Posted on 12/07/2010 9:50:49 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
More than 500 suspected Taliban fighters detained by U.S. forces have been released from custody at the urging of Afghan government officials, angering both American troops and some Afghans who oppose the policy on the grounds that many of those released return to the battlefield to kill NATO soldiers and Afghan civilians.
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We were winning in Viet Nam till we just up and LEFT! Oh, a Dem President there too. I see a pattern.
This is what they do to illegal aliens they catch at the border. Not so effective, huh?
Definitely time to leave.
They don’t want us there.
We don’t want to be there.
We don’t want to win.
Sure, there will be death and misery for the residents if we leave, but that seems to be the lesser of two evils in this case.
It’s Obama’s war. He wanted to look tough and maybe find OBL. There was never a WAR to win there. The right war was in Iraq, but Obama could not admit it.
ping
One word: Hamdania
As I have said before, after supporting the aims of this war and the war in Iraq, its time to come home. Not a single American is worth losing for that wretched, corrupt country and if we arent going to win, get the hell out!
The time to claim Cheu Hoi status was before the shooting started not kill our friends until you ran out of ammo then surrender. After ten years of Iraq and Afghanistan Americans still cannot get through their heads that in war you kill the enemy and destroy their means of making war.
What ever happened to POW camps?
These dangerous people should be aimlessly shuffling about a barren POW compound instead of being released to become a problem and given the another opportunity to kill our people.
My unit caught a Viet Cong once, a 19 or 20 year old girl with an AK47. She went to a POW compound. She wasn’t released just because she was cute. And I sincerely doubt that these unshaved, unbathed Taliban even fit the cute category.
The key is, don’t take them alive. Rules of Engagement only matter when they come from a legitimate president. Thanks Tulsa Ramjet.
>>unshaved, unbathed Taliban even fit the cute category.
Well, after DADT is gone, who knows?
Then what in HELL are we DOING there?????????????????????????????????
College tuition goes up a couple hundred bucks.
VIOLENT, ANGRY RIOTS.
Our soldiers being threatened and killed in the field.
No one cares.
Can’t blame ‘em too much.
How many gitmo detainees have we released over the past 5 years or so, only to run into them again doing jihad.
Bright side is less detainees from the field ;>
Filthy muslims. We should’ve not only NOT countered the Soviets there from ‘79-’89, but ASSISTED them.
“I never thought I would say this but I agree with you. If Obama will not let us win it with his stupid rules of engagement then lets get out.
We were winning in Viet Nam till we just up and LEFT! Oh, a Dem President there too. I see a pattern.”
Exactly these Rats are worthless and are responsible for a lot of space on that wall being filled!
I think a 10,000 AGL HANO insertion would fill the letter of “let them go”.
I agree
Not the solution. There are good people in Afghanistan who deserve better.
There is no reason why we should be capturing these vermin in the first place. Kill them on sight.
There are plenty of Afghans who lost family members in terrorist attacks. Some of them may freely provide the necessary information.
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