Total agreement here. As far as "it" is concerned, out of sight, out of mind.
TAPS
Posted on 10/03/2009 10:46:57 PM PDT by montag813
Eight American soldiers and two Afghans have been killed in an attack on two outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
A tribal militia launched the attack from a mosque and a nearby village in Nuristan, one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Americans and Afghans repelled the attack and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties," the statement said.
In the U.S. statement, Col. Randy George described it as "a complex attack in a difficult area." The Taliban claimed responsibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Total agreement here. As far as "it" is concerned, out of sight, out of mind.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
White House Resorts to Stereotyping: Calls Obama “Lazy”
Here we go, from the Drudge Report... straight from the horse’s mouth. An unnamed White House official has gone on the record saying that Obama is “lazy.”
As for Obama, a senior White House official said the freshman senator from Illinois was “capable” of the intellectual rigor needed to win the presidency but instead relies too heavily on his easy charm.
“It’s sort of like, ‘that’s all I need to get by,’ which bespeaks sort of a condescending attitude towards the voters,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “And a laziness, an intellectual laziness.”
Rove: Obama “lazy”
'We're pinned down:'
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html?storylink=MI_emailed
(snip)..Dashing from boulder to boulder, diving into trenches and ducking behind stone walls as the insurgents maneuvered to outflank us, we waited more than an hour for U.S. helicopters to arrive, despite earlier assurances that air cover would be five minutes away.
U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren't near the village.
"We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. We've lost today," Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latter's repeated demands for helicopters."
(snip)"...The Americans were there to give advice and call for air and artillery support if required."
(snip) "...Several U.S. officers said they suspected that the insurgents had been tipped off by sympathizers in the local Afghan security forces or by the village elders,.."
(snip)"..Lt. Fabayo and several other soldiers later said they'd seen women and children in the village shuttling ammunition to fighters positioned in windows and roofs. Across the valley and from their ridgeline outposts, the Afghans and Americans fired back.
(snip)"...At 5:50 a.m., Army Capt. Will Swenson, of Seattle, WA, the trainer of the Afghan Border Police unit in Shakani, began calling for air support or artillery fire from a unit of the Army's 10th Mountain Division. The responses came back: No helicopters were available.
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NOTE: The women and children running ammo for the insurgents. The village elders undermining the U.S. efforts and siding with the Insurgency.
NOTE: Obama and McChrystal's new ROE's are protecting and defending the enemy. Not our troops.
Being Commander-in-chief is WAY above obama’s pay grade!
Prayers for the lost and their families!
Prayers up for the families our brave troops.
Just as we thought--freakin' "Obama Rules".
Yes, the holy bastions of the religion of peace.
That’s TWENTY-FOUR United States Soldiers killed in Afghanistan in the last 9 Days, folks....
Obama’s rules of engagement are turning this place into a SHOOTING GALLERY, with our family’s soldiers as the targets!!!
O is making this his personnel VIET NAM. He owns it now, no other.
McCain would not behave in this way, nor do I think any other nominee as President would do so, unless you are a Carter.
O is a total failure is all aspect of his short career.
O spent too much time organizing the HOOD, he sure knew how to send that manpower out, and in his spare time he played Mario Brothers, he thinks he is playing computer games, play awhile take a break, play awhile take a break.
You dig through and post what makes you feel comfortable with your cut and run crapOla.
I read first hand what the Generals say as in today’s San Diego Union Tribune. It would not fit your agenda.
10,000 more Marines are being deployed from San Diego in a few months to Afghanistan and they know why and support the mission
Thank you so very much, he is still alive, may all our prayers go to all in harms way and to the families for the lose of their loved ones. God Bless them all and give us courage and strength to endure what our deplorable president has in mind. Gods WILL be done.
Fixed it.
Scumbag in Chief loses no sleep over such losses.
God help our troops to victory somehow through this nightmare of a presidency.
Most times I do not post on this type of thread as it make me cry thinking of all our young people in that Hell Hole and for what????
Bush wanted to win this thing, O wants to lose. Bring them all home, those people are not worth one more of our young.
“Which network is keeping track of the body since last November, it escapes me at the moment?”
NO ONE (But FOX) even dares to mention it, now.
And if you want a fact that will REALLY urinate you off, NBC and MSNBC, which ran the total death count, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT on their newscasts, FOR YEARS, hasn’t done it ONE SINGLE TIME since November 4th.
You see, Dead Soldiers and civilians only matter when a REPUBLICAN is in charge, NOT when a Democrat is.
If this had happened under Bush, it would be blasting from every TV and Radio in America right now. And that article would include the death count at the bottom, noting how many have died, JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS...
Can’t make “THE ONE!” look bad, so now they ignore it.
What I read from our Marine Generals here in San Diego
this in winnable.
The Paulites on FR have joy in posting liberal sources to take down the will of the people. The same sh** the media
did during Vietnam.
The only way we lose is being sucked into the liberal and fringe propaganda
Your not going to fight to win they get them the f*** out of there....
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