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retired Air Force captain says Pentagon covered up real cause of deadly chopper crash
Circa News ^ | Apr. 18 , 2017 | Sara Carter

Posted on 04/20/2017 12:56:53 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse

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To: LeoWindhorse

Amen. It’s no mystery in the SOF community as to what happened.

RLTW


21 posted on 04/20/2017 4:06:00 AM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: SkyPilot
Yes, prior enlisted. Here's the pic from the article. Note the rank, Second Lieutenant, but with a 3 rack row, including AF Good Conduct, Longevity, AF Commendation (at highest position), etc.

Looks like a prior Staff Sergeant.


22 posted on 04/20/2017 4:12:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: LeoWindhorse
There has got to redress for this treasonous act against our warriors. This is way beyond stupidity, it is criminal treason against our country. Lock the bastards up. Especially McCrystal and McRaven who are military traitors. It is beyond outrageous. I hope the demons hound them to their graves. The case has the stench of being a setup against the SEALS because the way it took place is so mind-blowing in so many ways.
23 posted on 04/20/2017 4:14:46 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: LeoWindhorse

Extortion 17 was the agreed upon payback for killing whoever was the Bin Laden imposter in Pakistan, and its downing was sanctioned by Obama.

F’ing traitor.


24 posted on 04/20/2017 4:14:53 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Obama’s rules of engagement were designed to advance the cause of our enemies. Bo and the filth he ordered are covered in the blood of our heroes, our fellow Americans, our brothers and sisters. This Is one example. There are many others that are unreported. The administration of hate and change exercised by our African Muslim minister of hate and change is over. Will Bo escape like Idi Amin?


25 posted on 04/20/2017 4:22:18 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Please do away with those ROE’s which are only put in place to satisfy the media. If you want to win a war you have to kill the enemy before he kills you.


26 posted on 04/20/2017 4:32:49 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Will Bo escape like Idi Amin?

Earthly appearance might indicate an escape, but if truly guilty, there is no escape, either here or there, and there one will wish one was here, because justice here is far more tolerable than justice in the hereafter. The requirement for us is to forgive, vengeance is the Lord’s.


27 posted on 04/20/2017 4:38:33 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and. the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

McCrystal?????....the Aug. 6, 2011, shootdown .....His retirement ceremony was held on July 23, 2010.


28 posted on 04/20/2017 4:41:55 AM PDT by BilLies (It is not the color, but the culture that degrades....)
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To: LeoWindhorse

The guys on late night early am syndicated radio show “Red Eye” did a pretty good job of covering this on their 4/20/17 midnight to 5am show. They took a call about ROE from a vet and his experience during GWB’s time in office. ROE has always been a problem particularly when the so called “progs” are running the show.


29 posted on 04/20/2017 4:58:09 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (My best insights get lost in FR's because of meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

“E17 was a fluke. Plain and simple.......”

Fluke 2

2. an accident or chance happening.

Must just have been a poor choice of words on your part.

This was no “accident” or “chance happening”.

This was an AC-130 gunship!! They were PREVENTED from doing their job. It is a 100% certainty that the AC-130 crew could have prevented this tragedy.

see video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVXBHNvpTcg


30 posted on 04/20/2017 5:05:13 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Vermont Lt

They were there as part of “close air support” for an offensive operation of ours. Not out looking for 8 bad guys.


31 posted on 04/20/2017 5:07:49 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: faucetman

You call it what you want. I’ll call it a fluke.


32 posted on 04/20/2017 5:09:34 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Where there is smoke, there is Susan Rice." Lee Carter, FBN, 4/6/2017)
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To: Vermont Lt

Attack helicopters were deployed to strike the eight fighters.


33 posted on 04/20/2017 5:16:08 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: LeoWindhorse

Here are FR articles from years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2760210/posts
“33 Americans Including 25 SEALs Killed” (2011)

http://rense.com/general94/deadseals.htm
“Dead SEALs” (2011)

From Canada Free Press:
http://canadafreepress.com/article/the-tragedy-in-afghanistan-revisited1

From Michelle Malkin (see Comment #1)
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/08/06/afghanistan/

There was another article, which I can’t find now, that told of the mother of one of these SEALs receiving an e-mail from her son telling her to delete all correspondence with him. That they have a bullseye painted on their (SEAL Team 6) backs. Shortly after this, their helicopter went down.


34 posted on 04/20/2017 6:06:56 AM PDT by Humal
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To: LeoWindhorse

This mission was a setup by the 0bamaites as payback to the Navy SEALs that took out Bin Laden (or his body double). I’ve always contended that the SEALs have a score to settle with one muslim kenyan usurper.


35 posted on 04/20/2017 6:20:53 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves Victim of this, victim of that ... Get Over It)
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To: LeoWindhorse

If you’re a bendover bathhouse mulatto towel boy jihadi traitor....
THOSE ARE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT YOU CHOOSE...

My question is why do the generals put up with this treason...???

Allegedly fearful of civilian casualties.... THEN DONT GO TO WAR

THE 2 LEFT TO LIVE KILLED 38 OF OURS INCLUDING 17 STS...
They rallied the village and the inhabitants tried to kill our troops..
So why the concern for “collateral damage”
DIDNT WE LEARN THAT YOU DONT WIN WARS WITH HEARTS AND MINDS...
YOU WIN WHEN YOU HAVE KILLED ALL RESISTANCE...AND THE WILL TO FIGHT...

Obama despised the military and they despised him... a TRAITOR
He did more for jihad than bin laden ever did...
He aided and abetted the enemy (al queda and isis) and that is TREASON
HE SUPPORTED THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ... and that is TREASON...

Bring this pos to JUSTICE


36 posted on 04/20/2017 6:47:48 AM PDT by zzwhale (ho2)
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To: blueyon

I would not be a good soldier; I would have refused to let other soldiers die because of a ridiculous order in a hellish place like that...put me in jail etc, don’t care-I would have “engaged”.


37 posted on 04/20/2017 7:02:46 AM PDT by homegroan
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To: LeoWindhorse

McRaven yes, McCrystal had retired by 8/6/11, I believe. General Mattis gave General Colt very tight instructions when it came to investigating the crash. Mattis could fill in so many holes. Who were those 7 Aghan commandoes who were switched out last minute? What happened during those lost minutes of air time before the helo crashed? Why were several bodies cremated without the families’ permission when one body was still in tact with limited injury? So many more questions remain unanswered. The families are still fighting. They have gone to DC recently trying to get another investigation into the shoot down. You can follow “Extortion 17 - Demand Answers” on fb. That page has been committed to finding answers for several years. I know one of the men onboard E17 was a Freeper. His ID hasn’t been shared. Here’s the link to the fb page I mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/Extortion17DemandaCongressionalHearing/


38 posted on 04/20/2017 7:04:54 AM PDT by Mel48
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To: LeoWindhorse

McCrystal is also a hard core gun-grabber.


39 posted on 04/20/2017 7:10:10 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: exit82

It was pretty obvious even on the day of, that Obama had them set up to eliminate witnesses who could testify that the infamous OBL raid, and the even more notorious “Islamic sea burial” (AKA evidence disposal) were frauds.


40 posted on 04/20/2017 7:27:48 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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