77 US Troops Wounded in Taliban Truck Bombing on Afghan Base
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U.S. Marine medics examines a wounded Afghan boy after he was wounded in an explosion at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and two Afghan civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, a stark reminder that the war in Afghanistan still rages 10 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States.
The blast, which occurred late Saturday, shaved the facades from shops outside the Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province and broke windows in government offices nearby, said Roshana Wardak, a former parliamentarian who runs a clinic in the nearby town of the same name. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Eight wounded civilians were brought to Wardak’s clinic, two of them with wounds serious enough that they were sent to Kabul. She said one 3-year-old girl died of her wounds on the way to the clinic.
The attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber who detonated a large bomb inside a truck carrying firewood, NATO said. It was unclear how many foreign and Afghan soldiers were serving on the base.
A U.S. Marine falls down as he and other colleagues carry an injured Afghan woman following a road accident at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
“Most of the force of the explosion was absorbed by the protective barrier at the outpost entrance,” NATO said, adding that the damage was repairable and that operations were continuing.
Fewer than 25 Afghan civilians were also wounded, NATO said, adding that none of the 77 injuries sustained by the Americans were life-threatening. Spokesman Maj. Russell Fox said Sunday that all the international troops at the combat outpost are American.
The truck bombing came hours after the Taliban vowed to keep fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan until all American troops leave the country and stressed that their movement had no role in the Sept. 11 attacks.
On Sunday, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul held a memorial service to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. A military band played as American troops raised an American flag in front of about 300 assembled U.S. and Afghan officials.
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan urged those assembled to honor the memory of those who died.
“On that day we lost mothers and fathers, sons and daughters we lost people of many nations and many religions, today we remember, we honor them all,” he said.
Mohammad Mubarez, an Afghan cleric, prays during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack on the United States, at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (Musadeq Sadeq / AP)
The Afghan Foreign Minister said the attacks bound Afghans and Americans together in a “shared struggle.”
In a statement emailed to media, the Taliban accused the United States of using the Sept. 11 attacks as a pretext to invade Afghanistan and said the international community was responsible for killing thousands of Afghans during the invasion and ensuing occupation.
“Each year, 9/11 reminds the Afghans of an event in which they had no role whatsoever,” the Taliban said. “American colonialism has shed the blood of tens of thousands of miserable and innocent Afghans.”
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, after the Taliban, who then ruled the country, refused to hand over Osama bin Laden.
The late al-Qaida leader was at the time living in Afghanistan, where the terror network had training camps from which it planned attacks against the U.S. and other countries.
“The Afghans have an endless stamina for a long war,” the statement said. “Through a countrywide uprising, the Afghans will send the Americans to the dustbin of history like they sent other empires of the past.”
The statement was issued by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the official title used by the Taliban when they ruled the country.
The insurgent group continues to launch regular attacks and orchestrate assassination campaigns against those allied with the government. In addition to the attack in Wardak on Saturday, 10 Afghan civilians were killed in two separate roadside bombings.
Although the Taliban were swiftly driven from power by the U.S.-led coalition, they managed to use the years of the Iraq war – when America focused its military strength on the conflict against Saddam Hussein – to regroup, rearm and reorganize.
They began winning back ground lost to the international military coalition until President Barack Obama decided to send in 30,000 more troops last year to help.
Although the coalition has made some gains in the Taliban’s traditional southern strongholds, violence has not abated around the country.
The U.S. has begun withdrawing some of its 100,000 troops and will send home 33,000 by the end of next year. The international military coalition has already begun transferring security responsibilities to newly trained Afghan forces with the aim of removing all their soldiers by the end of 2014.
Bin Laden was killed in May in a raid on his house in northwestern Pakistan by helicopter-borne U.S. Navy SEALs.
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Comments (92)
macpappy
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:47amThis thing was practically won when Bush left office. What happened Obama?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 2:34pmObama happened.
