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| "Guardian Angel" Troops In Afghanistan To Watch Over Their Own | ||
| 2012-03-29 | ||
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have assigned "guardian angels" -- troops that watch over their comrades even as they sleep -- and have ordered a series of other increased security measures to protect troops against possible attacks by rogue Afghans.
Some of the changes have been subtle, others not so much. In several Afghan ministries, Americans are now allowed to carry weapons. And they have been instructed to rearrange their office desks there to face the door, so they can see who is coming in, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the internal directive. While Allen did not detail the new measures in a briefing earlier this week, he acknowledged that changes had been made. "We have taken steps necessary on our side to protect ourselves with respect to, in fact, sleeping arrangements, internal defenses associated with those small bases in which we operate," Allen said, adding that now someone is "always overwatching our forces." | ||
| Posted by:Elmusing Throluper1439 |
| #9 I fondly remember the stories papa used to tell me about how the NVA NaZIS NORTH KOREANS and KGB used to guard all the AMERICAN soldiers during the previous wars. WHEN THE F--K ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WAKE THE F--K UP THOSE IDIOTS ARE ON JIHAD AND WHEN OUR DUMB ASS LEADERS GET DONE THINKING THEY ARE PLAYING THEM OFF ON EACH OTHER THEY WILL I REPEAT WILL TURN ON THOSE THAT WERE THERE! THIS HOLE F---KING THING IS BEEEEEEYOND PATHETIC!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Jumbo Whavins4051 2012-03-29 17:37 |
| #8 What about some of them suave hetros maybe they can do it the ones we are training! |
| Posted by: Gleper tse Tung4667 2012-03-29 16:54 |
| #7 It's not politically correct to say this, but the transfer of Pashtuns to Pakistan, much as Germans throughout Central Europe were deported to Germany after WW2, would solve many problems in Afghanistan. The way to do this would be to arm the non-Pashtuns and come up with a plan for them to conduct Manifest Destiny-style Pashtun-fighting* campaigns, complete with the occasional massacres and land rushes (conducted after major league demining efforts and the clearing of Pashtuns from the region). And obviously, Karzai should be given the opportunity to be the first Pashtun to swim from Antarctica all the way to Sri Lanka. * How did the Arab expeditionary armies cause the native infidels to abandon their faith? By persisting over hundreds of years in campaigns that repeatedly dealt crushing defeats to rebel infidels, thereby causing the kafirs, in successive stages, to (1) ask why their gods had abandoned them, (2) ask why their gods were punishing them, (3) questioning whether their gods were weaker than their Muslim enemy's god and finally (4) accepting that since the Muslim god was helping his followers win battles, he must be more powerful than the local infidel gods. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-03-29 16:21 |
| #6 When you have to set a 'watch' for protection from your allies..... they aren't your allies! Time to bring the troops home. Leveling the place beforehand might be a benefit. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-03-29 14:26 |
| #5 "Rogue Afghan", the sequel to "Rogue Cheddar"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-03-29 13:17 |
| #4 Back when the 'temporary' WWII barracks were still being employed in the 70s and 80s, someone on shifts usually had to pull fire watch during the night when the rest of the unit was in shuteye. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-03-29 10:32 |
| #3 Curtis Sliwa coming to the rescue? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-29 09:29 |
| #2 You can blame the Pushtunization of the Afghan Army. By order of the UN. It was always predictable that the Left's good war would sink into a bloody PC debacle. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2012-03-29 06:17 |
| #1 With "friends" like these.... |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2012-03-29 06:07 |