9/9/09
“Obama’s Rules Of Engagement In Afghanistan Costing Our Troops Lives”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335891/posts
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9/8/09
“’We’re pinned down:’ 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush”
“GANJGAL, Afghanistan — We walked into a trap, a killing zone of relentless gunfire and rocket barrages from Afghan insurgents hidden in the mountainsides and in a fortress-like village where women and children were replenishing their ammunition.
“We will do to you what we did to the Russians,” the insurgent’s leader boasted over the radio, referring to the failure of Soviet troops to capture Ganjgal during the 1979-89 Soviet occupation.
Dashing from boulder to boulder, diving into trenches and ducking behind stone walls as the insurgents maneuvered to outflank us, we waited more than an hour for U.S. helicopters to arrive, despite earlier assurances that air cover would be five minutes away.
U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren’t near the village...”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335336/posts
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9/10/09
“Ambushed Marines’ Aid Call ‘Rejected’”
“NATO-led forces are investigating the death of four Marines in eastern Afghanistan after their commanders reportedly rejected requests for artillery fire in a battle with insurgents, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s incident was “under investigation” and details remained unclear, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference. A McClatchy newspapers’ journalist who witnessed the battle reported that a team of Marine trainers made repeated appeals for air and artillery support after being pinned down by insurgents in the village of Ganjgal in eastern Kunar province. The U.S. troops had to wait more than an hour for attack helicopters to come to their aid and their appeal for artillery fire was rejected, with commanders citing new rules designed to avoid civilian casualties, the report said....”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340992/posts
“’We’re pinned down:’ 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush”
Why didn't they send in one of our Harriers to aid our pinned down Marines?! Why in the H am I paying for them with my tax dollars if they aren't being used to aid our Marines in distress?!!!!!