I HAVE to read this article, and if it’s anything near REMOTELY true, it’s the biggest story i’ve heard in years.
Did they show the Soldiers the Movie “Zulu” for inspiration?
Incredible—— I hope the TV documentary gets shown over here.
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Where in the hell was Specter, the A-10s, and the Apaches.
I couldn’t concentrate on the article with Sahara Ray there.
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
This turns my stomach. Prayers for all our Military and our allies. ALWAYS.
“How could they have left those soldiers for 2 months with no backup or support?”.....
Exactly the same thoughts as mine. “No man left behind”
Good read. No wonder it’s been kept quiet. Somebody screwed up somewhere leaving those guys all alone.
Britain is there as our ally! They deserve a better POTUS than the scum we have now!
Ping later
Were the Coms down? It is my understanding that the US does back up in situations like this? What gives?
The Taliban watched in satisfaction as the Danes took with them more than 40 armoured vehicles, eight heavy machine guns and a 12-strong medical team with armoured ambulances.
Their British replacements had just two heavy machine guns, one doctor, two medics and a quad bike.
Wow!
Come on. The possibility of a civilian getting hurt meant no help was going to be sent. Everyone knows that.
I was in Afghanistan a few months after this. Unless it was just a monumental screw-up by the British...the US had the air support and would have given it.
I suspect they didn't. Journolists get away with lies as easy as Obama, Clinton, IRS, VA.........Here there everywhere.
” and the Government has refused access to factual information.”
How can their Parliment Members and Ministry of Defence members sleep at night knowing the entire government is scum.
The way it struck me, was that the Brits took responsibility for a sector, under-resourced it, never left their FOB, and surrendered the area to the enemy after 56 days and two casualties.
Not uncommon, and still better than many of our multi-national allies perform when push comes to shove.
MORe than one such scenario, handsful of Our soldiers were sent into similar situations - - left in spots like fish in a barrel, where the enemy could shoot down on them from all sides - and when under attack - NO AIR COVER for days.
I stress - there were MANY such incidents -
and NO ONE in here should be ignorant of these. But I learned, over the years, that there would many - MANY many most comments and interest from freepers on a post about Paris Hilton, for example, than what was happening to our troops in the ‘Ghan. Flame away - I experienced this lack of interest ad nauseam.
The story of this post is heart breaking - but hardly isolated. And those of you who are shocked - well, shame on you.
And after O’bummer took office and changed the ROE’s - which including ‘Can’t shoot until shot at first” - our KIA DOUBLED the first years and TRIPLED the next - Of course, you all knew that, with? Nah - More important things to do, like watching “Dancing with the Stars.”
Have I offended you?
(Don’t bother answering my post. When it comes to our troops and what was done to them, you’ll were AWOL. I have no interest in what you might say.
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Tough.
Here’s just one of OUR such battles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJXqDhfTaA