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Afghan Protesters Hurl Grenades at US Base (Obama's apology doesn't quell violence)
abc ^ | 2/26/2012 | DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ / Associated Press

Posted on 02/26/2012 2:39:42 PM PST by tobyhill

Demonstrators hurled grenades at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, and a gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured Sunday in the escalating crisis over the burning of Muslim holy books at an American airfield.

More than 30 people have been killed, including four U.S. troops, in six days of unrest. Still, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said the violence would not change Washington's course .

"Tensions are running very high here, and I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business," Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN's "State of the Union."

"This is not the time to decide that we're done here," he said. "We have got to redouble our efforts. We've got to create a situation in which al-Qaida is not coming back."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; apology; islam; koranburning; muslim; muslims; obama; rop
The only thing that will calm them down now is another Obama speech with the Greek Columns.
1 posted on 02/26/2012 2:39:49 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Or if you open up on them with quad fifties.


2 posted on 02/26/2012 2:48:29 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: tobyhill

An apology only fans the flames because it emboldens the barbarians, and Barky knows it.


3 posted on 02/26/2012 2:55:29 PM PST by crosshairs (Maranatha!)
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To: tobyhill

Lite em up.


4 posted on 02/26/2012 2:56:45 PM PST by albionin
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To: tobyhill

Pull all our people out. Nuke the place and call it a day.


5 posted on 02/26/2012 3:20:30 PM PST by RetiredArmy (POLITICIANS: Promise the moon. Deliver the shaft.)
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To: tobyhill

Hurl some grenades back....Mark 19 style.


6 posted on 02/26/2012 3:23:17 PM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Just Quad 50’s ?? You lack vision. Napalm and Willie Pete.
A few B-52-loads of Fuel-air bombs, spaced to maximize the carnage.

Or just trap a few thousand wild boar, and parachute them in breeding pairs into the Afghan hills. . . .


7 posted on 02/26/2012 3:24:10 PM PST by Salgak
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To: crosshairs
“An apology only fans the flames because it emboldens the barbarians, and Barky knows it.”
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty by preventing the justice due the innocent! (Proverbs 18-5)

Guess our Christan President missed this one Sunday! (s)

8 posted on 02/26/2012 3:28:42 PM PST by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed! WWW.MIKEMcCALISTERFORSENATE.COM check him out!)
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To: tobyhill

Yes,yes. “Tensions are running very high here, and I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business,”.

Try telling that to the families of the soldiers and officers who were killed.


9 posted on 02/26/2012 3:32:49 PM PST by ngat
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To: tobyhill
(Obama's - apology - groveling - doesn't quell escalates violence)

Anyone who knows the psyche of these barbarians know that they only respect strength. When they see weakness, they ramp up the attack.

That said, I wonder if the "WON" doesn't know this. I don't wonder that his sympathies lie on their side. His ROE alone demonstrate that.

10 posted on 02/26/2012 3:36:47 PM PST by maine-iac7 (.)
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To: tobyhill

I don’t know why these moslims so upset, most of them cannot read anyway.


11 posted on 02/26/2012 3:51:18 PM PST by Ham Hock
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To: tobyhill

Weakness only inflames the vicious idiots even more.

And they can smell the weakness of Obama half a world away.


12 posted on 02/26/2012 3:52:06 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: tobyhill
Demonstrators hurled grenades at a U.S. base...

Demonstrators? Demonstrators!!??

"Demonstrators" carry signs, chant, and maybe burn a few effigies.

"Enemy combatants" throw live grenades and kill people.

I'd say these are the latter - and should be treated as such! They should be given a good dose of lead until they are either dead or surrender.

My gawd. How much more mealy-mouthed and pussified can we get?

We have morphed from a War On Islamic Extremism to a Dithering Fool's Errand...

13 posted on 02/26/2012 3:52:12 PM PST by Gritty (War is hell, but global "mentoring" is purgatory - Mark Steyn)
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To: tobyhill

Has Zero ever apologized to Christians for burning Bibles?


14 posted on 02/26/2012 3:59:58 PM PST by TFMcGuire (Liberalism Is Hatred)
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To: crosshairs

An apology only fans the flames

That’s because Obama hasn’t demonstrated sincerity in his apology. I suggest he cry in his next apology and sacrifice one of the kids or Michelle to demonstrate how sorry we are. That should stop the terrorists in their tracks.


15 posted on 02/26/2012 4:24:50 PM PST by Joan Kerrey
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To: tobyhill

I think obama apologized to them just to make us angry... and its working.. I am angry.


16 posted on 02/26/2012 5:03:55 PM PST by txgirl4Bush (I Support Newt Gingrich for President.)
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To: Salgak

I was just thinking of close quarters.


17 posted on 02/26/2012 5:17:56 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: tobyhill

The Food Stamp President needs to learn how to properly grovel. Muslims do not appreciate the person grovelling to be arrogant and haughty. He must learn how to properly bow, scrape and humbly crawl before the scum of the earth with his sniveling apology.


18 posted on 02/26/2012 5:26:18 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: tobyhill
Here is an apology that ROCKS!
19 posted on 02/26/2012 6:51:42 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: tobyhill

Maybe the Translator messed up the translation?


20 posted on 02/26/2012 9:16:20 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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