Report Post »World Peace
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 2:55pmDitto
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:59pmYou know, crap like this ****** me off. I despise Obama, but really, are you guys this ignorant? Who was pressuring Obama to approve the surge? Oh yeah, guys like Beck, all the GOP, etc. I have served and continue to serve as a reservist in special warfare. I’ve been to this very base where this attack took place. Obama is not directing tactical decisions on the ground, he is following the direction of the military commanders, and ultimately they are still following the Bush doctrine. The war against Al Qaeda was won months after 9/11. MONTHS. After that it turned into this occupation / nation building crap to try and democratize Afghanistan. The war went downhill LONG before Obama, years before Obama. All Obama did was maintain the status quo. They tried to do the same thing they did in Iraq, which was to call Patreus and send in more people. Oops, Afghanistan isn’t like Iraq is it. Different people, different language, different culture. I fault Obama for not getting us out of there, but he’s not any more at fault than Bush and the GOP and the DNC. This mess is on all their heads. At this point it’s on far more “conservative” than liberal heads. How many GOP presidential candidates want to get us out of Afghanistan…? Only one that I know of.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 3:58amBRIAN WILLIAMS?
Would you PLEASE ask Barry Obummer IF HE IS LOSING any SLEEP over these soldiers DYING?
EAT PEAS BRIAN!!!!
Report Post »Steve
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:08amSay a prayer for Obama
Report Post »Psalm 109:8.”
–“Let his days be few and brief; And let others step forward to replace him.”
dinadp
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:24amAmen. And thank God that no troops were killed.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:53ambioengineer
Report Post »You seem comfortable pointing out everyone else’s shortcomings and never address your own.IMO You bash a lot of folks here with insults and hate.
I would have a battle of wits with you, but you seem to be unarmed.
Hobbs57
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:54pm@ Bioegnineer, It is actually your type who have run me out of organized Christianity. I suspect you would embrace the muslim faith, for it most certainly views “knowledge” as the greatest asset. Many who follow and followed Christ in the past have done the same. Christ explained wisdom in the most simple of terms, so not even the intellect or knowledge seeker, could construe it and determine that somehow an abundance of knowledge could be somehow represent even an ounce of wisdom. You are not alone my brother. Many such as yourself are very proud of all the knowledge they have attained pertaining to Christianity and all faiths dating back to Abraham. DO they call this theology ?? I don’t know, I am not that smart.
Report Post »What I do know is what Satan had said to Eve in the garden of Eden. I recognize I can partake from the tree of knowledge or the tree of life, an option none had until Christ had risen and had broken the chains of death. I came to appreciate the exact nature of the spirit as it empowered me to break the chains of a certain spiritual death. It was then I came to understand the wisdom of the word, not the knowledge. Life is not Jeopardy for me, having a certain prize of heaven for knowing the most. Maybe this is do to the fact that I have been blessed withe disease of addiction. I have but no choice to step in faith, seeking the spirit in all matters, and living my life according to the wisdom from with in. Seeking wisdom, not knowledge, or I will surely die
World Peace
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 2:56pmAmen!
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 3:08pmHilariously funny and a big AMEN…..
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:49pm@Hobbs57, I actually really appreciate your comments. I have to ask though why you’re talking about the price of tea in China? My specific comment was making fun of @Steve, who openly calls for the systematic murder of Muslims (his words) while out of the other side of this mouth quotes Bible verses. He’s a hypocrite. Your response, while interesting, seems off topic.
You said, “I suspect you would embrace the muslim faith, for it most certainly views “knowledge” as the greatest asset.”
You obviously don‘t know anything about me at all and haven’t read the history of my posts. I absolutely don’t embrace Islam. And I certainly don’t regard knowledge, or more specifically, intellectual knowledge, as the greatest asset. But I don’t dismiss it as worthless either. You are actually making my point for me. This is precisely the problem with guys like @Steve and at the heart of my disagreement with them. They do not believe in their particular flavor of Christianity because of an answer to a prayer or some other form of revelation direct from God, instead they worship their own interpretation of the Bible. Likewise they don’t hate Muslims and want to murder them because God told them too. It‘s based purely on material they’ve read on the internet, hacked together by others that have as little first-hand experience/knowledge of Islam and Muslims as they do. It’s not based on either spiritual or intellectual knowledge, just their own personal hate
Report Post »mpetroski
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:54amCan someone please pass on to the folks at The Blaze that the USMC does not have “Medics”. The USMC has US Navy Hospital Corpsman or just plain Corpsman for short.
