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2023-03-10 Afghanistan
Marine in Kabul airport blast says he was told not to shoot ISIS bomber
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Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-03-10 02:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Sgt Vargas-Andrews lost an arm and a leg in explosions from this terror incident that occurred after he was told not to shoot.

Posted by lord garth 2023-03-10 07:05||   2023-03-10 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I believe I would have just disobeyed the order.
Posted by Chris 2023-03-10 09:23||   2023-03-10 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 how many times did they say to NOT shoot Osama?

a lot!
Posted by 746 2023-03-10 09:38||   2023-03-10 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be interesting to know who received medals for the evacuation. My bet is the officer who said no received a medal.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-10 10:13||   2023-03-10 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it's better to be Article 90ed than blown up don't you?
Posted by Dron66046 2023-03-10 13:51||   2023-03-10 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 John Kerry awarded himself 3 purple hearts. When awarded the third you are sent home.
Posted by crazyhorse 2023-03-10 14:37||   2023-03-10 14:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Back When, some tinfoils were saying somebody on 'our side' needed that blast to happen.

Dunno man, that's pretty wild.

Then that family got zapped. Then the next two years happened. And here we are.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 15:24||   2023-03-10 15:24|| Front Page Top

#8 If I need specific people killed, someone with a self destruct vest seems iffy.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-10 15:27||   2023-03-10 15:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes and no. Plenty of VIPs have been hit by dedicated boomers, like that CIA gal and General Massoud. That scene at the beginning of 13 Hours when they were pulling security for the mayor (I think) and a flash mob of reporters show up. "Any one of these guys could have a bomb." was the line or something like it.

In this case, they argued, and I'm not sure to what ends, a boom needed to happen. It's still in my They Wouldn't do That, but then I have transferred a number of stories from that file to my WTF file. "They'd never kick a bunch of refugees off a plane and into certain death to bring home a technical as a trophy."
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 15:52||   2023-03-10 15:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Personally - I think who made the call didn't want video of US Troops shooting into a crowd.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 16:04||   2023-03-10 16:04|| Front Page Top

#11 That worked out so well...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-10 16:10||   2023-03-10 16:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Please dont shoot at State Department and CIA assets / contractors. Thank you.
Posted by mossomo 2023-03-10 16:18||   2023-03-10 16:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Sucks for these troopers and all those civvies stacked like cord. Clusterfuck. Decision to shoot took more guts than the decision makers had.

Devilish really. Bad Guys have to figure everyone trying to catch a plane is at some level a hostile. Send in a boomer and A) stack bodies or B) get video of US Troops shooting civilians replayed for eternity

Local elder veteran: "Why would you evacuate the troops, and then think you could just evacuate everyone else at your pleasure?"
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 16:23||   2023-03-10 16:23|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ The I talk / write like Dale entry of the day.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-10 16:38||   2023-03-10 16:38|| Front Page Top

#15 Nah, he writes better. But its 5 o'clock -somewhere- and Friday, so I guess I have time to check in here after work on how that statement is wrong.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 16:51||   2023-03-10 16:51|| Front Page Top

#16 #13 - It was likely the short clipped sentences?
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-10 19:22||   2023-03-10 19:22|| Front Page Top

#17 Maybe. Busy, sometimes takes some tens of minutes for a simple reply. Read something, get chores done, get a chance to type. Don't know.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-10 21:44||   2023-03-10 21:44|| Front Page Top

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