Comments on: U.S. Abandons Afghan Base, Taliban Move In

Troops Reportedly Arm Local Cops Before Bailing On Remote Outpost, Then Cops Flee Militants

Cowards never serve.....


Posted by formrusmcsgt
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Sorry Sarge, I cannot totally agree. I believe there are plenty who never serve who have all the courage in the world. Usually, these are the ones who never bang the drums of war incessantly.
And I am quite happy and grateful to have served to protect these. It''s the ones out there bangin'' on the drums but won''t "walk the walk" that bother me.

[liberalme]

Who''''s the coward ?


Posted by rosieod4prez

Bush and Cheney perhaps?

[rosieod4prez]

"Cowards never serve.....- Posted by formrusmcsgt


Hmmmm

McCain pow 5+ years,

Obama - never served.



Who''s the coward ?

[pointbreak15]

scared boys abandoned the base ...I can''''t believe it nelson must be doing jumping jacks.....its better to come home and find peace ...put the war criminals on trial ...for lying and misleading the country...congress has been dumb and deaf under pelosi...throw her out to sanfrancisco to take part in gay parades ....use less woman....

[forasongca]

But we''re winning the war on terror, right?

[formrusmcsgt]

Not a single one of these neo-cons that we''''re currently "blessed" with have spent a single day in the military.

Posted by hadenough43 at 07:19 PM : Jul 16, 2008

Cowards never serve.....

[formrusmcsgt]

"U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers this week, officials said Wednesday."

Tomorrow, McCain will be characterizing this as "progress" somehow......

And the neocons want to kill all the terrorists---well looks like we need more troops---pick your military preference, put on a uniform and get yourself a rifle--you want them all dead? Get out there!

If you''''re going to talk the talk, then walk the walk, this isn''''t a war movie you''''re watching--its real, and our troops are our families and if you don''''t have the guts to get out there and help them, then you''''re all a bunch of blow hard cowards!!

Posted by liberalme
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Y''know - that''s a funny thing, isn''t it. I''ve noticed in 60 or so years. The most "God, guns and the flag war-hawky" beat the drums of war - as long as it''s somebody else''s life on the line!!!
Not a single one of these neo-cons that we''re currently "blessed" with have spent a single day in the military.

[smurfcrusher]

"NATO said the post, which lies amid precipitous mountains close to the Pakistan border, had been vacated, but insisted that international and Afghan troops will "retain a strong presence in that area with patrolling and other means." "

Sadly, they don''t say that that strong "international presence" is by Al-Qaida insurgents. That wouldn''t sound so good.

[vietnam21]

Send in Preditor at night and bom the base. If we really want to kill Taliban.

[liberalme]

And the neocons want to kill all the terrorists---well looks like we need more troops---pick your military preference, put on a uniform and get yourself a rifle--you want them all dead? Get out there!

If you''re going to talk the talk, then walk the walk, this isn''t a war movie you''re watching--its real, and our troops are our families and if you don''t have the guts to get out there and help them, then you''re all a bunch of blow hard cowards!!

[babooph]

Is cut & run worse than lose & lie?

[beehive21-2009]

Bomb the base and burn the poppy fields.

Posted by rosieod4prez
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Thank you, nice post.

And in 2008. a far right conservative goes about trying to win an election like this:

Select a candidate that has a long well documented historical involvement of getting us into the mess we''re in now. The devil you know is better than the devil you don''t know, I guess is the thinking here.

Lie about that history.

Lie about how that history has led to the present.

Lie about the reality that it is a mess.

Lie about how the direction of that history and the present takes us into the future.

Lie about the reality that the current conservative candidate is deeply connected to the current President. Or not, depends on which flip or flop you wanna believe. Oh yea, and remain convinced that "belief" is a matter of choice. The truth, the data, and the facts have nothing to do with it.

Go for the intellectually lazy voters who deeply yearn for a "leader" who will do their thinking for them. That way they never have to go to the exertion of thinking for themselves.

Demonize the opposition, especially those with a different skin color.

So much more, but time and space doesn''t allow. So finally.
When nothing else seems to work - have the supreme court appoint him President.

[vietnam21]

We let them take the base so we can go back and forth just like Vietnam. We bomb the same targets over 6 times.

[rosieod4prez]

hadenough43 - in 2008, a far left liberal goes about trying to win an election like this:

Select a totally unknown - doesn''t matter if he/she/it is any good, just unknown.

Pick at every point the current President has which has not panned out to perfection. It doesn''t matter if he warned the public that it wouldn''t, or that it would take a long time and lots of money.

Lie about the past.

Lie about the present.

Lie about the future.

Pretend the opposition is connected to the current President.

Present no stable platform, but use polls instead.

Go for the ignorant voters, and those too young to have a memory of this same BS move that was tried last time.

play the race card as often as possible - even though 9/10ths of the NAACP''s goals could be reached if only the black community would work on having a TWO parent family. (preferably NOT of the same ***.)

Lie and spin some more.

demand a recount if you lose.

[guadalcanal3]

Sounds like the ''Nam...all over again....and they send in 50 police officers?...After they were attacked with over 200 fighters???

[bustamcnutty]

do you all really think the taliban fighter''s are going to stay in that base.they are going to go back a try and blend in with the population(more likely they are the population).

In 800 BC, to capture the enemy the king used to operate like this:
abandon the base and wait until the enemy move in and then surround them with the army and fire arrows to capture them all. So this is an opportunity for NATO to capture them all.

Posted by vietnam21
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In the 2001 AD, to defeat the enemy, the king operates like this:
When attacked by a vicious enemy, he goes after an oil colony to make himself, his family, and his buddies richer.

[vietnam21]

In 800 BC, to capture the enemy the king used to operate like this:
abandon the base and wait until the enemy move in and then surround them with the army and fire arrows to capture them all. So this is an opportunity for NATO to capture them all.