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U.S. Chopper Loaded With Troops Shotdown in E. Afghanistan
MSNBC Breaking Live
Posted on 03/04/2002 4:12:08 AM PST by RCW2001
MSNBC reporting unknown casualties, CNN reporting multiple casualties... Developing...
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To: RCW2001
To: Illbay
Who are you Ms. Cleo. Women fly choppers. They are also over there fighting for your ass. I don't remembering seeing any of your pictures in Afganistan.
To: McGruff
He also said we were bombing from 6am-6pm. Lol, that's alot of ordnance.
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:09:15 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Braak
I wish it were true that communism were dead.
Alas, its alive and living in Beijing, Washington, New York, Havana, Tehran, LA, Auckland, San Francisco, Athens, among other places.
To: section9
It's man-on-man warfare, no less necessary than WWII. Let our boys repay with interest.
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:09:53 AM PST
by
steveegg
To: elwoodp
Can you imagine going into a battle with a gun -- yet keeping it in your holster while your enemy cuts you to ribbons with a knife, because you "don't want to take unfair advantage"? Unfair advantage? When has this been the case in Afghanistan?
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:10:17 AM PST
by
Fury
To: section9
I suppose that I'm biased in favor of the lighter Blackhawk platform. Of course, a Blackhawk can't tote around a decent-sized artillery piece, I suppose (of course, B's can haul around the small stuff). I had a chance to get into Blackhawks when they first entered the Army inventory, but turned it down and stuck with the Chinook. The "D" model Chinook was a huge improvement over the "C" and the MH's are better yet. The Chinook has pulled my bacon from the fire more than once. It's a good aircraft.
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:12:09 AM PST
by
ladtx
To: Illbay
I doubt seriously that any of our women are being killed.Maybe not. But if so, it is despite the feminists and Liberal Democrats--not because of them. There is a feminist front organization called DACOWITS that has spent about $1 million of taxpayer money each year sending its DoD-appointed membership out to badger and hector battlefield commanders into placing women in specialized combat teams. DACOWITS had a field day during Clinton's administration.
The Marines resisted the worst of this political correctness assault as did special combat units including the Rangers. It's a good thing they did. Otherwise we would likely have suffered far more casualties and deaths than those reported to date--and the additional numbers would not have comprised women alone.
Heaven save us from the liberal Democrats. Our external declared enemies we can generally handle ourselves.
To: RCW2001
MSNBC reporting unknown casualties, CNN reporting multiple casualties... Developing... FOX News confirms casualties.
Prayers for them, and their families. . .
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To: The Turbanator
Who are you Ms. Cleo. Women fly choppers. They are also over there fighting for your ass. I don't remembering seeing any of your pictures in Afganistan.An amdirer of DACOWITLESS, I see. You are an ignorant toad.
To: wimpycat
Now we're going to find out how "resolved" the American public at large is over this war. But where exactly is "this war"? Afghanistan, Central Asian republics, Georgia, Philipines, Somalia, Yemen, Colombia and others in ever expanding list? Add Iraq for a good measure so the staunch secularist regime in Bagdad is removed to make more place for Muslim fundamentalist. When will it end?
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:14:00 AM PST
by
A. Pole
To: RCW2001; Snow Bunny; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Howlin; Miss Marple; Sabertooth
fyi
To: RCW2001
6 Die In U.S. Chopper Crash
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Pentagon sources say an American helicopter has been shot down over eastern Afghanistan. CBS News Correspondent David Martin says at least six people aboard the craft were killed. More...
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To: AppyPappy
My prayers are with the families of the American troops. These are our finest young people and we must keep our support of them at the high level it has been at.
Dashele, Hollings, and Byrd have been talking about exit strategies, failure, and cutting off the funds. Talking out of the other side of the Democrat's mouth has been Lieberman calling for more US troop participation yesterday. I am quite sure that they will be callous enough to use this against Bush some time in the next several days. These people are opportunists of the lowest order.
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:17:55 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: RCW2001
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., faults the administration for what he sees as lack of a clear direction while expanding the anti-terrorism campaign globally.
"We really don't know what the direction is, frankly. We talk about going into Yemen. We're talking now about going into the Philippines and other places," Daschle said on "Fox News Sunday."
"... Before we go into a lot of these other locations, I think it is important for us to better understand what our purpose is, how long will we be there, how many troops will be there, how does it affect our efforts in Afghanistan."
To: A. Pole
But where exactly is "this war"? Afghanistan, Central Asian republics, Georgia, Philipines, Somalia, Yemen, Colombia and others in ever expanding list? Add Iraq for a good measure so the staunch secularist regime in Bagdad is removed to make more place for Muslim fundamentalist. When will it end? Suggestions on how we should proceed?
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posted on
03/04/2002 5:18:48 AM PST
by
Fury
To: MeeknMing
Prayers and BUMP!!
To: Illbay
Not today, but in the Marine refueler that crashed a few weeks ago. She was as much a hereo as all the rest. I don't support putting women in combat (except as a last line of defence), but I do honor the ones who are.
To: RCW2001
U.S. pummels al-Qaida and Taliban positions; U.S. helicopter shot down -AP Breaking NewsKATHY GANNON, Associated Press Writer (03-04) 06:08 PST SURMAD, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. jets carpet-bombed the mountains of eastern Afghanistan on Monday as coalition forces on the ground tried to block al-Qaida and Taliban escape routes. Pentagon sources said an Americ...
To: Kevin Curry
No I'm just proud of the Men or Women fighting so that you can breath another day. I respect anyone who would take up arms against our enemy. But we should all Be Proud of Our Soldiers.
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