Small beans compared to what happened at that FOB but just a little courtesy to those of us who serve and have served as US Navy Hospital Corpsman with the USMC. There is quite a bit of a difference.
Doc Ski
P.S. I am typing this from a little camp in Afghanistan.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:03amThank you, and all out there with you for your service! God Bless you all!
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:14amYes there is a differerence Doc… Our “CORPSMAN” were and still are the BEST! Our Doc spent 4 months in a body cast and damn near died in 71, trying to help wounded Marines. God bless you and your Marines one and all! SEMPER FI!
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:20amGod bless you for being on the front lines. I agree, there should be more respect for you folks. It shows just how out of touch that the people doing the reporting really are from what reality is.
I’m curious tho, what branch of service has the Corpseman in it? (just kidding)
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:45amThe branch in O’s brain has the corpseman
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:47amThank you!
And, STAY SAFE.
God bless you ALL !
Thank you!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:13am@TOMFERRARI …you were right.. heard “she” was standing by ” Moochele, Bush and Laura
Report Post »dinadp
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:25amThank you for your service.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:45amYes there is quite a bit of difference in a medic and a corpsman. Marine units are manned with navy corpsman, and is often the only white uniform in overseas bars, and PXs. Also worth noting, do not start a fight with a navy corpsman and not expect 7 or 8 marines to take it up.
Report Post »Prosoldier
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:52amOh, are you talking about the “Corpse”men?
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:26pmGod bless you, dear MPetroski, and thank you
Report Post »for your incredible courage and skill
as you care for others.
Know that you are revered for all you do…
CatB
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 2:42pmMay God bless and keep you and all those who serve safe.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:28pmI also thank you for your service, Although I wished your service was for the purpose of defending America, Not being a Neo-Con minion, “Spreading Democracy” around the world. How would you like if the tables were turned ? What if some country that could militarily dominate us, spread Communism ???? You actually work for the Military / Industrial Complex. It is a evil, corrupt conglomerate, consisting of some fortune 500 companies, that only make money from military or related-to-military manufacturing, and Government Contracts. They can not survive without wars continuing on. These companies are controlled, and owned, by the global elite. Our constitution says the government is to provide common defense, not OFFENSE !!!
Report Post »If you think killing people on the other side of the globe is making us safer, you are wrong!!!! They attacked on 911 because we have been invading the middle-east for decades “spreading Democracy”.
Lord_Frostwind
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:59pmAn astonishing job by the corpsman out there, 77 wounded and no dead. That’s a real testament to their skill.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:05pmI really DO appreciate your service. I just loathe the people at the top of the chain of command. The very TOP !!! And that is because of what I have come to learn. I wished ALL our service men and women were back home with their families and loved ones, where they belong. Here to defend our great country only when we are attacked. A small % of a fringe group attacking us did not justify invading a country for over a decade. People dying on both sides – soldiers and innocent civilians. Today another 77 injured. It makes me sick !!! Get out of there !!! Most of them don’t want us there !!! If China was the superpower and invaded us to “spread communism”, People like Chris “tingle” Matthews, Van Jones and Obama would be jumping for joy, when they saw their commie buddies rolling up the street in tanks !!! Don’t be fooled by the few that want democracy. Most don’t like other countries getting involved in their sovereignty. We have attacked the middle-east for decades !!!
Report Post »That was why 20+ guys attacked on 911. It is only to be expected.
Stay safe my American Brother. Get home ASAP !!!
Saved777
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 2:12amSay hello to my Son, A US Navy Hospital Corpsman, I would tell you his name, but to me, they’re all my sons… God bless you all
Report Post »Doc Gunz
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 11:16amHooRah!!! glad someone already sent this correction in.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:48amGee. Being “tolerant” and “trusting” and “accommodating” of ‘local cultures’ and ‘trying to work together’ while claiming to be at war really seems to be a working strategy, eh? I’m afraid that events like this, if I were a soldier again, would cause me to question idiotic policies that permit this kind of access and the leadership that institutes them.
Report Post »tooksdad
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:01amI wonder if your allowed to fart while you are pulling there neighbors from the wreckage.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:03amWhere’s Rose Ellen today? Maybe she’s getting ready to go play a round of golf or something, that is if she can get away from the oval office..
