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2012-02-26 Afghanistan

Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked

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Posted by Steve White 2012-02-26 11:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Apologies seem to have worked real well. Maybe it's time to try killing instead. Animals can sense weakness in their opponents, but they tend to back off when members of their herd start getting blown into pieces.

Posted by Chemist 2012-02-26 12:53|| 2012-02-26 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Thrown "at" or "within"?

Posted by Shimble Guelph5793 2012-02-26 12:56|| 2012-02-26 12:56|| Front Page Top

#3 The important word here is "northern". Bases in northern Afghanistan come under attack only rarely, so their security is much lower. The Taliban have probably been scoping out those bases for their vulnerabilities for a while now.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-02-26 16:11|| 2012-02-26 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Might be time to go to Plan B: Hot Lead. And lots of it. I'll bet that option would sink in with the Troglodytes.
Of course, it will never happen...

Posted by tu3031 2012-02-26 19:49|| 2012-02-26 19:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Or as one put it "Nuke it from space"

Posted by newc 2012-02-26 20:51|| 2012-02-26 20:51|| Front Page Top

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