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2015-10-16 Afghanistan

US analysts knew Afghan site was hospital (and was being used by Taliban ~~as a mosque~~ to store weapons and coordinate activities)

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Posted by gorb 2015-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 DUH!

Posted by newc 2015-10-16 11:51|| 2015-10-16 11:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Excuse me but don't we have thousands of troops in Afghan? And isn't Afghan supposed to be our ally in this fight? And wouldn't it have been possible for the hospital to be surrounded and entered by troops to capture the bad guys and weapons?

Somehow I really think this should have been handled much more like a police problem. I doubt it would be considered acceptable to make a drug raid in DC or NY with an AC-130 gunship.

If this was NOT an alternative then WTF are we doing over there?

Posted by AlanC 2015-10-16 12:21|| 2015-10-16 12:21|| Front Page Top

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