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:46amprobably celebrating at Ground Zero, based on prior postings.
Report Post »J4Y
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:45amIf the troops don’t fight them there, we fight them here and they will come, because they want the fight more than us!
http://israelisupporter.com
Report Post »Steve
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:49amThey’re already here.
YepImaConservative
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:02amThe enemy has been here for decades… in our government, schools, colleges, universties, in our media, unions, in Hollywood and living, breathing amongst us and… voting.
Islam is just an extension (on the team) of these forces who aim to destroy us as a nation.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:31am@J4y…
Report Post »So be it! Time to rock…
Beckofile
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:47pmUmmmmm…I don’t think the afgan mud hut people have an airline or a baloon to use to come here? We are the only country dumb enough to go spend trillions of dollars to fight in the land where empires go to fall apart. 21 nations have fought in Afgan and not one has survived history? We should do as Washington wrote and not get involved in foreign entanglements. Oh and we have troops protecting the Pakistan boarder while we leave the south of our country wide open.
Report Post »saoirse_
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:45amI want our troops home. The world is in chaos, by design, and our troops are spread across the globe when we face domestic enemies within, on our own soil. Besides, I think this so called nation building we are doing is just a front. The real reason we are there is because there are a trillion dollars worth of mineral deposits in Afghanistan. Why is that never discussed? I remember reading the reports about it last summer (2010). Google it and read for yourself.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:58amA) Troops will do no good “on our own soil”. They cannot be used at home to fight the evils that attack us.
B) The LITHIUM deposits is what you are thinking of, and they were JUST discovered, so they are NOT the reason we are there. Not to mention, we are urging THEM to exploit the lithium FOR THEIR OWN FINANCIAL GOOD. They currently produce OPIUM. That is their cash cow. We HOPE that lithium will get them to stop depending on opium for money.
C) The Constitution of These United States is EXPLICIT in what powers it grants to the federal government. Our federal government’s SOLE PURPOSE is to PROTECT OUR RIGHTS; OUR FREEDOM AND OUR LIBERTY. It is NOT to build roads, or to hand out money, or redistribute wealth.
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SamIamTwo
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:40amHow do you like how the afg’s parse the facts, eh? It is a fact that they harbored UBL and his gang…and Bush made it clear that he would go after anyone who harbored UBL and his band of terrorists.
Just pepper bomb the whole mountainous area and be done with these 17th century wannabies.
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:34amNo more ground troops. Drones. planes, etc. It is ridiculous fighting a war with people who want to live in the Stone Age using their own methods.
They will not stop – thousands of years of wars and still the Middle East continues to destroy others who have climbed or are trying to climb out of the Stone Age into the current century.
They use their religion as an excuse to destroy and take power. Their religion is tied to their politics. What part of this don’t governments in the West understand?
They don’t fear words. Heck, they don’t hear words.
Get our people out of these ground wars and do what needs to be done.
Didn’t 9/11 teach us anything. They have no qualms about killing innocents. The laughed at us as they watched our people die.
While we want to protect innocents and respect life – they are on the opposite side of the coin. They look forward to death believing they will join their god and a bunch of virgins in the afterlife. Let’s set aside religion and see what the path is that is being created by those who use their religion instead of admitting they are cruel, greedy, and think that abusing women and children is somehow manly or godly.
Enough already.
Report Post »Seede
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:28amYou see how the Muslims have no regard for their own. They say that they believe in their allah and then kill their own who believe in the same allah. Sounds hypocritical doesn’t it? I wonder what their allah thinks when they blow each other up in his name and a child stands there in front of allah with the bomber right beside that child. You see the mindset of these people? It is actually insanity to say the least. Then we have other people such as Rose Ellen urging the savage murderers to kill more and more. What a sick bunch of human garbage.
Report Post »notmeatglennbeckdotcom
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:19amWatch the video – what is that place? Why do we even care? Bomb them back into the stone age and leave them to figure it out. Pull our guys out so they can be home raising their children – they have sacrificed enough.
