You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Afghanistan
25 Taliban militants surrender to gov't in Afghanistan
2011-02-03
Taliban militants attend a surrendering ceremony in Samangan province, some 215 km north of Kabulon, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2011. Twenty five Taliban militants laid down arms and surrendered to government on Wednesday.
Posted by:tipper

#1  Indians used to surrender every winter, when they would normally be in camp anyway, with the idea of getting free food and blankets. Then come spring, the men would go back to raiding.

General Crook (Apache name "Nantan Lupan" or "Gray Wolf"), had other ideas.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-02-03 09:39  

00:00