[huldah1776]

Never forget. Will the ROE change? Will the mission change? Will the medical helos be able to go into a battle zone because they are escorted by another armed helo?

[SatinDoll]

Get out! Get ou! Get out!

By staying in that shithole we are only uping the body count and not changing anything. This isn’t nation building - this is stupid.

[Anti-Bubba182]

We need to get the hell out of there.

[Hardraade]

Lots of this stuff.

http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/in-the-fold-two/

Slightly older:

http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/home-in-the-fold/

Same massive flowershover.

Anyone trusting islamics is insane.

[Venturer]

These people are not to be trusted.

Get out and let them go back to killing each other and beating their wives.

[bikerman]

Just Nuke the whole crap hole over their glaze the desert then build a giant wal-mart.

[SatinDoll]

Our mission was to stop Al Qaida by obliterating its bases in Afghanistan. This morphed into nation building, which will never, ever work in Muslim nations.

All Middle Eastern Muslim power structures devolve to the tribal, and it matters not whether the leader at the pinnacle of that structure is a tyrannical dictator or a king. Personal power is the only power that matters and personal power is a zero sum game. No one can trust anyone else. The only rule that counts is that the one with the most power.

So, whether it is pirates or terrorists, we deal with both exactly the same. We deal harshly with them when we catch ‘em; a trial by military tribunal and an immediate hanging afterwards.

As to those nations harboring terrorists and pirates, we deal harshly, too. They will be punished until it hurts so much that they literally kill any remaining terrorists and pirates themselves.

No nation building!

[pallis]

The whole Islamic Democracy thing is going really well, isn’t it. Another fifty years, and maybe they will stop killing us for helping them.

[Kickass Conservative]

Nice to know that when Panetta went there our Soldiers were disarmed before being let in the room to hear him speak.

The world is upside down.

[Mike Darancette]

That whole country deserves to be made into molten glass.

[beethovenfan]

Bomb ‘em back to the tenth century......oh, wait, they’re there already.

[353FMG]

WTF are we still doing there?

I thought that this country voted for Obama in 2008 because they disliked GWB so much for getting us in the Afghan mess.

When I think of Afghanistan I see precious American blood being spilled in a black hole for a bunch of mooselimbs who hate us.

[liberalh8ter]

But were any Qurans burnt by Americans? Cause that would cause Hamid Karzai to demand someone be prosecuted.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Afghan policeman guns 10 of his fellow officers, a day after Afghan gunmen kill 6 US soldiers[3USMC]"

What's the purpose of identifying 3 of the troops were Marines? Are they somehow more deserving of mourning than the other 3, whatever their branches of service?

[ApplegateRanch]

“Happy Ramadan! Come; break your fast with some sweetmeats and bullets!”

[Gene Eric]

If it wasn’t for Levin, I wouldn’t have heard about the US soldiers killed.

[Robe]

My son is an infantry platoon leader in eastern Afghanistan. He has 43 men and is responsible for 25 sq miles. He is basically the sheriff of that district.
His policy is that Afghans are assigned to his rifle squads, they are not allowed to have live rounds.
If they get into a firefight, mags will be allotted to them by the respective squad leaders, only after they have advanced forward of the US troops.
That may not be the official ROEs, but they are HIS ROEs.
He says he'll “shoot any bastard that points his weapon anywhere but down range in a NY minute". And has told his Squad leaders to do the same

[Gaffer]

I’ll bet the 6 officers were prevented from going to the meeting armed because it may have given the appearance of intimidation.