resembles the Stone Age. The Los Angeles Times coverage by Tony Perry and Laura King is here:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
I can tell from your first answer, you don't know shit from shinola. You kill the first two guys who walk out of a house. We'll strip em down, and ship em up the hill for a chat, clear the house of others, ammo, documents, laptops etc., and then burn it down if it's a rat hole. I'll get to London before ya.
I can tell from your first answer, you don’t know shit from shinola. You kill the first two guys who walk out of a house. We’ll strip em down, and ship em up the hill for a chat, clear the house of others, ammo, documents, laptops etc., and then burn it down if it’s a rat hole. I’ll get to London before ya.
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You don’t know what Arc-Light is,,,
There would be no house,,,
There would be no city,,,
There would be no poppy farmers/fields,,,
There would be no dope money to fund the terrs,,,
There would be no mother’s son puttin’ his life on the line
to go in those places for worthless info,,,
There would be no “up the hill for a chat” so the Afghans
could just let them go,,,
Never trust ARVN,,,Never trust a moozzi...
you’re right. you didn’t say they weren’t the bad guys. you said “if”.
I prefer a scorched earth policy.
McChrystal is unfit for command AND so are the rest of these Generals that support handcuffing our troops in combat. ....and yet blindfolded and handcuffed the Marines still win. Semper Fi.
If it moves kill it!!!
Age or gender don’t count!
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