Posted on 07/10/2009 6:19:19 PM PDT by blueyon
Don’t shoot back!
Don’t pick the poppies!
And don’t bother the women and men in burqas!
These are the new rules of engagement for leathernecks in Afghanistan.
Sound incredible?
They’re true.
Welcome to the modern Marine Corps under Commander-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama
On July 1, the U.S. military initiated Operation Khanjar or “Strike of the Sword,” an invasion of the Helmand Province by 4,000 Marines and 650 Afghan soldiers.
“Strike of the Sword” represents the first military operation to be ordered by President Obama.
The purpose of the campaign is to flush out Taliban operatives from southern Afghanistan in order to safeguard the re-election of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on August 20.
The military initiative is being conducted by the insistence of Kharzai, who fears that a strong Taliban presence will produce unfavorable results for him on election-day. To accomplish this objective, President Obama remains determined to deploy 68,000 additional U.S. troops to southern Afghanistan within the next six weeks.
But the Marines, thanks to Mr. Obama, are conducting this mission with their hands tied.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelastcrusade.org ...
Until that part is addressed it's not gonna get fixed. As bad as things were under Carter our carriers did not flunk INSURV nor fail Light Off. The Inspectors of that time were tough old salts. One was our former Main Propulsion Assistant who when his time on the ship was up went to the inspection teams. You had best had your act together when he showed up too as failure and ignorance was not an option.
My late uncle was a retired Navy Commander serving between WW2 and 1970. He commanded his own ship {a Gator Freighter} as one of his last duties. He and I were discussing the KITTY HAWK and JFK failures and he asked how can a ship flunk INSURV the Navy want let you do that.
Carter did have one idea that worked and it will take that to right things again. The Pentagon in all branches is going to have to go back to Reagan era trained senior NCO's and ask them to volunteer back to service to fix the mess from the ground up. This would be ones who saw the mid-late 1970's mess as junior enlisted just joining up and stayed in.
I remember that happening in the early part of 1980. One of our new Chiefs was a retiree who came back active. Senior NCO's have the military mind and knowledge to get things done. Actually I'd like to see a retired or former senior chosen NCO as Sec of Def. One who is a real Lifer as we used to call them:>}
> He is Muslim himself so why should he want U.S. soldiers to shoot his own?
Actually, he is a Leftist, rather than a Muslim. Though he still ‘hates the military’, just like Clinton.
WHy do I think he’s not a Muslim? Simple-he is probably the most pro-abortion politician to come down the pike in years, if not ever. He is also pro-gay. And say what you will about Muslims, they’re resolutly opposed to abortion and homosexuality.
If he is Christian, where is his baptismal certificate? His group didn't even bother to manufacture a fogery of it as they did his poorly made COLB.
>If he is Christian, where is his baptismal certificate?
If you mean birth baptismal, I doubt he was baptized. After all, his mom Ann Durham was a non-religious lefty.
Since his father is a Muslim and Islam is determined patrilinealy, plus his stepfather brought him up quite religiously in Islam, BHO is a Muslim.
If Obama was a Christian convert, he would be regarded as an apostate and a candidate for assasination by the same Muslims he bows down to.
>Since his father is a Muslim
Supposedly, the guy became a atheist.
>and Islam is determined patrilinealy, plus his stepfather brought him up quite religiously in Islam, BHO is a Muslim.
I admit that may be. However, Barry Senior supposedly left before Barry Jr. was born, if I’m not mistaken.
>If Obama was a Christian convert, he would be regarded as an apostate and a candidate for assasination by the same Muslims he bows down to.
Maybe. or then again, they may feel that they now have a President who will basically appease them, so they may ‘forgive’ him that much. Or maybe they’re too cowardly to try to kill the leader of the USA.
The Muslim Arabs don't forgive weakness and appeasement is self defeating -- ask Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler.
For more on Islamic mentality, I suggest this short and very inexpensive book: The Dagger of Islam.
>The Muslim Arabs don’t forgive weakness and appeasement is self defeating — ask Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler.
True that. However, the ragheads probably prefer Obambi in the White House to, say, Bush.
>For more on Islamic mentality, I suggest this short and very inexpensive book: The Dagger of Islam.
I might give it a look. Thank you.
If you're old enough you might remember that the newly installed Ayatollah Khomenie and his hostage crises would have a better chance with Jimmuh Carter than his then rival, Ronald Reagan. However, the Mullahs and the Iranian students had so much fun humiliating Jimmuh and America that they, perhaps, could not stop themselves and reflect that a Pres. Reagan would not give them such an easy time.
They could've released our embassy hostages and help Jimmuh in his campaign against Ronald Reagan, but they didn't.
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