U.S. declines Taliban funeral target

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/13/06 | Lolita Baldor - ap

[MPJackal]

Funny how the dems that like to attack Bush at every turn (Torture, wire tapping...) will now attack him for not killing these animals.

[Kakaze]

" I don't want Rumsfeld fired I want the President to tell Rumsfeld that he would pardon anyone engaged with the enemy that is accused of wrongdoing while doing it no matter how ugly the incident is made out by the terrorist, rats or MSM. "

Damn Straight!

The only thng "criminal" about this war is the fact its not been fully prosecuted and there is NO reason this travesty can be justified. It should have been one giant crater of virgin seekers!

[ThreePuttinDude]

Remember Haditha and Jenin

Something STINKS

[Mo1]

"During the observation of the group over a significant period of time, it was determined that the group was located on the grounds of (the) cemetery and were likely conducting a funeral for Taliban insurgents killed in a coalition operation nearby earlier in the day," the statement said. "A decision was made not to strike this group of insurgents at that specific location and time."

They fail to mention that firing on a cemetery is against the military rule book of engagement

I'm wondering how old that rule is or if it's part of the news rules that McCain wanted

[wjcsux]

We need another leader like this.

[dsc]

"I think the junior lawyers in the Services are the real problem."

Part of it, especially the women, but they wouldn't be able to pull their crap without demonrats in congress to give them cover.

[rodguy911]

I want to know what happened after the funeral are we not allowed to go after them imediaeltyafter, or just how crazy is this PC war we are engaged in,our guys are putting it all on the line for our country, this is major league BS. Sometime I would like to read,US troops mistakenly took out almost 200 terrorists instead of we let 109 insurrrrrgetns go.

[bamabound]

Blame it on Murtha's new Global Test. Do you want to deal with the sh_t you'll hear from the MSM or will you do a 'clinton'? "Never mind" "Maybe next time"

[evad]

..but decided not to after determining they were on the grounds of a cemetery.

What? Were they afraid of killing the residents.

Certainly they weren't afraid of killing the Taliban...were they??

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Where are the balls in washington? Affraid the muzzys will hate us more?what a laugh.We will not win this war with this kind of pussy footin around. I cant fathom the thinking behind this.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I dont think it is Rumsfeld. Its policy.AND IT NEEDS TO BE SCRAPED!

[oceanview]

I've been saying for a while - start firing some generals.

[dsc]

"I've been saying for a while - start firing some generals."

Generals get handed policy by civilians, and are prevented by their oaths of office from going to the media and complaining.

Micromanaging civilians hand down "rules of engagement" in excruciating detail that you wouldn't believe.

[stripes1776]

The U.S. military acknowledged Wednesday that it considered bombing a group of more than 100 Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan but decided not to after determining they were on the grounds of a cemetery.

Do they think they are fighting the Trojan War?

[oceanview]

which civilians at the pentagon are authorized to give orders to generals? the chain of command flows from the President, to the sec'y of defense, to regional commanders. even the joint chiefs are only advisers, they are not in the chain of command.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"A decision was made not to strike this group of insurgents at that specific location and time."

WHAT!!!!!!???????

[expatpat]

Good point -- why not follow the ones on the front row back to the 'office' and bomb the cr*p out of it

[onedoug]

This for the troops, eh?

[Chode]

like they couldn't a shot their asses AFTER they LEFT the damn cemetery??? please...

[Dick Vomer]

holy sh#t.... this world is f#cking crazy...

each and everyone of those men are going to go out and try to kill my brothers, my friends, my family that are overseas...

if we could have zapped those little bast#rds while they were all standing in formation and didn't'...that's it.... pull out. Defend the home land and screw this Bull Sh#t, lying sack of sh#t war we are involved in.

I'm no pussy, I've eaten meat and done the deed. But if we've got such mealy mouthed butt munchers looking at law books instead of targeting and destroying the enemy... then let's just call it what it is... a huge PR scam and WASTE OF MARINES, Army and other armed forces.

Men are dying with these little bast#rds planting IED's and we're running around worried about "rules of engagement"...

We've got pussies covering their ass#s in charge of the men in the field and I can't even think straight right now.... GAWD!!!!

WE ARE AT WAR!!!! That means you kill and destroy everything that can be used against you. EVERYTHING.

Are our "leaders" in the field so f#cked up that they think we'll "lose" the hearts and minds if we frag out a cemetery....

Am I the only one that thinks this is BS!!!!??????

Give me my blood pressure medicine, a six pack of Shiner Blond Beer and look at the middle finger of both hands as I salute this ignorant execution of the war and the backstabbing REMF's that wouldn't know their D#ck from a K-Bar.