Yikes! Oh, well. Better late than never, I guess. Too bad so many people have had to die and be maimed because they made a "horrible mistake".
From Raw Story
Read the rest, watch the video and hear their words.
Who Will It Be?
by Laurence M. Vance
Another milestone will soon be reached in the war on terrorism. No, the Homeland Security threat level will not be lowered to green. No, regular tubes of toothpaste will not be allowed on airplanes. And no, U.S. troops will not be turning...
Cindy Sheehan Leads Protest at CIA, Dick Cheney's Home - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
Perhaps someone should tell this wacko that Dick isn't in power anymore! Someone needs to get her some help.
1/13/2010 5:24 AM ET Afghan police said Wednesday nine people were killed in a shoot-out during a mass demonstration in a provincial Afghan town over the alleged burning of a copy of the Holy Koran by foreign troops.
According to local residents and...
Here we have the locals trying to drive the crazies out on their own and suffering reprisals. It wasn't for "their support of Israel and interference in Muslim countries," the loonies were the invaders. It's about Islamo-fascist conquest and power, not some perceived injustices.
Pakistan...
Dec 30 04:02 PM US/Eastern
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer
KABUL (AP) - At least eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Conflicting reports were reaching the Pentagon on whether the victims were civilian or...
Well I was cleaning out the hard drive and deleating a bunch of junk and ran accross some pics of me with my INGO hat on so I thought I would share..... B (South of Kabul about 25 miles)
I'll just let the article and video speak for themselves. We're wasting lives and money on a lost cause in the Graveyard of Empires.
From Stars And Stripes
Warning: Some NSFW language.
YouTube - Lazy Afghanistan Army
How long do we wait? Another 7 years?
Faux body counts and lies being fed to us. Guess they didn't learn the lessons of Vietnam after all, where body counts were concerned. No wonder no-one has any faith in this thing. I guess they figured no-one would ever notice the lies.
From The Security Crank
More at the source.
I was saddened, albeit I was not surprised, when President Obama decided to send 30k more troops to Afghanistan. The war hungry nation builders are the mainstream of US politics.
The United States has troops in well over 100 countries. It is time to stop being hypocritical and start listening...
Obama wants Afghan war over in 3 years, officials say - CNN.com"Washington (CNN) -- President Obama intends to conclude the Afghanistan war and withdraw most U.S. troops within three years, according to senior administration officials."
Now where have I seen something like that before. Oh...
White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving
By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:50 PM
SEOUL -- President Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said...
A firing offense? - Ben Smith: A firing offense?
November 18, 2009
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Obama, speaking to CBS in Beijing, says he's "furious' about the stream of leaks characterizing the Afghanistan deliberations.
THE PRESIDENT: “I think I am angrier than Bob Gates about it, partly because we...
UK: Taliban must be in government Nato expects more troops be sent to Afghanistan before handing over to local forces [GALLO/GETTY]
Britain's foreign secretary has suggested that senior Taliban figures be given positions in the Afghan government to bring an end to the violence in the country...
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
Official: Obama wants his war options changed
By Ben Feller and Anne Gearan, Associated Press Writers | November 11, 2009
WASHINGTON --President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national...
From the Sand Pit It's freezing here. I'm sitting on hard, cold dirt
between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains , along
the Dar 'yoi PomirRiver , watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that
leads to a cave. Stake out, my friend, and no pizza delivery for
thousands of...
I think it is realy neat looking at pics from troops in iraq and afganstan. I look them up on the internet and watch videos of it. but was wondering if any of the guys had any pics from deployments they have been on.
By Aamir Latif, IOL Correspondent
ISLAMABAD – The emboldened Taliban movement in Afghanistan turned down an American offer of power-sharing in exchange for accepting the presence of foreign troops, Afghan government sources confirmed.
"US negotiators had offered the Taliban leadership...