Report Post »J4Y
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:42amI agree and also think we should take the children and un-brainwash them and teach them to love and embrace people that have different ideologys/theologys so good people of the west will never have to go to Afghanistan and fight followers of Mohammad ever again ….Then move on to the next radical islamic state and start again untill no more unarmed men, women and children are killed in the name of islam and the intolerant Mohammed.
http://israelisupporter.com
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:19amThis is the kind of crap that happens when you dick around with the enemy for 10 years instead of taking care of business right off the bat. 40,000 troops instead of 400,000 = 20 years of war instead of 2.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:42amBesides size of force we went in trying to make friends and win the hearts and minds with a people wrapped around an ideology that will use us, take our money, lie to us and then curse us as we leave. Islam is incompatible with any form of democracy. The Koran is their constitution. The very nature of Islam in the house of war is to deceive. Watch Egypt, Turkey and Libya in the next few months.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:06amYou get it !
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:31pmAgree with you all!
Report Post »IndyNWguy
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:19amBring em’ home.
Report Post »Johann
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:15amBring the troops home now. Let barry soetero, johnny mccain and hillary clinton do their own dirty work. Nation building is a joke; these people want tolive in the stone age; let them. Stop wasting the lives of our young soldiers.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:14am9-11 was an inside job.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:01amRemember those who died not only on 9/11, but also;
those who continue to die abroad to keep us safe at home,
and never forget WHO IS KILLING AMERICANS !
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ISLAMICS
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February 26, 1993 – - World Trade Center Bombing
June 25, 1996 – - – - – Khobar Towers Saudi Arabia targeting US troops
February 24, 1997 – - Empire State building shooting by Palestinian terrorist
August 7, 1998 – - – - US Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
December 14, 1999 – Port Angeles, Washington 2000 Millenium plot foiled
October 12, 2000 – - – USS Cole
September 11, 2001 – World Trade Center 2
December 22, 2001 – -Shoe Bomb plot foiled
October 2002 – - – - – - Beltway snipers
August 10, 2006 – - – - Heathrow Airport (American-bound planes) plot foiled
May 7, 2007 – - – - – - – Fort Dix plot foiled
June 1, 2009 – - – - – - – Little Rock, Arkansas recruiting station shooting
November 5, 2009 – - – Fort Hood shooting
May 1, 2010 – - – - – - – Times Square attempted car bombing
Has EVERY Islamic committed terrorism against us in the last 2 decades?
No… BUT…
EVERY TERRORISM ATTACK AGAINST US IN THE LAST 2 DECADES
Report Post »WAS COMMITTED BY AN ISLAMIC !
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(labels MATTER – I’ll call them ISLAMICS – I will not allow them to hide behind ‘muslim’)
You can put a silk dress on A PIG…
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AmeriCat
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:40pmThank you for posting this list.
This list needs to be copied and placed in everyone’s archives…
All muslim terrorist attacks….
We need to remember each and every one!
Splash some water on your face, get the sand out of your eyes…
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:50pm………Islamics…
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:54amAnd so the day’s murders begin…
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What surprised me was the GLOBALIST PROPAGANDA from Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan…
“On that day we lost mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
we lost people of many nations and many religions,
today we remember, we honor them all,” he said.
REALLY?
He needed to POINT OUT the multi-culturalism in order to honor the dead?
That entire phrase is NOTHING MORE than political PANDERING in a cowardly attempt to placate ISLAMIC TERRORISTS. Dollars to doughnuts he was TOLD to say that.
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rangerp
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:07amIt was part of the campaign speech. Old wet behind the ears, know nothing, community organizer declared that Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time, and Afghanistan was the right war at the right time.
Here is the real kicker, America believed this moron. America had the choice to elect a Senator that was a prior Naval Officer, a Viet Nam vet, a Navy Graduate, and a prissoner of war, and instead, it went with the communist loving, Jerimiah Right following, Bill Ayers buddy, Obama. Even his wife (she looks like a baboon that has been drinking vinegar) claimed that she was never proud to be American.
If you decide to elect the enemy, I guess you can not be surprised that you surged in Afghanistan, and flunder around with no real progress, that the economy tanks, and our tripple A credit rating has dropped. To add insult to injury, our president that sees fit to run around the world and appologize for America, then forces sodomites on our military. Everything he does is an act of treason against this once great nation.
I do not blame Obama, I blame the idiots that decided to get jiggy with it, rock the vote, and give us the MTV president. How does that white guilt feel now?
