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Rep. Zinke: The Taliban killed Sgt. McClintock but the Obama White House failed to save him
FoxNews ^ | March 31, 2016 | By Rep. Ryan Zinke

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...

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; marines; military; obama; roe; taliban
Bloody ROE = traitors all.

Editor’s note/Programming Alert: anchored by Bret Baier. Former Navy SEAL Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) contributed the following oped after learning about this week’s special "Fox News Reporting: Rising Threats - Shrinking Military." It airs Friday at 10 p.m. And it reairs Sat. at 1 am, ET, Saturday at 8 p.m., 11 p.m., and Sunday at 3 a.m. ET, 9 p.m. and midnight ET.

1 posted on 04/02/2016 10:51:43 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776
tl;dr == 'Obama blows sucks swallows gargles.
2 posted on 04/02/2016 10:54:03 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: huldah1776

Meanwhile Obama has granted himself a 20% raise to his presidential pension.


3 posted on 04/02/2016 10:56:14 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: huldah1776

“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.


4 posted on 04/02/2016 10:57:52 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: huldah1776

Obama HATES America!!!! and Americans.


5 posted on 04/02/2016 10:58:29 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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The Secret Service have better rules of engagement than the military!!!


6 posted on 04/02/2016 11:01:28 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: huldah1776

Headline should read “ White House and Taliban Kill US Soldier”


7 posted on 04/02/2016 11:05:51 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: huldah1776
Obama's Communist beginnings, i.e., early childhood to pre-teen was so ingrained in the boy he leans decidedly toward Communism; is neither fish nor foul today and should never have been elected but having been done so, should have been impeached long before now. He is a disgrace and an embarrassment to America however, loved by All Islamist, CAIR, The Muslim Brotherhood and cheered on by ISIS/taliban etc. and the anti-Jewish factions the world over.

The left and GOPe are terrified of Trump? or Constitutionalist Cruz? What a joke......

8 posted on 04/02/2016 11:06:54 AM PDT by yoe
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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.


9 posted on 04/02/2016 11:09:23 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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Under enemy islamist soebarkah?

Forget it. Another murdered American to mark his prayer rug.


10 posted on 04/02/2016 11:15:18 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Don Corleone
Obama HATES America!!!! and Americans.

Why??? Because he is a communists black Muslim terrorists. Why won't America wake up!

11 posted on 04/02/2016 11:17:09 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: huldah1776

To Progre$$ives, the American people are just so much collateral damage as they destroy our nation.


12 posted on 04/02/2016 11:17:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: huldah1776

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


13 posted on 04/02/2016 11:23:09 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: huldah1776

Survivors should confront the Muslim traitor...


14 posted on 04/02/2016 11:32:05 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: huldah1776

The feckless fool, Obama, ought to be in leg irons. He’s an indelible blot on American history.


15 posted on 04/02/2016 11:39:15 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Logical me

“...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.


16 posted on 04/02/2016 12:02:26 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
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To: tired&retired

Their suicide rates spiked, too. Betrayal. Pure betrayal.


17 posted on 04/02/2016 12:49:43 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: skeeter

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.


18 posted on 04/02/2016 1:24:47 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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