Posted on 02/25/2012 11:50:09 AM PST by kristinn
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"This act is unacceptable, and the United States condemns it in the strongest possible terms," said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's spokesman George Little, adding that Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak had telephoned Panetta to apologize for the killings.
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I would consider it an act of war, actually. So, what do we do now, Madame Secretary?
The continued advising and training mission becomes impossible with the likelihood that if our troops are in the minority and exposed they may be killed by Afghan troops.
It seems that we are getting a lot of sand kicked in our face lately.
His spokesman? Bite me! Sorry I am upset EXTREMELY upset. And this is not hard to do with this bunch,I should be used to it... yet I am not.
It’s a strange coincidence that Afghan’s apology appears right after Newt calls for it, and knocks the President because he apologised first.
Now that Obama has apologized and the Afghans have extended their heartfelt apologies, what better time to pack up and go home. What’s our mission there again? The next time somebody wants to “nation build” in a place where 8th century values prevail, send 30,000 laptops with a good internet connection instead of 30,000 American troops.
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In a written statement, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s press secretary said Afghan Defense Minister Wardak called Panetta on Saturday to offer his condolences and to apologize.
“Secretary Panetta appreciated the call and urged the Afghan government to take decisive action to protect coalition forces and curtail the violence in Afghanistan after a challenging week in the country,” spokesman George Little said.
He said Wardak told Panetta that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was assembling religious leaders, parliamentarians, Supreme Court justices and other senior officials “to take urgent steps” to stop the violence.
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Thanks kristinn.
“unacceptable”
Yeah, that’s putting it mildly.
Say, how are those peace talks going with the Taliban, Hillary?
America should go on the offensive.
Everytime one of ours is killed, we have Koran burning parties.
Shades of Carter Press Secretary Hodding Carter in 1978: “The holding of hostages in Iran is unacceptable.”
Karzi is assessing the situation to see where his interest lies. At the moment, he is leaning heavily Taliban.
Does anyone, including Muslims, take an apology from a Muslim as being sincere as to western culture?
Oh-oh! Those Afgan muzzy's better hold on. I feel a strongly worded letter is on the way!
Man, that'll show 'em!
Make that Afghan burning parties and we have a winner.
Take all of our korans in our supply system, wrap them in a bacon bow-tie and air drop them all over that rotten hellhole.
That would be phase 0.....that is all I have in planning for now.
{حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ}
"Incite the believers to kill."
Islam is nothing if not militant, & incitement is core to its structure.
Kinetic Effects of Prayer in Islam.
The Old and New Testaments concern themselves with the love and teachings of God and Christ while the Qur'an instead expends considerable effort demonizing other religions and the people practicing those religions (see CSPI's Statistical Islam).
As for burning qur'ans, Dr. Andrew Bostom writes:
"Proper Koran Disposal, Apologies, and Murdering Innocent Infidels in Afghanistan"
For what it's worth . . .the likely instigator of these deadly disturbances appears to be the Islamophilic photographer from Agence France-Presse (AFP) mentioned in this story @ TheBostonChannel.com :
Korans desecrated by prisoners
". . .Photographs surfaced purporting to show the damaged Qurans. A photographer for Agence France-Presse said Afghans who work inside the airfield told him they obtained the Qurans there. But the U.S. military said that was unlikely. "
Oderint dum metuant. Haven’t heard that in a while. However you have to smile when the Americans are called imperialists. You send two large armies, ships and supplies, suffer heavy causalities, bankrupt your treasury and what do you have to show for it? Caesar would be amused.
Sounds wimpy to me.
No need to do anything except burn Korans. All we have to do is get our soldiers out of there, burn some Korans, and they will go into a rage and start killing each other.
Tough audience. Would white phosphorus liven it up?
Did Gen John Allen (USMC) get up and apologize again? What a jackass — especially the way he pronounces “Qur’an” and “Afghanistan” with his ersatz Arabic and/or Dari accent.
No defense of his troops. Only a groveling apology. Note: I would argue that the Marines (at their top levels of leadership) — like their Navy brothers — are even more politically correct than the Army leaders these days.
If I am Gingrich, and I am elected, Gen Allen is retiring 10 minutes after I am sworn in, along with his limp-wristed, USMC commandant, Gen Jim Amos — and a host of other weak, compromised generals and admirals.
Allen, Amos, Jones, all USMC and Casey, USA; the number of politically correct general officers is growing. These people would have no problem with turning the US armed forces on US citizens if political leaders would order them to do so.
“Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the shooting, saying it was in revenge for the burning of Korans at a US-run military base — an incident that earlier prompted US President Barack Obama to apologize to the Afghan people.”
They didn’t even burn the damned things. They just almost did.
I couldn’t read further due to nausea. What, if anything, was done with the gunman?
Okay, I’ll be wimpy, too.
Our “leaders” apologize.
Their “leaders” apologize.
Seems like that makes for a bunch of sorry sonsofbeaches.
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