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2006-07-11 Afghanistan
Britain Sends 900 Soldiers to Afghanistan
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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I certainly welcome the cousins' heart and commitment, I just don't want to see them take casualties because the MoD has intentionally put them a decade or two behind the curve.

Question for Tony and Howard -- The moronic MoD decision of about 6 months ago to "go Euro", and cut off joint efforts with the US on military tech, puts the lives of these soldiers in far greater jeopardy. The US operational methodologies are at least a decade ahead of the Euro model... Does Des Brown intend to address that flagrant bit of stupidity?

Meanwhile, did they dig up any new helo and close air support, per the previous week's stories?
Posted by Wheang Spavirong9833 2006-07-11 00:25||   2006-07-11 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I think we should be rotating a National Guard A-10 squadron through Bagram all the time, and that squadron should be tasked soley to helping our cousins. They need the air support and the NG guys could use the air time.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-07-11 00:43||   2006-07-11 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 We need AC130's on orbit. Targets need to be obliterated. Take out all the mud huts and anyone in them. There's no way to kill enough of these roaches, but the entire villages conspire in these ambushes. They should suffer until they quit harboring the Lions.
Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-07-11 01:07||   2006-07-11 01:07|| Front Page Top

#4 From what I understand we don't have enough AC-130s, and they're kinda busy. Whereas the A-10s are plentiful, the NG pilots capable, and the Brit cousins needful.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-07-11 01:10||   2006-07-11 01:10|| Front Page Top

#5 They'd be better off with a few OH-6s armed with MGs and rockets at each base.
Posted by ed 2006-07-11 01:17||   2006-07-11 01:17|| Front Page Top

#6 A WW2 mosquito would do the job.

Plus try hitting a plane made of balsa with a rocket.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-07-11 08:09||   2006-07-11 08:09|| Front Page Top

#7 You can bet this whole operation is bare boards and brass tacks. Was reading in The Times today that 2 French soldiers and 12 Afghanis were killed and mutilated by Taliban and villagers. Wheteher co-erced or not we need to get stuck in. When the adjective used by those in charge is 'challenging' you know this could go tits up. I'm just thankful that these guys are there.
Posted by Howard UK 2006-07-11 15:02||   2006-07-11 15:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, Howard, that's a rather comforting sight.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-07-11 15:12||   2006-07-11 15:12|| Front Page Top

#9 All you need to see from Tony's nice high rez....


Ima just saw the Muffler man!
Posted by 6 2006-07-11 15:57||   2006-07-11 15:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Whahhahahaaa..... "Muffler men" urgently needed in New Orleans, and along the Mexican border.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-11 20:51||   2006-07-11 20:51|| Front Page Top

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