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2012-08-19 Afghanistan

Two US troops killed in latest Afghan 'green-on-blue' attacks

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Posted by Steve White 2012-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Small wars covered it fast.
"Terry Walker, a former Marine trainer in Helmand Province, told Fox News that most of these incidents are due to personal and cultural conflicts. He said Afghans simply have a different way of dealing with their problems.

"You have a strong influence that's tribal," Walker said. "Afghans can't be insulted and they have no conflict resolution capability. The smallest thing can set them off."

Posted by newc 2012-08-19 02:03|| 2012-08-19 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry, newc. But that's bull

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-08-19 09:07|| 2012-08-19 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Taliban 'infiltration' of Afghan Security Forces, Army, Police, etc, is a strategy recently directed by the Quetta Shura. It is a simple asymmetrical, divisionary tactic.

Consider if you will, if the Afghans are driven into homicidal rages by slight or insult, why is it just now kicking in?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-19 11:08|| 2012-08-19 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 There is a possible partial solution with an American flair. Got a grudge, feel insulted, take it to the street.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-19 11:13|| 2012-08-19 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 ..of course we'll have to wave certain rules.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-19 11:15|| 2012-08-19 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Infiltration is a piece of cake for Islamic Jihad. Another word for it is multi-culturalism.

Posted by Albemarle Fillmore4978 2012-08-19 12:48|| 2012-08-19 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 Infiltration is a piece of cake for Islamic Jihad. Another word for it is multi-culturalism. Posted by Albemarle Fillmore4978

Paul Gottfied writes that where "deformed Protestant culture exists, so does the politics of guilt"....."spiraling confessing to and compensating for historical burdens". The birthing and feeding of multiculturalism paralled by endless self-loathing and apologies.

Sound familiar ?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-19 13:36|| 2012-08-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

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