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To: Moltke
The slaughter took place yesterday in a village in the Musa Qala district of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan - an area said to be completely under the control of insurgents.

How the hell does the Taliban still have control over any area of Afghanistan?

17 posted on 08/27/2012 5:10:33 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan

Surprised they didn’t report it as an “accident” like they did the most recent killing of two US service members by an Afghan...

Big Media doesn’t want to muddy up their god Hussein giving Taliban Gitmo prisoners back to the Taliban.


18 posted on 08/27/2012 5:22:42 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Rummyfan

Because a purely airwar cannot keep a large, mountainous country under complete control — especially when the Talibs can just run to pakistan anytim they are threatened...


24 posted on 08/27/2012 5:37:36 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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