Posted on 04/02/2016 10:51:42 AM PDT by huldah1776
On January 5, 2016, America lost an elite Special Forces soldier when the White House turned their back on him and his unit. Army Green Beret Sergeant First Class Matthew McClintock lost his life, and two others were wounded, when his unit came under Taliban fire in a compound in Marjah, Afghanistan. After the unit was pinned down by enemy combatants, reports say the ground commander requested support from a circling AC-130 gunship.
Due to the Obama administration’s fear of collateral damage, the gunship was initially waived off. The “quick” reaction force (QRF) was also delayed by hours. Although one of his fellow soldiers was able to keep him alive through the night, by the time the QRF and Medevac arrived about twelve hours later, it was too late. SFC McClintock died in the helicopter. The Taliban may have killed SFC McClintock, but the White House failed to save him.
It’s unthinkable that situations like this – where our troops are left defenseless and told not to return fire – happen at all. Even more disturbing, under this administration, these situations are the new reality. Rules of engagement matter. For SFC McClintock, it could have made the difference between life and death.
For the past several years, the White House has been forcing our troops to fight a war with their hands tied behind their backs. Troops are told they must have certainty that an individual is a combatant -- apparently a known Taliban fighter pointing a weapon at them does not qualify.
Our pilots are told to hold their fire until the U.S. gains permission from foreign governments to strike...
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Meanwhile Obama has granted himself a 20% raise to his presidential pension.
“It’s unthinkable that situations like this – where our troops are left defenseless and told not to return fire – happen at all.”
This is one of the main reasons that the suicide rate in the military doubled after Obummer took office.
I have several friends in Special Forces. They were very frustrated when Obama changed the rules of engagement in 2008 and they were disciplined for returning fire.
Obama HATES America!!!! and Americans.
The Secret Service have better rules of engagement than the military!!!
Headline should read “ White House and Taliban Kill US Soldier”
The left and GOPe are terrified of Trump? or Constitutionalist Cruz? What a joke......
If you don’t want to be road kill, stay off the road.
I don’t care about civilian casualties.
Should have turned them into ground round and got our guy back.
Under enemy islamist soebarkah?
Forget it. Another murdered American to mark his prayer rug.
Why??? Because he is a communists black Muslim terrorists. Why won't America wake up!
To Progre$$ives, the American people are just so much collateral damage as they destroy our nation.
Rules of engagement now controlled by the WH. Every time that happens, it is a disaster. By like dogs that return to their own vomit, so do the Democrats return to the policies that have failed
Survivors should confront the Muslim traitor...
The feckless fool, Obama, ought to be in leg irons. He’s an indelible blot on American history.
“...Why won’t America wake up!...”
Because he’s got too many believing he’s God and can do no wrong. It would take something bigger than Pearl Harbor AND 9/11 to wake the sheeple up. And that’s a huge maybe.
Their suicide rates spiked, too. Betrayal. Pure betrayal.
wow, how did I miss that thread? So Congress wants to cap it...
You know, the principle that a republic survives until the people can vote themselves income should have been prevented in the constitution by not allowing the government to so the same thing.
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