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Obama expresses sorrow for 31 US troops killed in Afghan crash
The Hill ^ | August 8, 2011 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 08/06/2011 9:27:08 AM PDT by yoe

President Obama praised the sacrifice of 31 U.S. troops who died early Saturday morning in helicopter crash in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.

The Taliban has claimed it shot down the aircraft with a rocket-propelled grenade. Seven Afghan soldiers on board the helicopter also died.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the Americans who were lost earlier today in Afghanistan,” Obama said in a statement. “Their deaths are a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices made by the men and women of our military and their families, including all who have served in Afghanistan.”

Obama said their deaths would be not be in vain.

“We will draw inspiration from their lives, and continue the work of securing our country and standing up for the values that they embodied,” he said.

ABC News reported the crash killed as many as 25 Navy Seals, the elite force that specializes in commando raids, such as the one that killed Osama bin Laden earlier this year.

It is the most casualties American forces have suffered in a single day in Afghanistan.

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To: yoe
The vile one's last word in this statement about those killed in action is:
"embodied"
That's creepy and weird.
121 posted on 08/07/2011 7:45:12 AM PDT by bvw
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To: TSgt

It appears Obama’s watching himself on the flat screen as he gets the call.


122 posted on 08/07/2011 8:05:15 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: SoldierDad; tsowellfan
Yeah. That why I though it was worth repeating tsowellfan's post.

I put nothing past these people.

123 posted on 08/07/2011 8:21:52 AM PDT by null and void (Day 927. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
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To: VanDeKoik

Which golf course did the press track him down on to get this statement?


124 posted on 08/07/2011 9:01:18 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Muslims do not immigrate; they colonize.)
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To: nascarnation

Along with, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”


125 posted on 08/07/2011 10:32:38 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
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To: nascarnation

Along with, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”


126 posted on 08/07/2011 10:32:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
So when does Mr. Sorrow (or would that be King Sorrow or Emperor Sorrow?) start investigating how the effing Tollibon knew that Seal Team 6 was on that chopper and when it would be taking off and landing and where?]

I want to know why any of them were still over there after their identities had been released by Panetta

If they had to be, because absoluty no one else could do the job, why were they all together like that?

Obviously no one in this administration was thinking about these brave Americans safety. Only their own. They use them and then threw them out. This government is not for the American people.

127 posted on 08/07/2011 2:04:58 PM PDT by antonia (A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. - Edward R. Murrow)
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To: yoe

Wondering about how the military appreciate the Liar-dhimmy in chief ?

The huge failure in Afghanistan with that pathetic scheduled and announced withdrawal, the fueled “revolutions” in the “arabo-muslim” world, and the “don’t ask don’t tell” stuff....BTW i can’t hear Colin Powel !


128 posted on 08/08/2011 1:31:32 AM PDT by Ulysse
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To: yoe

...There’s blood on your hands, you POSPOTUS!!!


129 posted on 08/08/2011 11:21:13 AM PDT by gargoyle (...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
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