tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post9024129788937770165..comments2024-01-19T07:30:41.591-08:00Comments on An Average American Patriot: Q+A of future Civilian casualties in Afghanistan US troops storm Afghan hospital in the latest effort to win hearts and minds!jmsjoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-8439800195554201222009-09-09T09:33:17.884-07:002009-09-09T09:33:17.884-07:00Thanks for the link Sarah I will check it out! Fun...Thanks for the link Sarah I will check it out! Funny you mention 12 year old's because I was watching one this morning doing security for us and Afghanistan on Highway 101 between Kandahar and Kabul!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-55324533772622288662009-09-09T09:29:35.660-07:002009-09-09T09:29:35.660-07:00Brother I wish we would cut losses and beat feet b...Brother I wish we would cut losses and beat feet but they are getting us deeper. This is going to be worse than Vietnam and Saigon. We just do not learn. With the wars and our economy our Waterloo is here thanks to Bush and Obama is not helping! I look forward to your post!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-3537927904215604832009-09-09T09:24:59.080-07:002009-09-09T09:24:59.080-07:00Larry I wish to hell we would get the hell out but...Larry I wish to hell we would get the hell out but the fools will not. They are getting us in deeper instead so we have to stop screwing around at least..jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-36770109861049676632009-09-09T04:38:03.610-07:002009-09-09T04:38:03.610-07:00Sarah - You didn't break my heart, not even a ...Sarah - You didn't break my heart, not even a murmur or palpitation, but I cannot speak of what I don't know. I have not read anything about boy soldiers i.e. 10-years-old or younger in Afghanistan, who take part in firefights and ambushes. Owning a gun does not make you a soldier or even a threat.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-33202996801839062232009-09-09T01:35:40.435-07:002009-09-09T01:35:40.435-07:00Hate to break your heart, Holte, but afghan kid so...Hate to break your heart, Holte, but afghan kid soldiers are often younger than 12... but they won't nescessarily be on the taliban side...<br /><br />True, all conflicts should be solved peacefully, but if some people just won't take no for an answer you've gotta show them the limits.<br /><br />The problem is: we live in a completely insane world, wehere ther're no ethical guides line we all agree on and the individual members of the world's population are usually more or less insane. That's why you get all kinds of conflicts which the majority doesn't want, but a very, very small minority insits on creating because it covers up what they are doing and naturally they benefit from the chaos.<br /><br />here's something a little more lighthearted, James:<br /><br />http://livinginscandinavia.blogspot.com/2009/09/feeling-lucky-today.html<br /><br />Just to see how rediculous our world really is.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314160080172957748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-49874227881153344772009-09-08T20:06:20.592-07:002009-09-08T20:06:20.592-07:00It's not "time to take the gloves off. It...It's not <i>"time to take the gloves off</i>. It's time to put on the running shoes and beat feet.<br /><br />You may believe everything is hunky-dory with the Pakistanis, but I'm preparing a post which points in the opposite direction. I'll try to have it up tomorrow.<br /><br />You make an excellent point in your closing: <i>"The Taliban will continue to kill civilians as they were before we invaded under Sharia Law but at least it will not be us."</i><br /><br />And the Afghan casualty rate will be much lower.Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-65996246373368063412009-09-08T19:28:11.290-07:002009-09-08T19:28:11.290-07:00Sadly this is just what was happening in Iraq unde...Sadly this is just what was happening in Iraq under the Bush reign of war. This is no different.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-58891125701819146192009-09-08T16:19:09.231-07:002009-09-08T16:19:09.231-07:00You are right Holte! Right now we are fighting tho...You are right Holte! Right now we are fighting those we armed to fight Russia along with their kids. All they know there is war that is what they do for a living. We think we're better than Genghis Khan, come on!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-92049034493082002192009-09-08T14:11:47.100-07:002009-09-08T14:11:47.100-07:00Wars are always so messy, especially when the enem...Wars are always so messy, especially when the enemy looks like the people you don't want to harm. Conflicts in that part of the world are not winnable, unless you kill everybody, the best that can be done is to contain things.<br /><br />There are 12-year-old kids in Afghanistan and Iraq, whose only memories are of American troops, bangs in the night, explosions, death, funerals. Pretty soon they will be young men and a whole new generation to bear arms.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-17141638850353644772009-09-08T09:18:46.978-07:002009-09-08T09:18:46.978-07:00Hi Karen
Funny but I just finished putting some...Hi Karen<br /> Funny but I just finished putting somethig together for tomorrow in regard to what Gates said about arming the middle east against Iran and I dug up a story on it I wrote 2 years ago. We already did that. Anyway attacking Pakistan was only part of it. Yes I feel for Obama and the entire world. Hope you and your garden are well!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-44987590716661668092009-09-08T08:57:28.565-07:002009-09-08T08:57:28.565-07:00I have mixed feelings about Afghanistan, hate bein...I have mixed feelings about Afghanistan, hate being in any war, on the other hand, hate the idea of the Taliban overtaking the country and possibly overtaking Pakistan. It's a difficult position for Prez Obama, one I'm sure he wishes he didn't have.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583773305351498372noreply@blogger.com