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To: ExSoldier
I do not like to see these things being committed by US troops. These guys are going to have enough to live with after the war now they will start feeling guilty about these atrocities and carry it around with em for the rest of their lives.

Having said that, i do not give a rats ass for any of these Afghans because I know if our guys fall into their hands they can will get far worse, only they won't be dead when it is done to them.

34 posted on 09/10/2010 1:08:07 PM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Americanexpat
"Having said that, i do not give a rats ass for any of these Afghans because I know if our guys fall into their hands they can will get far worse, only they won't be dead when it is done to them. "

Not true, at all. If our guys fall into the wrong hands, they're toast. But, we have had soldiers be wounded and separated from their units and be cared for and defended by tribal villages from the Taliban.

Their is a Pashtun code of conduct that predates Christ, called "Lokhay Warkawa. It says in part that travelers (to include warriors) who are seeking aid and shelter, must be given aid and shelter. Tribal Afghans have fought to the death protecting wounded coaltion forces, because that is the code they live by.

You should read a book by Marcus Luttrell called Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. It's fabulous, and explains in great detail why Luttrell is alive today - Lokhay Warkawa.

40 posted on 09/10/2010 1:20:22 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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