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2009-09-04 Afghanistan

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Posted by Matt 2009-09-04 14:06|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 50 alleged dead, but how many bodies can they produce? It would be nice if the press got in the habit of the dead they report is an unconfirmed rumor and not a count.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-09-04 16:15|| 2009-09-04 16:15|| Front Page Top

#2 If they are gathered around a stolen fuel tanker to get fuel in the middle of the night... they probably aren't 'innocent civilians'...

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-09-04 16:45|| 2009-09-04 16:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Did they check with German lawyers or American before requesting the strike? Did the pilots get authorization from US attorneys as well? Was a hold harmless issued?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-09-04 17:10|| 2009-09-04 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Leave it to the Krauts to reduce flight hours and still maintain a high enemy body count.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-04 17:24|| 2009-09-04 17:24|| Front Page Top

#5 This appears to be another case where the liberal media will wring their hands, whine in dismay, and beg forgiveness - while the rest of us are wondering why we aren't reducing the Federal Deficit by selling video of the event on pay-per-view.

If you come to share "land pirate" plunder in the moonlight, don't cry when the anti-piracy forces "reach out and touch" your ass.

Thankfully, the progression of natural selection may eventually raise the level of caution among the unwashed rabble in the Afghan mountains.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2009-09-04 20:43|| 2009-09-04 20:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes they did and they had damn good reasons for it since the fuel tanks were hijacked to be used in suicide attacks.

Listening to the debate back home, I'm getting frigging tired with all this. I have a son serving in Afghanistan and if politicians think that you can fight a war but must not call it war, and that troops should protect without killing anyone, then those politicians should go there themselves and blow the Talibs into the sea with all the hot air they produce.

So the UN wants to "investigate" whether the attack was justified, because civilian casualties "could not be excluded?

Bolton was right. Let's hand the building over to Ghadaffi and drop a JDAM on it.

Sorry for the rant.

Posted by European Conservative 2009-09-04 20:51|| 2009-09-04 20:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Bolton is usually right. Pass along my thanks to your son EC.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-04 21:01|| 2009-09-04 21:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you.

"Thank you for your service" is something he will NEVER hear in Germany.

Instead ever shot he fires will be investigated by a lawyer

Posted by European Conservative 2009-09-04 21:06|| 2009-09-04 21:06|| Front Page Top

#9 yes, EC - a big thank you to your son and best wishes!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-04 21:20|| 2009-09-04 21:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Righteous rant, EC! Hear, hear! :-D

Many thanks to your son for his service - and to you for raising him.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-04 21:24|| 2009-09-04 21:24|| Front Page Top

#11 "50 alleged dead, but how many bodies can they produce?"

As many as they need. But generally they don't need to produce any. Associated Press just takes their word for it. Their motto is "always show solidarity with America's enemies".

Posted by crosspatch 2009-09-04 21:27|| 2009-09-04 21:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks again. I'll pass it on with the next phone call.

Posted by European Conservative 2009-09-04 21:37|| 2009-09-04 21:37|| Front Page Top

#13 I'll be in Weiden in a couple of weeks. If you're near there, let me know. Dinner at the Altes Eichamt on me.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-04 21:45|| 2009-09-04 21:45|| Front Page Top

#14 ION *** Breaking *** PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > GERMANY ON ALERT: INTEL AGENCIES ARE SWAMPED WITH THREAT WARNINGS [possib terror strikes, espec agz MERKEL]???

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