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:16amRangerP
With respect for your service, the statements made seems like you just can’t get behind one certain lawfully elected Commander In Chief – apparently because you do not want to. Do you take a different oath than other active duty military?
Thanks for your service.
TEA
Report Post »Steve
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:48amrangerp
Excellent Excellent post!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:52amGot a campaign slogan for him…
“obama… the UN-president”
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He might get sued by Pepsi/7-Up, but, obama stacked the Supreme Court, so he’s safe. On the other hand, Pepsi may also be AFRAID of him, like so many other companies.
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rangerp
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:26pm@MONICNE
Ronald Reagan was president when I first joined. Have served under every pres since.
If you read my post, you will notice I knock the American people for electing the get jiggy with it, rock the vote, MTV president. It took a lot of idiots to do such a thing.
Genesis chapter 12 tell us that God will bless those that bless Israel, and curse those that curse Israel. Obama is a curse to Israel, and I will not stand behind him. As a matter of fact, if it came down to taking up arms against Israel, I will lay mine down, go to Israel, and take up Arms against Obama and his kind.
Report Post »Ranger5658
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:32amIs this how we want to waste our most precious assets; our young men and women? We have no goal, no purpose and no reason to continue this insanity. Nobody wants this, lets just stop. We do not need a gradual reduction we do not need a surge we do not need to nation build. They do not want us there, we do not want to be there, bring our soldiers home NOW. If John McCain had to have his boots on the ground the scenario would play out differently.
Ranger
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:08amFriday Dick Cheney at American Enterprise Institiute said that everything the current administration does is an extension of the Bush Doctorine. He said every decision made, every single military success, including the killing of Osama Bin Laden was directly the result of he himself and the relentless will, spine and courage he gave our timid last president.
TEA
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:58amThe second picture ,of this story showing a “Alfgan mulim cleric” ..
Report Post »ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PASTOR..? to Say a prayer at the Alfgan US EMBASSY..Or show a picture of a Pastor,for 9/11 prayer ..?
How about the comapany Military CHAPLAIN..?
Or was this “one of many different religions”, that took place,and this was the picture that was sent out after the event ?
jhaydeng
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:34am78 soldiers not 7!!! I think if these guy’s are not going to be supported by the administration (defunding) bring them home! Enough is enough! God guard these souls!
Report Post »George_Was_Right
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:52amObama pushed for this surge in Afganistan… What were the ends means?… What was/is victory?… Anyboby?
Report Post »Seede
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:35amThere is no victory. These insane people have been this way since Muhammad taught them his new god allah. We would have to fight this for a hundred years and never see the end. Look at America today between black and white and look how long we have fought this.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:48pmHIS ends ARE being met…as seen by this morning’s tragedy.
He sent these brave warriors, mostly Marines and Special Ops,
over there for this…yes, this is exactly what he planned….
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:51amThe Afghans have no concept of traditional human development. Their world is one of cave man existence where they kill each other over even minor disagreements. Women are just beasts of burden to them not much different from goats and chickens. Over 95 percent don’t even know about 9/11 or even care when they find out. Even their leaders exist to satisfy personal desires, not national development or good will. An Afghan would just as soon kill you as shake your hand. Their religion is not one of love and worship but one of dominance, greed and violence. Liberal yammerings about kissy, kissy coddling of them is a wasted effort. To the Afghans, it is a sign of weakness. You can lead a mule to water but you can’t make it drink. But, you can drown the SOB.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:34amCowboys and Indians…
They ARE uncivilized.
And we expect them to BE civilized.
While arguments are made regarding the ‘displacement’ of native American Indians,
At least they posed a much lesser threat to others.
They had bows and arrows and tomahawks and flint knives.
THESE PEOPLE have missiles, they make IEDs, they blow up buildings and ships, they have rifles and handguns, they are trying to get their hands on nuclear weapons (if they have not already), and are a MAJOR THREAT, and have SUCCESSFULLY attacked America DRAWING FIRST BLOOD.
(BTW: I am part native American Indian, so don‘t go hatin’ on me !)
The problem is, they are taking their UNCIVIL behavior TO THE WORLD. The CIVIL world CANNOT allow that. In a CIVILIZED society, EVERYONE MUST BE CIVIL, or it fails. This is another STRONG ARGUMENT in support of Second Amendment Rights.
