but the faggot in chief said al queda was decimated and we had them on the run... feh
Posted on 09/30/2013 3:45:37 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
The commandant of the Marine Corps on Monday took the extraordinary step of firing two generals for not adequately protecting a giant base in southern Afghanistan that Taliban fighters stormed last year, resulting in the deaths of two Marines and the destruction of a half a dozen U.S. fighter jets.
It is the first time since the Vietnam War that a general, let alone two, has been sacked for negligence after a successful enemy attack. But the assault also was unprecedented: Fifteen insurgents entered a NATO airfield and destroyed almost an entire squadron of Marine AV-8B Harrier jets, the largest single loss of allied materiel in the almost 12-year Afghan war.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I take everything this commandant does with a huge dose of skepticism.
It woulda been better if they were...They could have found common ground with the Muzzie Pashtuns.
Can’t we just salt the ground and withdraw?
Generals Scape and Goat were unavailable for comment.
but the faggot in chief said al queda was decimated and we had them on the run... feh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2012_Camp_Bastion_raid
Two Marines and EIGHT HARRIERS?! Jesus. At least they weren’t A-10s.
I assume they are also going to fire Chris Stevens posthumously?
You can bet if those generals tried to reinforce security with US Marines they would get a ton of carp for not being "joint"
These must be some of clinton’s political officers that he smiled upon.
I guess the Generals had to fall on their swords since that juvenile Obama wouldn’t take responsibility.
Obama is the reason the base was hardly defended.He cut the man power needed to defend that base.
The only thing I find Irresponsible is depending on another country’s forces to defend you.In this case it didn’t work too well.
I assume they wouldn’t take the oath to nobama to fire on US citiizens in the Homeland
Your #7
Do you need to curse and take the Name of the LORD in vain ???
This is a highly complex issue, as I read the report. It’s right to hold them responsible; maybe this will wake up those wanting to cut staffing in a war zone. Imagine having your career depending on some foreign mercenaries thousands of miles from anywhere controllable. That’s why they will maybe be allowed to just retire, as some of fault is not theirs.
Two more “untrustworthy” flag officers removed from Barry’s list.
Our troops are forbidden to shoot first - AND forbidden to have loaded weapons on base.
That allows to enemy to get as close as they want - as long as they don’t fire a shot until they close enough to have total advantage to carry out their mission.
IE. our soldiers are fighting - and dying in record numbers ainde 2009 - with both hands tied behind their backs.
Why does the media ignore that?
better - spread with pig blood - and tip all ammo with it.
Exactly. From what I have read, the ROE under Obama have left our troops sitting ducks.
Well, let’s “compromise” and do both?
"Gurganus did seek permission in the summer of 2012 to add 160 troops to protect Bastion and Leatherneck, but his superiors in Kabul rejected the request because the military had reached a limit on forces set by the White House."They reduced his force by around 10,000 troops. This is disgusting.
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