LOL!
Posted on 06/22/2007 5:27:08 AM PDT by 300magnum
It's a good read.
I also read that we may have let 80 % of the AQ higher leadership escape but 80 % of the lower AQ leadership remains in the area.
Hey, we’re not at war with these people. The war on terror is a product of Bush’s imagination, don’t you know.
LOL!
Too bad we can’t employ the Lebanese military tactics. Flatten the place.
“I also read that we may have let 80 % of the AQ higher leadership escape but 80 % of the lower AQ leadership remains in the area.”
Were did you hear that? Key to this mission was containing AQ
I think you should pray for W to be enlighted and see the error of his ways. I believe he is basically a good man who has unintentionally deceived himself - there is always hope for that such an one an see the error of their ways.
Just my humbly offered opinion ...
Please pray for our president. Not that he will be successful in every endeavor (CFR, immigration, et al) but that God would open his eyes to his duty to his country and give him the strength and courage to fulfill his full duty faithfully.
The latter will assuage the lefties in this country.
Leni
If only the correspondent had a different last name. ;-)
More rubble, less trouble.
lol. Ya know, I think many of the wire service journalists use an alias anyway.
Two words - Carpet Bombing.
I sincerely hope that you do not actually consider yourself to be a Christian.
Does the US military still have flame throwers?
Are you kidding? The U.S. military isn't even allowed to use teargas in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Privacy Statement
Press Release of Senator Ensign
ENSIGN DEMANDS ANSWERS ON PROHIBITION OF TEAR GAS USE BY U.S. MILITARY
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Washington, D.C. – Senator John Ensign, chairing an Armed Services subcommittee hearing this morning, demanded answers as to why American military personnel are not allowed to use tear gas in hostile situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ensign directed his questions to Pentagon officials during a hearing by the Readiness Subcommittee this morning.
“It is incomprehensible to me that we deny our military the use of a tool that can help save their lives and the lives of civilians in hostile areas,” Ensign said. “We owe it to our men and women risking their safety every day to give them the resources they need to do the deadly job with which we’ve tasked them. It is cheap rhetoric to say we’re giving our troops the resources they need while denying them the use of tear gas.”
Current policy does not allow for the use of tear gas, also referred to as Riot Control Agents, in Iraq and Afghanistan urban combat situations despite authorization being permitted by law.
“Leaving our troops with only the option of lethal force in dangerous situations on the streets of Baghdad is irresponsible and wrong,” Ensign said. “The use of tear gas, quite simply, will save lives, and we need answers as to why it is currently not allowed so we can correct this situation and allow our military the use of this important resource.”
Senator Ensign sponsored legislation in 2005 that restated American policy that allows military use of tear gas by listing it as a non-chemical weapon that can be used as an alternative to lethal force. Executive Order 11850 authorizes the use of tear gas in certain situations.
http://ensign.senate.gov/media/pressapp/record.cfm?id=263904&&
Terrific! Make sure they do!
Good, one less to take to the prison. A dead terrorist is a good terrorist.
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