U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan, military says

LA Times ^ | July 2, 2009

[navysealdad]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military said today that insurgents have capture an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan.

Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier went missing Tuesday.

[Jemian]

Prayers up!

[MarkT]

And Obama, Pelosi and Reid smiled and were pleased....

[lysie]

Prayers offered.

[Non-Sequitur]

Indeed, but if recent history is any judge this won’t end well.

[Dallas59]

0buma danced a little jig in the Whitey House over this I betcha.

[Dallas59]

He's happy!

[RU88]

Just wondering if he'll be “mirandized.” I'm of the opinion that this administration has lost its collective mind.

[bonehead4freedom]

I'm sure that with the One in charge he will be treated according to all the rules of civilized warfare since we know that by bending over backwards in treatment of the enemy combatants it will be reciprocated.
I seriously hope they can rescue him quickly knowing the history of those animals!

[bikerman]

Obama’s fault

[combat_boots]

Prayers.

Here’s hoping business is very good indeed.

Amen

[Katarina]

Prayers for this solider that no hard comes to him.And they find him VERY soon.

[MountainDad]

Any word which unit this guy was with?

[whatisthetruth]

No one says they have him, so I wonder how they know he’s been captured?

[CHATTAB]

As they used to tell us: “Good hunting.”
In other words, kill the enemy.

[never4get]

Prayers for his protection from evil.

[jimbo123]

[TomGuy]

FoxNews

Pentagon confirms that the soldier was captured. Captors willing to talk about a prisoner exchange. Identity being withheld pending further developments.

[MestaMachine]

Many prayers for our Soldier and his family.

I am horrified that our media has seen fit to gloss over this with a mere sentence in a long article. Had this been Iraq with Bush in charge, the headlines couldn’t have been big enough!

[ardara]

Give prisoner back NOW or suffer immedeiate SEVERE consequences.

[naturalman1975]

My worst nightmare.

God and US forces to bring him home safe, is all I can wish for.

[ScottinVA]

“And Obama, Pelosi and Reid smiled and were pleased....”

Obama expressed “concern” and went for ice cream

[metalcor]

Any word confirming this soldier is a ‘guy’, yet? If the evil bastards had a choice, I think they would want a female soldier to maximize the desired effect on US.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

It’s 3am and you hear something ringing. Time to catch the Carvel truck.

[RetiredArmy]

I think I would have to make them kill me in a fire fight before I would let these pukes take me. Unless I were just too badly wounded to fight back and did not really know they had me. They are going to murder you for propaganda purposes anyway with the head cutting off thing, so I’d go down shooting, not putting up my hands and thinking they would fairly treat me according to the GC.

[PLD]

My prayers go up for this soldier and the others that were taken with him..I think there were two Afgans captured also..

Now to the filth in Washington,it is their fault,because of all the releases of the films and pictures at GETMO.mark my words this will come up and I hope it does so the whole world can see how these Muslim lovers are making it dangerious for out troops all over the world..BO,Pelosi,and Reid..the whole bunch of the democrat party..Along with Snowe,Collins and the rest of the RINOS

[odin2008]

In my world, if this soldier turns up dead. I recall all troops, then green glass the whole country. Problem solved!If the rest of the world starts bee-itchin, tell then we have plenty more if they want one or two.

[MountainDad]

Instead of going PC and all that, I’ll stick with the law of average and say it is a guy. But, I do agree that they would rather have a female captive. Anyway, prayers to them.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Not to worry. They will treat him fine because the prisoners at Gitmo were treated like royalty.

They may just ask for big bucks, in which case 0 would be only too happy to oblige, I’m sure.

However, prayers up.

[squarebarb]

I am sure every American soldier is aware of the horrific consequences of capture and if he could have gone down fighting he would have. Who knows what happened?

The enemy is very educated on how to capture a soldier and apparently this time whatever techniques they used worked.

[jackv]

Father, please bless & protect this soldier!

[Stonewall Jackson]

So far, the Pentagon is refusing to give unit, rank, or name of this soldier.

[Redleg Duke]

Just another excuse for Obama to go out and get ice cream.

[The Anti-One]

I wonder if o-bomb-a will be present during the filming of the beheading ritual or how long it will take for him to rush video of the murder to ABC.

Sorry. Just random thoughts. I really do pray that this solder will find a way to escape as so many members of the untrained media have.

Sorry. More random thoughts. :-(

[batter]

Not a good way to start the day.

Praying for their safe return.

[ScottinVA]

Dear God,

Please see to the safe return of this Soldier to his loved ones.

[thefactor]

a more important question is what flavor ice cream will obama choose to commemorate this occasion?

[lookout88]

Navysealdad, I don’t feel like having our kids do all the fighting. If something happens to my kid.......I think it could be the last straw.

[CholeraJoe]

Are you kidding? This administration will appeal to the captors’ sense of fair play and decency, sit down and have tea and a dialogue. If that fails, a strong letter to the UN will follow.

[dools007]

I’m retired US Army. My son’s an Army Sergeant Major. He’s been in harm’s way four times. Thanks to God he was not injured. Still has two years to go for 20. Not sure what he’ll do at this time.

But, I’m with you. If he were to go in harm’s way again and something bad happen, I would want to avenge it. Sadly, I don’t think the present leadership (military or civilian) has the guts to do it. .

[Doogle]

is what flavor ice cream?

tutti frutti or passion fruit (big in Kenya)

[penelopesire]

Prayers to God for this soldier’s protection.

[PGalt]

Where's The-Spin-Starts-Here TOTUS on this? President Present.

[Doofer]

In my world, if this soldier turns up dead. I recall all troops, then green glass the whole country. Problem solved!If the rest of the world starts bee-itchin, tell then we have plenty more if they want one or two.

To bad we're not in your world but Obama's world...

[a fool in paradise]

He'll probably do the same as Eurpeeans and pay a ransom.

[a fool in paradise]

Emperor No-Clothes is keeping the job of Ice Cream Czar for himself.

[McGruff]

I don't normally offer prayers but I will in this case. I just wish we had some Jack Bauers at times like this.

[Mr. Silverback]

Praying.