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2008-10-17 Afghanistan

NATO Modifies Airstrike Policy In Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 in other words they where working too well

Posted by chris 2008-10-17 08:17|| 2008-10-17 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 So how many of our guys is this policy change gonna kill?

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-17 09:28|| 2008-10-17 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 McKiernan was mentioned in other articles as the anti-Petraeus. Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-10-17 09:32|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-10-17 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Is Mckiernan French or an American schooled in France? Either way what gutless *#@)!

Posted by smdshack 2008-10-17 12:10|| 2008-10-17 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Which one outranks the other, between Generals Petraeus and McKiernan? I ask because General Petraeus is conducting a review of the Afghanistan situation even now. Surely, regardless of rank, his conclusions will have some weight, even given how political NATO is.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-17 12:15|| 2008-10-17 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Afghanistan puts the weakness of NATO on display for all to see. Our NATO allies don't have the choppers needed to support the ground troops and perform very selective firing with minimum collateral damage. So they have to depend on aircraft using heavier weapons. This is going to get our guys killed, plain and simple.

Posted by remoteman 2008-10-17 13:28|| 2008-10-17 13:28|| Front Page Top

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