Posted on 07/06/2009 11:33:27 AM PDT by Justaham
KABUL (AP) - Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops throughout Afghanistan Monday, officials said, as thousands of U.S. Marines continued with their massive anti-Taliban offensive in the south. A suicide car bomber also blew himself up outside the gate of the main NATO base in the region, killing two civilians and wounding 14 other people.
In an effort to protect Afghans, American troops also recently received new guidelines limiting use of airstrikes in order to minimize civilian casualties that threaten local support of foreign forces' presence.
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Kind of one sided that we limit our troops but the taliban will do anything to kill our guys. Where are the days of total war that we used to have?
I’m not looking forward to my deployment there.
Just damn...
Prayers up for the fallen and the families and comrades of the fallen.
RIP.
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It seems to me that the Taliban is very emboldened; Obama has given them a message that they are interpreting as weakness. I hope this course changes.
This will be interesting to watch. I don’t think Obama has the belly for it like Bush. He’ll high tail out if the going gets tough. You watch.
God Bless Our Troops!
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