Posted on 07/11/2009 5:10:12 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
Cut out the middle men. Just buy the poppies direct.
This needs to get out, front and center, loudly before the American people. They need to know what a leftist thug Ø is.
He should also issue a standing order to “Stand down” to the Secret Service detail that surrounds him....
Funny the article briefly covered the don’t shoot back. I’d like to see a confirmation of the rules of engagement regarding the don’t shoot back policy.
Human shield loses fear factor increases for the Talibs.
Under those rules, our soldiers no longer belong there. Bring them home............................
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My feelings exactly.
Obama is loved by the whole world. He can surely get the UN to replace our troops and maintain the peace in those nations.
Loved by the whole world because the Rockefeller paymasters put him there on the center stage, the post of POTUS, and they made the world love him, when we ought to hate him.
And I’d wished there was no UN.
The UN is the global government that will be headed by the Antichrist.
Nations would be conquered, and ‘peace’ is bloodshed and devastation.
...the young Marines, when ambushed by Taliban forces with automatic weapons, were ordered to shoulder their rifles....
This is an insane order. The commanders on-scene should refuse to patrol under these ROE. They are needlessly and recklessly placing the men under their command at significant risk.
obama is a complete disaster as a President. He has no regard for the Constitution, the law, our Citizens, or our Military. obama out now! Where's the birht certificate?
I was being sarcastic.
When Obama asked for help in Iraq and Afghanistan from his “allies”, the only sound was chirping crickets. I think France offerred to send a case of beans or something to help out.
And the Kenyan thanked them for it. Meanwhile, Americans are being ordered to let the enemy travel freely and not shoot back when fired upon. Anyone that dies under those rules is not a miltary casualty. He is a murder victim!
That story is a little different and doesn’t confirm the don’t shoot back that this article implies.
I don’t agree with the limited ROE, but do see the need to reduce the civilian casualties as the Taliban have used that as a weapon effectively against the US in the propaganda war.
This ROE will push the Taliban to surround itself with civilians to survive. I wonder how the civilians will like this new policy when the Taliban is pushed to the wall?
Sounds to me like our guys are over there protecting the opium fields. Gotta get that heroin in here and destroy more lives.
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A little perspective is necessary. In Iraq AQ controlled certain areas (ie Haditha) through the following method...
They would enter a town, identify the prominent families, drag every member of that family into the street (men, women, children), behead them and video the killings. They then created CDs of the beheadings and made sure that everyone in the town saw what would happen if they so much as talked to US forces. I have seen pieces of one of the CDs.
AQ then forced women and children to act as shields and human bombs to attack our troops. Haditha remained an AQ safe haven until we took the gloves off and fought to win. It was ugly but Haditha was cleansed.
AQ is as active in Afghanistan as the Taliban. They are both beyond savage. They will see these Rules of Engagement as the weakness that they are.
How long do we expect our troops to maintain morale when they will watch their friends blown to pieces and then be told that they can't chase and kill the enemy? This policy will prove disastrous.
If we continue with it then I will channel Jane Fonda and demand that we bring them home now.
I posted the exact same story last night
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290107/posts
What I would like is for ALL freeper’s to verify this story and if true, work with me to get this on Drudge, Beck and Hannity......Who wants to help?
Cut funding for the troops and then tell them not to shoot back. I can’t utter the conclusion I am drawing here.
unbelievable ping
I’ve got a really bad feeling about this.
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Our POS POTUS wants to weaken our military....what better way than this?
US OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
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