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2004-06-19 Afghanistan/South Asia

Three Afghan Provinces Too Hot for American Invaders to Handle

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-06-19 12:07:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Uh... sure, right. Whatever. I'll wait for reports from a website with some shred of credibility.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2004-06-19 12:18:03 AM|| 2004-06-19 12:18:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Flaming molten lava was there? Fire breathting Taliban made of molten stone?

Here is the real story and all you need to know about that battle from www.military.com. Read it and weep goat fuckers!

But attacks on U.S. forces continue, with the latest comprising of the attempted car bombing of an American convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Monday.

After a "pitiful explosion" in the vehicle, the assailant got out and ran toward the convoy with a pistol, Hilferty said. "He's dead now."

Posted by Long Hair Republican 2004-06-19 12:29:34 AM|| 2004-06-19 12:29:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 If you went back to the beginning of Afghanistan or Iraq and began counting just the US military vehicles (humvees, Bradleys, M1 tanks, helicopters) that Spun-up has claimed were destroyed by the courageous mujjies, it would likely be a very large percentage of the inventories sent to the respective theaters, maybe even exceed the totals. And, if true, we would have none left. Poor us. Since the reported numbers are demonstrably vastly wildly different than reality and our troops do not have to walk everywhere they go, one must conclude that math is definitely not their strong suit. Rather one-sided enthusiasm and cheerleading appear to be much more interesting and enthralling to their staff.

Posted by .com 2004-06-19 4:51:32 AM|| 2004-06-19 4:51:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com-
Exceptional point. During the Bosnian campaign, there was a site being run from over there that seemed to have a particular dislike form my old unit, the 20th FW at Shaw AFB, SC. The guy had an incredible list of losses from the 20th - complete with times, dates, places, and other very plausible details including tail numbers...which I always found quite fascinating, as I go past the Shaw flightline every few days and saw some of these ships sitting there. A fiendish trick on our part, I suppose.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-06-19 10:44:54 AM|| 2004-06-19 10:44:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Uh-huh. Suuurrre they are. Pull the other one.

More like this is the jihadis' wet dream. It ain't anywhere close to reality.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-19 10:44:57 AM|| 2004-06-19 10:44:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 everything they know about math, truth, journalism, and fighting came from the Koran - need I say more?

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-19 10:58:34 AM|| 2004-06-19 10:58:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 German pilot during the Battle of Britain making fun of Goering's propaganda: "Here come the last sixty Spitfires!"

Posted by Matt 2004-06-19 11:19:29 AM|| 2004-06-19 11:19:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The size of the lies from the other side is an indicator of the justness of our fight. This is similar the WW2 propaganda in the Pacific where the Japanese broadcast devastating losses for the US (the 5000 ship US Navy was sunk several times over), but each month, the US got closer to the Japanese home islands.

Posted by ed 2004-06-19 11:20:50 AM|| 2004-06-19 11:20:50 AM|| Front Page Top

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