[SandRat]

The coalition has received reports that the Taliban is attempting to recruit 14- to 16-year-olds to their cause because "older and wiser" Afghans simply are "not buying into their rhetoric," Conway said.

What else is new,.... Yet another violation of the rules of war.

[SandRat]

Drafting teenagers into the Taliban.

[Irish Eyes]

"older and wiser" Afghans simply are "not buying into their rhetoric," Conway said.

Very good news

[Dolphan]

I was about to say, this is hardly a new tactic among the Islamofascists.

[A CA Guy]

So they are destroying their own future by getting their young teens killed...

I am not surprised.

[b4its2late]

They'll run out of them too.....

[truth_seeker]

The coalition has received reports that the Taliban is attempting to recruit 14- to 16-year-olds to their cause because "older and wiser" Afghans simply are "not buying into their rhetoric," Conway said.

Dude, you are taking on the US Military. Winner of WWI, WWII.

You must be motivated by the 72 virgin story, you silly little 3rd world illiterate fool.

[COBOL2Java]

I wonder if Katie Couric will bemoan the loss of "the cream of Afghanistan's youth."

[SmithL]

I can only guess the frustrations of trying to get suicide bombers to re-enlist.

[Calpernia]

Taliban members who face off against coalition forces or the Afghan National Army are facing heavy losses, so they've resorted to recruiting young teens to join the fight, the Joint Staff's operations director told Pentagon reporters today. Marine Lt. Gen. James Conway spoke following a July 25 incident that involved heavy fighting in a small village west of Deh Rawod in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province. The incident, which left one U.S. soldier and an Afghan National Army soldier dead, took a considerable toll on the enemy, the general said. Some press reports claim as many as 50 insurgents were killed, he said.

"My observation, tracking this day in and day out, is that virtually every time the Taliban come up against our regular forces or those of the Afghan National Army, they are losing pretty badly," Conway told reporters.

[John Lenin]

I think a little shock and awe in the form of a mini fuel-air bomb should be developed, precision guided. Nothing like seeing your best jihadi buddy vaporized ...

[reagan_fanatic]

Taliban members who face off against coalition forces or the Afghan National Army are facing heavy losses, so they've resorted to recruiting young teens to join the fight