Comments on: 8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting

By: aka5191

aka5191 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:51:08 +0000

That cartoon hits too close to the truth. I don’t think he likes the military and he does not like police officers. This was made very evident on two different occasions. The first being his failure to come to the Fallen Officers Memorial service because he was too busy entertaining baseball players to support those who have given their lives in the service of their country and communities defending the home front.

The second was when he addressed the Nation and called the actions of a certain police officer “stupid.” He never apologized for his disdain to the men and women in blue. bho is not an American. I don’t know what he is but he does not represent the principles and beliefs of “us.”

By: HoosierArmyMom

HoosierArmyMom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:07:01 +0000

Gotta love the Marines… LOL!!!!

By: HoosierArmyMom

HoosierArmyMom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:05:14 +0000

Blackwater’s owners screwed them, their contractors were former military and professional. But yes, that’s what I’m talkin about. I would like to see mercs that don’t answer to a government per se go in and take out the garbage though. Contractors are still government employees.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:57:35 +0000

To quote an OLD Marine General I used to know, “Well I’ll be damned, that sounds like a crock of shit to me!”…

Why burn the fuel and not kill something??

By: BobF

BobF — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:45:04 +0000

I take it you all haven't seen this one. We're going to scare them away so they can come back to fight us at a more opportune time. SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — A new military approach in Afghanistan may mean buzzing rather than bombing the enemy, according to the general taking over the air war there. It's known as irregular warfare, designed to protect local people and then enlist their help defeating Taliban insurgents, Air Force Lt. Gen. Gilmary Hostage said Thursday. "The first thing we do is fly over head, and the bad guys know airpower is in place and oftentimes that's enough. That ends the fight, they vamoose," said Hostage, who will direct the air battle over Iraq and Afghanistan. "The A-10 has a very distinct sound. The cannon on an A-10 is horrifically capable and our adversaries know it. When they hear the sound of an A-10, they scatter." Air Force may buzz before bombing in Afghanistan

By: Silver Fox

Silver Fox — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:21:23 +0000

Maybe we need to get activist judges to give us a new meaning to the Geneva Convention, ha! I didn’t let Bush off the hook then and I won’t let Obama off now—just wait until the body count reaches 800 instead of 8 and we’ll see what these rules mean. We have attacked some mosque in Iraq, but I think we were getting incoming fire from them at the time—I seem to remember a number of examples. But we don’t need to wait until the bastards shoot. The old sanctuary think was often brushed aside in WWII—remember Monte Cassino and others. I do note however, that was before the current Geneva thing. But the old idea of sanctuary is dead in many circles now and only used by those who seek advantage or those who oppose all wars. Like HAM said there are many ways around that sanctuary issue—-stray bombs which inflict collateral damage, etc. But let us have no fear for our great leader will never lower himself to bending the rules of the Geneva Convention even to save American combat lives in a conflict I feel he doesn’t want us in. If this were a conflict to prop up some petty left wing dictator south of the border you can rest assured, nothing and I mean nothing would prevent Obama from taking whatever action was deemed necessary inside or outside the so-called rules of engagement, and herein lies the rub.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:54:35 +0000

HAM, why do you think Blackwater was SO big in Iraq?

By: HoosierArmyMom

HoosierArmyMom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:52:29 +0000

My view point with libs can be an exercise in frustration. Kind of like a raging alcoholic encountering a recovering alcoholic… they can try to give them their best BS and they will get shot down. You can’t con the ex-con man, as they see right through you.

There is a way around the Geneva Convention… send in the mercs!!!! OK, that sounds like I’m not hooked up with reality, but once in awhile one has to dream. LOL!!!!

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:24:43 +0000

Silver Fox, Bush didn’t push them on anyone.. I thought you were a military man? You ever hear of that little thing called The Geneva Convention?

We are a part of that, I hate it, but that’s the breaks, WE have to follow a set of rules that gets US killed and our enemies laugh at us for it…

I don’t have chapter and verse, and I am not going to even try to look it up, but we, the U.S. military, the GOOD GUYS, we DOES NOT FIRE on a church or mosque, they have been places of sanctuary and asylum, forever…

By: Silver Fox

Silver Fox — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:13:15 +0000

Its Obama’s war now and he can retreat or advance, and whatever rules of engagement were set in the past as CIC he can change—they were wrong when Bush pushed them on the military and they are wrong now. The game needs to end and the war needs to begin or else get the hell out and let the chips fall where they will.