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US troop deaths double in Afghanistan
Yahoo News ^ | 27 March 2010 | SEBASTIAN ABBOT

Posted on 03/27/2010 3:21:02 PM PDT by maine-iac7

KABUL – The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands of additional soldiers to reverse the Taliban's momentum.

Those deaths have been accompanied by a dramatic spike in the number of wounded, with injuries more than tripling

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; killed; troops; war
The number of dead and injured has been double every month for a year - ever since the CIC enacted his new ROE's that don't allow our troops to fire back under most circumstances and must, among other insanities, if they capture the enemy, cannot question but must read them 'their Miranda Rights" - since when do these people HAVE Miranda Rights?

Where is the media now?

1 posted on 03/27/2010 3:21:02 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7
And where is the 24/7, day by day coverage of the war complete with incessant count of bodies?

MSM...HYPOCRITES!!!

2 posted on 03/27/2010 3:26:15 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: maine-iac7

We have more troops on the ground, and we’re taking it to the Taliban like never before. Wow, imagine that, more engagements. Who knew?

It’s like dealing with children that want a new toy you don’t think is best for them, and they keep asking, “Why not mommy?”

Our press is just pathetic.

As for our troops, Goodspeed. I am concerned for your safety men and women. My respect and best wishes go out to you.


3 posted on 03/27/2010 3:28:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Novemberrrrrr.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2477039/posts?page=16#16)
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To: maine-iac7
Where is the uproar? Why are the Generals carrying out these murderous new ROE (Rules of Engagement) that would (and HAS and IS) resulting in increased deaths among OUR troops? (But the rationale was that it would be beneficial in the long run. TO WHOM - beside the Taliban?)

Well, it's been a year now that our troops have had their hands tied, that can't shoot at the enemy in most circumstances, that have been denied air cover when pinned down - because to protect them MIGHT hurt a civilian, if there were any around, etc.,

This is insanity. Our troops are scarified to protect the enemy...well, OUR enemy, not sure about the WH.

The silence from the press is deafening.

The objections from our generals is not only not there - they are telling us we must accept this now and in the coming months.

DO WE?

4 posted on 03/27/2010 3:31:42 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7

thats what i would like to know...its ok for troops to die during the Obama administration....nobody cares? bring em home.


5 posted on 03/27/2010 3:33:16 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: maine-iac7

They are swinging from obamas teabags and shouting to the heavens that the messiah is here.


6 posted on 03/27/2010 3:37:25 PM PDT by winodog (We've got more people voting for a living than we do working for a living.")
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To: dalebert
and it IS going to get even worse - come May- June July

It would seem we have a sympathizer in the WH

7 posted on 03/27/2010 3:38:00 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7
The real insult is that they are so insolent in denying their all too obvious bias.
8 posted on 03/27/2010 3:56:40 PM PDT by daniel1212 ("Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved")
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To: maine-iac7

This has to do with the prosthetics that our Troops need if they lose a limb...good old demonRAT Military haters at work.

http://ow.ly/1rCSV


9 posted on 03/27/2010 4:02:36 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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true...you dont see a bit of emotion from them for our guys..other countries instill patriotism for their country in their young. We used to..people came here to be Americans..not so anymore. hard to see our guys sacrifice and adminsitration never blinks an eye...


10 posted on 03/27/2010 4:13:04 PM PDT by dalebert
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hard to see our guys sacrifice and adminsitration never blinks an eye...

they only have tears for their muslim friends

11 posted on 03/27/2010 4:16:22 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: GailA
Why aren't the pubbies bringing this out?

Remember one of the first things obama tried to do after becoming King was to make wounded vets use their own health insurance for treatment?

He was surprised when the sh*t hit the fan from every direction. He honestly didn't see anything wrong with such an insane proposition.

Even the Urber Lib Jon Stewart could see that “that can't be right!” (But that was the first in-your-face wake up call to Americans how he feels about our troops.)

Jon Stewart:

http://themoderatevoice.com/27210/jon-stewart-rips-obama-on-troop-insurance/

12 posted on 03/27/2010 4:26:14 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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obama also gave the military their lowest COLA this year since 1972 - and he's cutting way back on the Coast Guard budget that is resulting in many being let go - THE COAST GUARD. Our only COAST GUARD - and the only branch of service that can act immediately in an emergency without waiting for permission from governors - for it to be declared an emergency, etc.

They are ones patrolling the seas around our country...

And he's cutting back on them!

Oh, I forgot - Janet Napolitano told us - they system is working. (Someone should have asked her - and her boss - WHOSE system?)

13 posted on 03/27/2010 4:32:21 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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obama also gave the military their lowest COLA this year since 1972 - and he's cutting way back on the Coast Guard budget that is resulting in many being let go - THE COAST GUARD. Our only COAST GUARD - and the only branch of service that can act immediately in an emergency without waiting for permission from governors - for it to be declared an emergency, etc.

They are ones patrolling the seas around our country...

And he's cutting back on them!

Oh, I forgot - Janet Napolitano told us - they system is working. (Someone should have asked her - and her boss - WHOSE system?)

14 posted on 03/27/2010 4:32:22 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7
I compared the media's reaction to football coaching with our ROE and planning in the war.

Coaches would be fired by morning if they prepared such impossible tasks and plans for their players, as the politicians have created for Afghanistan.

It would be like ... if Jerry Jones became the general manager of a hypothetical team, brought in the wrong players for positions, meddled with the game day decisions and then second guessed the coaching staff and players, blaming them to the media when all went wrong ....

Oh, never mind.

15 posted on 03/27/2010 5:04:54 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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I compared the media's reaction to football coaching with our ROE and planning in the war.

Unfortunately, I get my information from the field - and my heart breaks...and I live in fear, day and night.

16 posted on 03/27/2010 5:26:18 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7
Our socialist politicians only value our military when there is a serious threat.

(Almost) Everyone pulled together after 9-11. Once the threat receded in their minds they went back to scoring political points.

If politicians were serious about our military then they wouldn't keep gutting parts and maintenance budgets.

17 posted on 03/27/2010 7:07:26 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: maine-iac7

Dead soldiers are only victims if the government’s conservative...their just failures under a leftist one.

Kids being sent to a place they don’t understand and being killed so that a bunch of idiots can sell out Israel.

Seriously what is wrong with this place.


18 posted on 03/27/2010 9:49:52 PM PDT by Del Rapier
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To: Siena Dreaming
This was a small box on page A-12 on the local cincy liberal rag.

If there wasn't a scumbag dim in the Whitehouse it would have been page one, above the fold, bold print large font of every paper in the country.

The POS media makes me sick...

19 posted on 03/28/2010 8:41:43 AM PDT by libs_kma (If you RAM it down our throats in 2009, we're going to SHOVE it up your "donkey" in 2010!!!!!)
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