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Taliban suicide attack on Nato base wounds 50 US soldiers
Dawn ^ | September 10th 2011 | Staff/AFP

Posted on 09/10/2011 11:28:53 PM PDT by Cardhu

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To: Cardhu

Just awful. Prayers


41 posted on 09/11/2011 8:25:25 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: LibsRJerks

Turn the ME into a sheet of glass. What about the oil you say? Last I checked, we can drill through glass.


42 posted on 09/11/2011 8:29:16 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: All; Cardhu
This AP story has 77 U.S. troops wounded.

Obama's strategy, against the wishes of his military commanders, is really working if he means to be maiming and killing more Americans.

43 posted on 09/11/2011 8:33:12 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Will racist demagogue Andre Carson be censured by the House?)
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To: wintertime
If these very highest officers can NOT see that there is a problem with Obama’s natural born citizenship then they are either stupid or evil. ( We know they are not stupid.)

When did overlooking usurpation of the office of Commander in Chief, identity theft, multiple social security numbers, FORGERIES of birth documents, and criminal election fraud become part of the military code of honor?

Speaking of lack of honor, wintertime, a subject you are quite familiar with.

I see that even on the ten year anniversary of 9/11, you continue to shamelessly and brazenly spit your cowardly venom upon the honor of the U.S. military.

In a better era, you would be shunned. The military leadership is a lot of things. Too political. Too PC. Too bureaucratic. But evil? You think the officers of the U.S. military are evil?

You have been told many times that it's not the military's job to check the President's paperwork. The military serves the civilian government, the courts, and the people. You are either a knave or a fool to suggest they overturn the will of the people. At this point, I suspect both.

On behalf of the men and women of the U.S. military, let me extend a warm 9/11 greeting to you and yours.

"Suck it, scumbag."

44 posted on 09/11/2011 8:37:59 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Cardhu

Prayers for those who were injured and their families.


45 posted on 09/11/2011 8:46:19 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (We still hold these truths to be self-evident...)
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To: onona
Drudge said it was something like 77 troops wounded. just happy it was not 50 killed, God bless the troops wherever they are.
46 posted on 09/11/2011 8:46:42 AM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard; Cardhu; All
I think the death toll might be being suppressed today. This sounds horrific.

I just found more details -- looks like our guys are mostly okay:

"Most of the force of the explosion was absorbed by the protective barrier at the outpost entrance," NATO said, adding that the damage was repairable and that operations were continuing.

Fewer than 25 Afghan civilians were also wounded, NATO said, adding that none of the 77 injuries sustained by the Americans were life-threatening.

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110911/afghan-suicide-attack-american-base-110910/

Thank God.

47 posted on 09/11/2011 8:47:37 AM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: txrangerette

It’s exactly that attitude that cost us 4000 more lives than the 3000 we lost on 9/11 ten years ago today.

“Total war” was the answer then. It is the answer now. Pussy-footing around worrying about enflaming the world isn’t total war. The “rest of the world” expects America to come-a-runnin’ when its @ss is in a sling. So the “rest of the world” can sit back, shut up, and hold on while we administer the justice for which we stand.


48 posted on 09/11/2011 8:48:55 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: Steel Wolf
you continue to shamelessly and brazenly spit your cowardly venom upon the honor of the U.S. military.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I can not defend a strawman of **your** creation. I have repeatedly stated that our men and women are brave, highly train, and people of high honor.

Our brave and honorable troops deserve to be serving under a legitimate Commander in Chief.

The **very** highest officers ( a **tiny** number) should be watching their backs. Do we really want a usurper in the White House with access to all of the most sensitive secrets, and the power to dictate insane ROEs?

49 posted on 09/11/2011 8:52:53 AM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

I don’t think it was suppressed because the word will get out anyway. But I do think that some of those wounded will probably die of their injuries. hate to see one American over there military or civilian die.


50 posted on 09/11/2011 8:59:58 AM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: Steel Wolf

Yeah, what you said.


51 posted on 09/11/2011 9:03:47 AM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: txrangerette
The question is, what do we do about Afghanistan?

What I would NOT be doing is arming and fighting FOR our enemy in Libya while fighting against them elsewhere.

I do not think it's a coincidence that the violence has increased dramatically in Afghanistan and Iraq since we started arming Al Qaeda in Libya.

After Project Gunrunner, I trust nothing this President does.

52 posted on 09/11/2011 9:10:16 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Semper911

Just read that too. Hope it holds.


53 posted on 09/11/2011 9:11:36 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: wintertime
"They said that about Japanese culture. It seems they had an attitude adjustment."

Japan was a fully-functional industrialized nation for all intents and purposes. Yes they maintained a peculiar eastern philosophy and outlook on the value of life alien to our western view, but yo cannot compare the then Japanese soociety with the current Afghan culture (or lack thereof).

The Afghans are just now learning about toothpaste and toilet paper, and that is not an exaggeration in the least.

54 posted on 09/11/2011 9:14:05 AM PDT by semaj
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To: wintertime; Admin Moderator
I can not defend a strawman of **your** creation. I have repeatedly stated that our men and women are brave, highly train, and people of high honor.

And then they turn evil. That's not as strawman, that's your position. Anyone who spends too long in the military and gets promoted too high becomes "evil or stupid, and we know they're not stupid."

That's. Not. A. Strawman. That's your point.

Why is this crime less evil if a colonel or sergeant major does it? Or anyone else who is sword to ignore unlawful orders, knowing they can be punished for following unlawful orders? This isn't the Wehrmacht. If your commander tells you to line up kids, gun them down and turn their skin into lamp shades, you don't blame a **tiny** number at the top. You blame everyone who takes part. So, your argument doesn't hold water.

Checking Obama's paperwork isn't the military's job. It's the job of the congress, the courts and the people. You are slandering the entire military and you goddamned know it.

You are pathetic. This bullshit won't stand, not today. Not on a thread about 50 wounded U.S. Soldiers. In fact, I'll make time, for ten years of watching people die in Afghanistan and Iraq on your behalf, including field grade officers. I'll check in throughout the day to heap as much abuse on you as you want.

Admin, this is a courtesy ping. Feel free to ban me, but I am not letting this stand.

55 posted on 09/11/2011 9:22:03 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Reread Point #5...all of it.


56 posted on 09/11/2011 9:22:44 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (The solution to fix Congress: Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!)
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To: Steel Wolf
And then they turn evil.
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Again I can not defend your created strawman.

My comments were directed to less than a half dozen people.

57 posted on 09/11/2011 9:34:12 AM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: semaj
Well?...Yes, you do have a good point.
58 posted on 09/11/2011 9:36:09 AM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: Cardhu; mickie
Suicide attack on NATO base? ON the NATO BASE? Even at an outpost ON the NATO base?

Was there no security perimeter around the outpost? No systems in place for vetting an approaching truck?

When a lone muzzie truck bears down towards an outpost ON a NATO base, do they think it's the Good Humor truck.....and start looking for loose change in their pockets?

Good grief!

Appalling!

Leni

59 posted on 09/11/2011 9:44:36 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Too Bad Those of Us who Work for a Living Have to Support Those who Vote for a Living)
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To: Cardhu

Let the Afgans fend for themselves. Move all the forces to Iraq and drain the county of oil....


60 posted on 09/11/2011 9:46:38 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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