Posted on 08/05/2014 7:44:55 AM PDT by kristinn
A United States Army major general was killed on Tuesday by an Afghan soldier, shot at close range at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, an official of the American-led coalition and Afghan media reported Tuesday. The officer was the highest-ranking member of the American military to die in hostilities in the Afghanistan war.
The coalition official, who spoke on condition of anonymity and would not release the name of the major general, said an unspecified number of other service members of the American-led coalition and Afghan soldiers, including a senior Afghan commander were also shot. Their conditions were not known.
Other details of the shooting were sketchy, and the coalition official would only confirm that an incident had taken place at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy.
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The Taliban, which often takes credit for insider attacks, had no immediate comment on Tuesday. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the insurgents, said he was still trying to collect information about the incident.
But, he added, the Taliban had many people inside the camp, and that one of their loyalists could have been responsible for the attack.
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There is nothing to be gained by staying except more dead troops.
Its been 44 years, since the last general was killed.
He was shot four times in the back per a new report.
Four died in Benghazi.
No one is to blame in the crazy geopolitikal world of today.
Good troop gone bad or .. A plant from the start?
There’s a reason why the Ratusskies left Afghanistan.
BTTT!
Ugh, I just realized this MG Greene is one that I knew. I’ve briefed him a bit over the years, several times for a project I was working recently when he was the deputy ASA(ALT) at the Pentagon. He was a genuinely kind person, who seemed a little soft to the casual eye, but underneath was very tough, savvy, and very intelligent. Like I didn’t hate *#*$! Muslims enough already. :-(
Afghanistan and Iraq made a very nice “vise” around Iran. But, we’ve thrown THAT away...
“My God, it’s good to talk to a sensible man.” (Robert A. Heinlein)
I disagree only about the sand you refer to. In this case, we have a head (Obama’s) that fits into a cup on a golf course. I hope someone has drawn that cartoon...
Well — it (changing a nation’s mindset) can sometimes be done, and has been. Post WW2 Japan, for example. But to do it you have to beat the population to a pulp, and probably have to demonstrate willingness to use even stronger measures (nukes, in the case of Japan.)
Modern Western sensibilities make this unacceptable - at least for now. When we lose a city, or generally suffer significantly, that may change.
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