Comments on: U.S. Afghan War Wounded Toll Approaches 2009 Total http://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blighthttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-207019 blight Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-207019 Might be using the scope to check something? It's just iron sights on that M2... Might be using the scope to check something? It’s just iron sights on that M2…

]]> By: @Earlydawnhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-207012 @Earlydawn Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:04:56 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-207012 Not all problems are military, and not all military problems can be solved kinetically. Not all problems are military, and not all military problems can be solved kinetically.

]]> By: @Earlydawnhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-207011 @Earlydawn Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:04:06 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-207011 Why's he using a M249 when there's a loaded 'fifty right there? Why’s he using a M249 when there’s a loaded ‘fifty right there?

]]> By: Oblathttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206747 Oblat Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:18:05 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206747 Maybe you were born after we went into Afghanistan but "making sure the Taliban isn't able to impose their perverse worldview onto ordinary Afghans" wasn't why we went there. Here is a hint. We were more than happy to fund and negotiate deals with them before 911. In other news another CIA funded terrorist organization killed 20 people yesterday. Heads up and pay attention children - they are dearest allies now but can bet you will be fighting them when you get to military age. Maybe you were born after we went into Afghanistan but “making sure the Taliban isn’t able to impose their perverse worldview onto ordinary Afghans” wasn’t why we went there.

Here is a hint. We were more than happy to fund and negotiate deals with them before 911.

In other news another CIA funded terrorist organization killed 20 people yesterday. Heads up and pay attention children — they are dearest allies now but can bet you will be fighting them when you get to military age.

]]> By: Ten Tenhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206743 Ten Ten Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:04:09 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206743 You must be senile then, for mixing up the Vietnam War with Afghanistan. Perhaps, being cinical would give you comfort, but it doesn't make it right to forget what led us into Afghanistan in the first place. You must be senile then, for mixing up the Vietnam War with Afghanistan. Perhaps, being cinical would give you comfort, but it doesn’t make it right to forget what led us into Afghanistan in the first place.

]]> By: Oblathttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206738 Oblat Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:20:26 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206738 ha ha ha you must be very young. When you grow up son you'll find that the fairy stories aren't true. ha ha ha you must be very young. When you grow up son you’ll find that the fairy stories aren’t true.

]]> By: Jacobhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206714 Jacob Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:38:20 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206714 It's not about international prestige, it's about making sure the Taliban isn't able to impose their perverse worldview onto ordinary Afghans. It’s not about international prestige, it’s about making sure the Taliban isn’t able to impose their perverse worldview onto ordinary Afghans.

]]> By: PorkRollhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206697 PorkRoll Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:56:07 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206697 "Pentagon officials have long warned that the U.S. casualty toll would climb as the surge troops arrive and push into areas where the Taliban have enjoyed free reign over the past eight years." -Blah, blah, blah. Death tolls climb when your ROE keep you from killing the enemy. Death tolls climb when the enemy knows how to work your own weakness (political correctness) against you. Death tolls climb when your usurper-in-chief is nothing more than a social agitator rather than a leader. This is Obama's war now, and it's Obama's death-toll thanks to his "leadership". I guess hope and change are coming home in more flag-covered coffins than ever. “Pentagon officials have long warned that the U.S. casualty toll would climb as the surge troops arrive and push into areas where the Taliban have enjoyed free reign over the past eight years.”

–Blah, blah, blah. Death tolls climb when your ROE keep you from killing the enemy. Death tolls climb when the enemy knows how to work your own weakness (political correctness) against you. Death tolls climb when your usurper-in-chief is nothing more than a social agitator rather than a leader. This is Obama’s war now, and it’s Obama’s death-toll thanks to his “leadership”. I guess hope and change are coming home in more flag-covered coffins than ever.

]]> By: Oblathttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206687 Oblat Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:28:59 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206687 Just like Vietnam the bulk of the deaths come when it is recognized that the war is lost but we have to fight on for reasons of international prestige. Somewhere in the state department there will be as spreadsheet with a calculation on just how many servicemen need to die before we can leave with "honor". Just like Vietnam the bulk of the deaths come when it is recognized that the war is lost but we have to fight on for reasons of international prestige.

Somewhere in the state department there will be as spreadsheet with a calculation on just how many servicemen need to die before we can leave with “honor”.

]]> By: Randallhttp://defensetech.org/2010/07/15/u-s-wounded-toll-approaches-2009-total/#comment-206683 Randall Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:24:11 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=8246#comment-206683 Is that a MK. 48? Not sure, let me know. Is that a MK. 48? Not sure, let me know.

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