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Catch-and-release of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan angers troops (to kill our sons and daughters)
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/06/10 8:05 PM | Sara A. Carter

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanista; catchandrelease; gwot; war
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To: Cheetahcat
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.

21 posted on 12/07/2010 10:37:41 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: 70th Division

This is what they do to illegal aliens they catch at the border. Not so effective, huh?


22 posted on 12/07/2010 10:40:24 AM PST by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

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.


23 posted on 12/07/2010 10:43:37 AM PST by lurk
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To: 70th Division

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.


24 posted on 12/07/2010 10:47:07 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: himno hero

ping


25 posted on 12/07/2010 10:58:57 AM PST by ducttape45
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To: 444Flyer
I read this and just thought “here we go again”.

One word: Hamdania

26 posted on 12/07/2010 11:05:21 AM PST by Saoirise (Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity - LTC (CENTCOM))
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

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!


27 posted on 12/07/2010 11:29:06 AM PST by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing leftists and their fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: GulchBound
I remember when the US used to distribute these Chieu Hoi passes so the VC and NVA could surrender to us. Several times we were into some pretty heavy combat and when these bastards ran out of ammo they would throw down their weapons and wave these passes and shout “Chie Hoi” it didn't do them any good, we shot em anyway.

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.

28 posted on 12/07/2010 11:34:50 AM PST by Americanexpat
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

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.


29 posted on 12/07/2010 12:03:07 PM PST by BuffaloJack (The Recession is officially over. We are now into Obama's Depression.)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

The key is, don’t take them alive. Rules of Engagement only matter when they come from a legitimate president. Thanks Tulsa Ramjet.


30 posted on 12/07/2010 12:03:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: BuffaloJack

>>unshaved, unbathed Taliban even fit the cute category.

Well, after DADT is gone, who knows?


31 posted on 12/07/2010 12:08:01 PM PST by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: 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

Then what in HELL are we DOING there?????????????????????????????????

32 posted on 12/07/2010 12:11:01 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

College tuition goes up a couple hundred bucks.

VIOLENT, ANGRY RIOTS.

Our soldiers being threatened and killed in the field.

No one cares.


33 posted on 12/07/2010 12:12:14 PM PST by Tzimisce (It's just another day in Obamaland.)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

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 ;>


34 posted on 12/07/2010 12:13:48 PM PST by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

Filthy muslims. We should’ve not only NOT countered the Soviets there from ‘79-’89, but ASSISTED them.


35 posted on 12/07/2010 12:16:42 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: 70th Division

“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!


36 posted on 12/07/2010 12:33:14 PM PST by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

I think a 10,000 AGL HANO insertion would fill the letter of “let them go”.


37 posted on 12/07/2010 12:33:27 PM PST by magslinger ('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
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To: Cheetahcat

I agree


38 posted on 12/07/2010 12:44:09 PM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: mrmeyer

Not the solution. There are good people in Afghanistan who deserve better.


39 posted on 12/07/2010 1:10:39 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet

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.


40 posted on 12/07/2010 1:50:38 PM PST by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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