[qwertypie]

Kinder, gentler Obama.

[spyone]

What brave fellows. Thank you. I am very sad.

[BlessedBeGod]

Eternal rest...

[Stepan12]

The bastard is killing our soldiers! He hates the U.S.! He even stated he didn't want us to win.

This madness can't go on. It is the best of us who are dying in Afghanistan.

[onedoug]

From the call to combat arms, it mattered.

[FlingWingFlyer]

These four brave Marines were not killed by the Afghanis.

They were killed by Fat Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama and the rest of the Marxist 'RATS including many "judges" on our federal "courts." That's who REALLY killed these Marines.

TAKE THE CUFFS OFF OF OUR MILITARY YOU PIGGIES!!! That goes for you too McCain!

[freekitty]

Boy, do we have the wrong President. The man can’t fight his way out of a paper bag.

[Frantzie]

Hey Judge Carter. AMERICAN Marines are being killed because the Kenyan usurper’s rules of engagement (ROE). The military’s hands are tied thanks to Hussein.

Time to leave Afghanistan. With these ROE - our troops are sitting ducks.

Drudge needs to run this story.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I think a few dozen daisy cutters dropped from 50,000 feet would do the job.

[SoCalPol]

There seems to be an effort to use left wing anti war sources to gin up some on FR to join in with the Marxists, IslamOfascists, Third Party, etc.

[Roklok]

Must be the damn army refusing artillary and air support. The marines would never leave their comrades hanging out there to dry, ROE be damned.

[n2dubes]

This story made me absolutely sick. As Fauxbama opines about the phony health care ‘crisis’ American soldiers DIE because of his policy of engagement. Wonder if he has read that war assessment yet. The sad fact that like much of every thing else with this president it is all talk. Afghanistan is not even on the map with this guy. Rest assured this will not be a lead story (if a story at all) in the msm.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“Afghan insurgents hidden in the mountainsides and in a fortress-like village where women and children were replenishing their ammunition.”

Not all civilians are “innocent civilians”.

[gaijin]

My understanding is that now, if we see the ARMED enemy, as LONG as he does not actually fire on our guys, then our guys canNOT open fire on them.

Why is it that lefties really enjoy long “sort of” wars...?

Indeed, that is the war subType that REALLY makes Americans mad and bleeds the country dry.

[Cruz]

Totally insane. These new rules of engagement ARE KILLING OUR SOLDIERS AND MARINES. If this president is not serious about winning then we must get out now before we lose one more American.

[stylin19a]

let 'em fight and give them support, or pull 'em all out now.

Freema... pissed off ping...

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, who announced over the weekend that they were accepting the authority of the local government.

"Whatever we do always leaks," said Marine Lt. Ademola Fabayo, 28, a New Yorker who was born in Nigeria and is the operations officer for the trainers from the 3rd Marine Division. "You can't trust even some of their soldiers or officers."

[Bulldawg Fan]

Obama would slaughter our young military men and the media is dead silent, its a good war now. In fact, Jay Bookman writing in the Atlanta paper today talks about giving it more time, hanging in there. Jay Bookman is a hard core liberal, who hated the war when Bush was President. Now he can excuse this because The Chosen One is President.

Time to get out NOW.

[bd476]

From the excerpt above:

"...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... "

God Bless these brave Marines and please comfort their families.

God please help our country.

[BradyLS]

Prayers for the fallen. Hope this administration and the higher reaches haven’t forgotten we’re still in a shooting war.

[dennisw]

a must read.....