where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English,,,
Afghanistan has an air force? We’re training them to be pilots? How stupid is our government? And now they have gone missing?
Who’s minding the store? Not our government and certainly not the MSM. God help us.
Yes they do, and yest we are. Iraqis too. Remember it was the Norther Alliance that did most of the ground pounder fighting during the early days of the war there, with US special forces acting as liason to the heavy firepower. In fact, well before 9-11 *they* would have popped bin Laden had we given them the go ahead. Billy Jeff couldn't be bothered to come to the phone.
It was Northern Alliance Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum that told the Taliban " America is so determined, they bring their women to kill the Taliban. Youre so pathetic. Its the angel of death raining fire upon you. Then the "Angel of Death", a USAF weapons officer on an AC-130, first told them, with General Dostum translating, exactly what she was going to do to them, then she and the rest of the crew did it.
(as of 2008) Captain Allison Black, the Angel of Death. One of them anyway. :)
Another descrition. The following is from "The Hunt For Bin Laden - Task Force Dagger, by Robin Moore, pg. 99..
Dabbling in psychological operations, the (Special Forces) team asked TASK FORCE DAGGER to give them an AC-130 gunship for a few nights. Once again, the weapons release officer was the efficient and attractive Air Force captain named Allison. When the bird came overhead, TIGER 01 would announce to the Taliban in Dari and Arabic that the "Angel of Death" had arrived and she had something to give them. Ally would then follow on the Taliban's command frequency, speaking with her soft, sensuous voice in English, calmly explaining to the enemy that she knew how they treated women, so it was only fair that she get an opportunity to repay their kindness. More than a few SF operators got a woody listening to her sultry description of the havoc that was about to be unleashed. Then, Ally voice would abruptly disappear as the Spectre's 105mm cannons and mini-guns would let loose, wreaking death and destruction of biblical proportions on the Taliban's trench lines.