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kickagrandma
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:36amHow do you spell, “set up?” Indeed, folks! The people (?) in charge are setting up our troops overseas without doubt. There is no need for this loss of AMERICAN lives. These attacks demoralize our fighting forces and are part of the ww “bottom up/top down/inside out/outside in from satan” program.
We need our troops home (USA) right now!!! screw the foreign countries we have tried to help. If they can‘t do it by now with all the help they’ve been given (remind you of any race or unions) for all these years, they are never going to “get it”: you have to do it yourselves, folks.
AMERICANS, REAL AMERICANS, come home. Fake AMERICANS, “Adios”.
PRAY ON, AMERICA! GOD HIMSELF IS getting ready to move on our behalf. Check it out!
GOD BLESS AMERICA ALL DAYS AND ESPECIALLY THIS DAY. In JESUS’ name, amen.
Report Post »Ravings of a lunatic planet
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:29amWhat kind of war is this? ……….One nuke……………….end of problem………………….( and YES there will be collateral damage).
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:39amWe should have nuked it to start with. It is going to come to that any way.
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:49amNo nukes. Remove the troops and send in the SAS and the Delta Force like we did in Iraq. Ref:
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TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:20amYou forgot…
obama declared this “not war” is over.
Now, we are “not nation building…”
with guns and tanks and the dead, lifeless bodies of our brave men and women.
Oh, wait, I thought this is NOT A WAR.
Did somebody forget to tell our enemies?
You can put lipstick on a pig…
Of course, the presence of our weapons doesn’t mean we are at war, though.
Look at Libya where we are at “NOT WAR” THERE, TOO, and we have drones and missiles, and…
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THIS IS THE WARMONGER PRESIDENT !
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Anytime a country’s people start to rebel – BAM ! He’s right there, pointing the finger at Bush, calling him a warmonger. – Er, I meant, BAM ! He’s right there with weapons, tactical support, aid & comfort and LOTS OF YOUR AND MY MONEY to help them overthrow their government.
At least when Bush invaded other countries it was either in retaliation for an attack ON U.S. SOIL, or, it was to prevent further attacks on U.S. Soil.
Now, you can start all your TIN FOIL HAT conspiracy bull$#it if you want. BUT, he DID keep us safe, post 9/11, through the end of his Presidency. WE CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT obama.
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obama TRIES TO DENY;
THE FORT HOOD TERRORISM ATTACK,
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THE UNDERWEAR BOMBER TERRORISM ATTACK,
THE SHOE BOMBER TERRORISM ATTACK, &
THE TIMES SQUARE BOMBER TERRORISM ATTACK,
(did I miss any)
under the auspices of “lone wolf”
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Sorry, Mr. President, but, NUMBER of attackers/casualties does not define TE
grandmaof5
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:28amPrayers go out for our brave men and women fighting for our freedom and safety (and this is for our brave police, firefighters and border guards too). May you stay safe in God’s hands today and always. Never forget 9/11 and why our military is in harm’s way. God bless and hurry home.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:26amthe military are not there to win. the war against islam is not being fought to win. i am not sure why but that is definately the case. if victory was the goal then afganistan would be even a worse hole than it currently is. there is more than enough fire power available to subdue all islamic countries but it will not be done until jihad is destroying our own backyards.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 11:03amI fear it is too late.
There are already BILLIONS of islamics.
The whole ‘glass parking lot’ strategy would likely create a world war.
I think our only choice is targeted attacks.
However, I do agree we are not fighting to win.
Report Post »We are fighting to get obama re-elected.
He wants the mainstream vote, who support our troops.
He also wants the socialist democrat hippie peace-nik vote, so he is ‘withdrawing’ troops.
He is straddling the fence, and we all know how well that strategy works.
He felt he ‘had to’ announce his withdrawal plans because his poll numbers were plummeting and he needed to placate his left-wing-extremists.
He didn’t let a little thing like informing the enemy get in the way of his political ambitions.
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Quencher
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:23amAn event that would not have taken place except for Obama’s invitation. He invited such action by his political decision to let the enemy know his withdrawal plans. We will suffer many more losses because of this anti-American Muslim Communist in the WhiteHouse.
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