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U.S. vows to back off if fighters use Afghan civilians as cover
CNN ^ | 11/9/2008

Posted on 11/09/2008 11:48:30 AM PST by james500

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U.S. forces in Afghanistan will "back off" from firing at insurgents if the fighters are using civilian buildings as cover, the U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan told CNN.

LMAO!!!
Oh, that Onion...!

61 posted on 11/09/2008 3:16:30 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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I can't think of a better tactic to increase the use of civilian shields. Just look at the palestinians.

62 posted on 11/09/2008 3:16:47 PM PST by SJackson (http://www.jewish-history.com/emporium/)
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To: james500
I had to read the title 3 or 4 times because I thought I was reading it wrong.

This is too stupid to be true.

63 posted on 11/09/2008 3:17:31 PM PST by Hadean (Obamalamadingdong)
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To: ScottinVA

It’s all President Elect Obama’s fault!


64 posted on 11/09/2008 3:17:44 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: JNoelC

“Or is there some sort of Machiavellian spin on this that I haven’t grasped?”

Yeah, probably. There usually is. I’ll suggest one possibility: Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser was so utterly disgusted by the orders that came down from his ‘boss’ that he disregarded protocol and spoke of them publicly, hoping that if there are still some rational people making decisions, this will be reversed. I have no evidence that was his motivation, it’s only a possibility.

“”I’ve given direct guidance, and so has my boss to me, that if there’s any doubt at all that the enemy is firing from a house or building where there might be women and children, that we’ll just back off,” Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, told CNN’s Barbara Starr.”


65 posted on 11/09/2008 3:18:07 PM PST by james500
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To: JNoelC

“Or is there some sort of Machiavellian spin on this that I haven’t grasped?”

“Yeah, probably. There usually is.”

I want to clarify that there usually is a spin on everything, not that there’s usually something you haven’t grasped!


66 posted on 11/09/2008 3:21:49 PM PST by james500
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To: pnh102

Can you believe we would ANNOUNCE such a ridiculous policy?!

Incredible!


67 posted on 11/09/2008 3:22:02 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: sionnsar

“Might as well pull out now.”

It is an imperative that we pull out now. This tells us two things:

#1 The General officer corps cares more about politics than their soldiers (The good general should have resigned on the spot when ordered to implement this “strategy”)

#2 We are asking our soldiers to do the impossible. Fight, but not fight back. It will yield senseless death.

Both of these mean we have lost through loss of will to fight from our political leaders. Don’t sacrifice soldiers because you don’t have the balls to fight an actual war.


68 posted on 11/09/2008 3:23:20 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

As long as Obama is so calm in demeanor, and speaks so eloquently, measured, cool, presidential, how can you think The One can fail? His way is the way in a united way. Prioritize, means in order of importance.

We are so screwed!


69 posted on 11/09/2008 3:29:04 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: james500

I think there is some fine print that is not being reported. We said WE would back off. As far as I know the Afgan army was not part of that agreement and didn’t say THEY would back off.


70 posted on 11/09/2008 3:33:18 PM PST by WellyP
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To: Boardwalk

Maybe his plan is to go over there after his inauguration and make Yes We Can Speeches. He’ll Obamatize those miscreants in no time. Why not, it worked for a lot idiots in the US.


71 posted on 11/09/2008 3:36:08 PM PST by Master of Orion
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To: james500

Please tell me this is a BS report.


72 posted on 11/09/2008 3:41:31 PM PST by Karliner ("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. DDE)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

British troops ‘cannot bear brunt of Barack Obama’s Afghanistan surge’
UK Telegraph | 11/9/2008
Posted on 11/09/2008 2:53:10 PM PST by GVnana
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2129005/posts


73 posted on 11/09/2008 3:45:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: james500

Part of the Bush ‘43 Legacy: open borders and invasion at home, “fighting” a PC war abroad.


74 posted on 11/09/2008 3:47:46 PM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: pnh102

Agreed. Wars are not won with PR. Wars are lost that way.


75 posted on 11/09/2008 3:58:26 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Drango

It is worse than that. It gives the terrorists places to hide in any village in the world.


76 posted on 11/09/2008 5:03:59 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is the Antichrist.)
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To: james500

That’s it. Just bring our guys home. If you’re going to tell the enemy we won’t shoot if you hide behind women and children, what do you think they’re gonna do? We’re encouraging this by announcing we won’t shoot. I say bring our troops home NOW. To hell with them.


77 posted on 11/09/2008 5:51:48 PM PST by samsmom
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To: Abathar
The Communist News Network can't help itself!
78 posted on 11/09/2008 6:21:00 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (President Bush has let me down! Palin in 2012!)
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To: samsmom
"That?s it. Just bring our guys home. If you?re going to tell the enemy we won?t shoot if you hide behind women and children, what do you think they?re gonna do? We?re encouraging this by announcing we won?t shoot. I say bring our troops home NOW. To hell with them."

Not to mention, who wants to be the last American soldier killed trying to fight with impossible rules of engagement for a CIC who is a socialist erasing the USA you signed up to defend?

79 posted on 11/09/2008 7:24:15 PM PST by Truth29
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To: james500

Boy Genius at work already...

Why not invite the taliban in for tea and crumpets BO?

Geezzz


80 posted on 11/09/2008 7:54:26 PM PST by Barney59 ("Amen")
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