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Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Reportedly Kills Members of SEAL Team 6
FOXNEWS.COM ^
| 8/6/2011
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/06/2011 9:37:25 AM PDT by spiderfern
WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press has learned that more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden were among those lost in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/06/afghan-president-31-americans-killed-in-helicopter-crash/#ixzz1UGZcWiEh
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To: ScreamingFist
Hes very, very WRONG.
Actually, he isn't. His description of the A-model Chinook in Vietnam is pretty accurate.
The problem is that the Chinook that's in-service now isn't the same Chinook that was in service 40 years ago. Today's Chinook is a classic case of an old battleax where the handle's been replaced four times and the head/blade six times. Although it looks pretty similar, it's NOT the same aircraft in terms of capabilities.
To: MestaMachine
You are right. What are the chances this was random. Smells like embedded mole to me.
This administration leaked who did in OBL. There is a REASON that some things are classified in the military. Rule number one, protect your troops identity in special ops. Instead, they plastered Team 6's name all over the front pages so that Obamalamdingdong and gang could glorify themselves. Obama's Pentagon is a joke!
Everyone serving in Special Ops has to watch their backs with these traitorous self-serving idiots in leadership. Lord, have mercy. Prayers for the family members who lost their husbands, fathers and brothers today because someone couldn't keep their mouth shut about the specifics of the OBL operation, including Joe Biden.
The blood of our SEALS is on the hands of this leaking administration as much as the enemy's. God save our troops from the reckless idiocy and treason of the current CIC.
To: spiderfern
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posted on
08/06/2011 12:49:58 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
To: tanknetter
Actually, he isn't. His description of the A-model Chinook in Vietnam is pretty accurate. Today's Chinook is a classic case of an old battleax where the handle's been replaced four times and the head/blade six times. Although it looks pretty similar, it's NOT the same aircraft in terms of capabilities.It took me 30 seconds to find the special ops version on the internet...which I linked. One would assume that an ex-Chinook pilot, BS'ing on the radio, has the same search skills as myself.
To: ScreamingFist; tanknetter
"He's very, very WRONG!"
Sorry, I'll stick with what the Nam veteran helicopter pilot stated. He was there in the thick of combat and should know what he's talking about.
Remember, it was 4 decades ago....and I'm sure the helicopters of that era were not the same as those utilized today.
Leni
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posted on
08/06/2011 12:52:16 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Too Bad Those of Us who Work for a Living Have to Support Those who Vote for a Living)
To: 444Flyer
My wish, my most fervent hope, bar none, is to see everyone in this administration tried for treason, murder, and terrorism...both for the American service members who have been killed because of them, and for the Gunwalker scandal that is still unfolding. Murder Inc. And that includes anyone on the outside that helped this creature attain this office, because THEY are even more guilty than he is.
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posted on
08/06/2011 12:53:04 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Guns don't kill people, the obama administration does. (Gunwalker Ping List))
To: MestaMachine
To: MEG33
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posted on
08/06/2011 12:55:36 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
To: LA Woman3
Is he on the phone checking tee time or planning his next Hip Hop party?!
To: MinuteGal
Remember, it was 4 decades ago....and I'm sure the helicopters of that era were not the same as those utilized todayLeni, I linked the special ops version to you, all you have to do is read the link. Frankly, I find it amazing that the military (special ops) would put so many highly trained men on one platform....for obvious reasons. But the fact that special ops uses Chinooks is not in dispute.
To: ScreamingFist
It took me 30 seconds to find the special ops version on the internet...which I linked. One would assume that an ex-Chinook pilot, BS'ing on the radio, has the same search skills as myself.
I wouldn't look at it that way. Most military pilots aren't airplane junkies like some of us (myself included) are. They just serve their time flying the things and then get out.
A number of years ago I had the honor of meeting a couple Doolittle Raiders. I made the honest mistake of starting to ask them some details about their B-25s. They made it pretty clear to me ("We didn't think about much other than flying the things" I think was the comment back) that they never cared about the planes at the level of detail I did. So long as the planes worked, they were just tools to them.
To: JoSixChip
As much as I don’t like Trump as a person, he may be the only person that would get us out of the mess we are in.
To: MestaMachine
To: spiderfern
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posted on
08/06/2011 1:01:29 PM PDT
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
To: grey_whiskers
I especially want EVERYBODY to remember that it wasn’t obama who pulled the trigger on the bin laden op. He was dragged off the golf courde DURING the op. He hesitated too long so they took the decision out of his hands. And I don’t think he WOULD have ordered it if he had had a choice.
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posted on
08/06/2011 1:05:17 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Guns don't kill people, the obama administration does. (Gunwalker Ping List))
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Perhaps a bargaining chip was just played.
There's no way that anyone on the US side would be in on that sort of thing. Even Hillary!'s crew at the State Dept. As much as I despise them, I'm the first to acknowledge that they aren't f*cking insane (beg Admin's indulgence for that one).
I don't even think Karzai would be nuts enough to initiate a blood feud (which is where this would instantly lead) with the SEALs.
To: spiderfern
Jimmy Carter redux. Obama probably sent them on an ill advised mission to boost his poll ratings.
To: MestaMachine
+ Every Taliban hotspot should be cluster bombed today simultaneously. There needs to be a good airing out of the rat holes.
To: tanknetter
And then, there was the USS Cole when bill clinton needed to pay off mubarak to come to Sharm to negotiate the *peace* deal between arafat and Israel because of the EgyptAir downing. clinton wanted his piss prize. Tit for tat. clinton didn’t give a damn then, and bam don’t give a fn\damn now. The military follows orders. They don’t ask why...even when they should.
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posted on
08/06/2011 1:14:26 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Guns don't kill people, the obama administration does. (Gunwalker Ping List))
To: tomkat
Or a muzzie in the white house
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posted on
08/06/2011 1:16:55 PM PDT
by
winodog
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