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Posted on 11/03/2009 8:14:10 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K
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Got this link in an email, My son is a Marine currently deployed in the Helmand province Afghanistan.
If you want to see what the Hussein administration expects from our Marines, what amounts to getting them killed with suicidal stupid "rules of engagement" while he leaves them twisting in the wind and hung out to dry, watch this video..
To: DirtyHarryY2K
If you want to see what the Hussein administration expects from our Marines, what amounts to getting them killed with suicidal stupid "rules of engagement" while he leaves them twisting in the wind and hung out to dry, watch this video.. If I want to see them given a mission and only a few rules about how to get it done, and then celebrate them when it's over, what do I do?
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:19:23 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: HollyB; MestaMachine; Saoirise; mojitojoe; NoObamaFightForConservatives; thouworm; ~Kim4VRWC's~; ...
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:19:32 AM PST
by
444Flyer
("Permission to engage the enemy Sir! " " Permission denied." (Under CIC Obamao.))
To: Vn_survivor_67-68; Markos33
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:22:46 AM PST
by
444Flyer
("Permission to engage the enemy Sir! " " Permission denied." (Under CIC Obamao.))
To: DirtyHarryY2K
I watched it a week or so back, pretty good; though it seemed to foster an attitude that Obama might like Americans to believe.
Bottomline, the Afgans out in those rural villages just want left alone; kinda the same as Vietnam in some ways. The Afgans had the attitude if I do what Americans tell me, the taliban will kill me; if I do what taliban say, the Americans will lay into me. I thought I heard one Afgan say, Americans should just go away; not that they liked the taliban any better either.
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:37:25 AM PST
by
Eska
To: DirtyHarryY2K
My son spent nearly a year in Mosul in 2003 and just got back from the Dyala province last August. Seeing Obama’s Dover AFB photo-op nearly made me puke. The boy president was having a great time playing soldier. I pray God protects our sons from this Gelding-in-Chief.
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:43:37 AM PST
by
tbpiper
To: tbpiper
Just to think, the Democrats had a hissy fit when George Bush landed on that aircraft carrier wearing a flight suit.
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:49:55 AM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
I saw this Frontline episode 2 or 3 weeks ago. It was very good, and only echoes the complexities of the situation over there that McChrystal is talking about from a military point of view, as well from a political point of view. Obama is ignoring it for two reasons, first, he's inexperienced, and secondly, he doesn't like being told what he has to do. Obama sees this as more of a political hot potato more than an opportunity for military achievement.
Obama is dithering I think because he's trying to see how he can exploit the situation for his own political expedience, while at the same time, creating a way to take credit for something he has no direct part in.
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:51:18 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
U.S. Army Spc. Michael Riley, a radio traffic operator, smokes a cigarette while taking a break with fellow Soldiers during a dismounted patrol across the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2009. All Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon and 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) Date Posted: 10/29/2009
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posted on
11/03/2009 8:56:36 AM PST
by
roses of sharon
(Call the NFL and welcome their new Commissioner, Al Sharpton.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Obama is dithering I think because he's trying to see how he can exploit the situation for his own political expedience, while at the same time, creating a way to take credit for something he has no direct part in. Or Hussein is a muslim and he wants islam to rule the planet. I'm inclined to believe the latter..
Obama Admits He Is A Muslim
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:01:53 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
To: BigSkyFreeper
” Obama is dithering I think because he’s trying to see how he can exploit the situation for his own political expedience, while at the same time, creating a way to take credit for something he has no direct part in.”
He’s also letting all the elections - Afghan, US, get out of the way so he let his spin doctors cook up the best message based on those results.
The Afghan situation didn’t play out, so now it’s what happens today that will form the approach.
It should be rather apparent that he delays to create advantage/take credit, or to deflect blame onto others
To: roses of sharon
![](http://cryptome.org/info/afpak-archive/afpak-fun-04s-49.jpg)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Barnes continues with his mission even thought the crotch of his pants were ripped off during a dismounted patrol across the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan Aug. 29, 2009. Barnes is a squad leader assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) Date Posted: 10/29/2009
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:06:18 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
He’s a member of a lot of things: CFR, Freemasonry, and probaly Skull & Bones. Obama, like most politicians, is a conspiracy theorists wet dream.
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:08:31 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I don’t think a man who’sname is Barack Hussein Obama who admits the muslim call to prayer is “one of the prettiest sounds on earth” among other things like bowing to a muslim king and declaring the USA is one of the worlds largest muslim nations and refers to the “holy koran” is much of a “conspiracy” as it is a forgone conclusion and a simple fact to anyone able to think for themselves.
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:17:10 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:49:19 AM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: 444Flyer
Thanks for the ping, 444Flyer.
This was an eye opening video.
The conclusion I draw from this is that if
the Taliban is a proxy of the government of Pakistan,
then Pakistan needs to start paying the well deserved
consequences for their support of those who are killing Americans.
IMO, we should be at war with Pakistan.
My young nephew just graduated boot at Parris Island on 9, Oct., and he is now at Geiger in grunt school. There's little doubt that he'll end up in Afghanistan, soon.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:20:00 AM PST
by
Semper Mark
("Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples liberty's teeth.")
To: roses of sharon
Now that is a great war face.
To: DirtyHarryY2K
May God bless your son and all of ‘em and keep them safe! It’s a damn shame that some of their worst enemies are in Washington.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:33:24 AM PST
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
To: roses of sharon
Okay, I have to say it - damn, that’s a good looking man!!
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:34:23 AM PST
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
My son had a few pairs of “crotchless” pants in Iraq from kicking in doors. He said the old DCU’s held up better. May God bless this dear soldier!
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:36:31 AM PST
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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