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2008-05-19 Afghanistan

German Special Forces Let Taliban Commander Escape

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Posted by lotp 2008-05-19 13:21|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Been telling anyone that woudl listen that the German military had completely rotted, with the exception of some of the SF.

I guess the political rot finally got to them as well.

German policy: "The use of lethal force is prohibited unless an attack is taking place or is imminent."

In sum, they refused to learn anything from 9/11.

Elect Obama, and this is what will happen to US armed forces as well - this is the Obama/Liberal mindset.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-19 14:09|| 2008-05-19 14:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Religious Policeman, June 2,2004 on Saudi security forces:
"Tho' many be surrounded,
and the surrounding be complete,
all shall escape
but the one with bad feet".

Posted by GK 2008-05-19 14:19|| 2008-05-19 14:19|| Front Page Top

#3 We'll survive four years of Obama. It may be what we need to get enough people to realize how far we've strayed from the path. I doubt the Germans will recover before they join EUrabia, what few Germans are left there by then. If we opened up our immigration quotas for the EUros, the place would empty in a hurry.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-19 14:42|| 2008-05-19 14:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Make no mistake, this is a big "screw you" from the German government. They just wish to sleep quietly until they are murdered in their beds. Sad.

Posted by gromky 2008-05-19 15:45|| 2008-05-19 15:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The rot is in the German rules of engagement for their troops in Afghanistan, not necessarily in the troops themselves, in a society which believes itself entitled to all the benefits of Western life without producing more than, in George Bernard Shaw's wonderful descriptor, "chocolate cream soldiers".

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-19 16:22|| 2008-05-19 16:22|| Front Page Top

#6 That sound you hear is Otto Skorzeny revolving in his grave.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2008-05-19 17:34|| 2008-05-19 17:34|| Front Page Top

#7 I had to look up Otto Skorzeny to get the reference. The wikipedia entry on Operation Greif (the false flag trick that Skorzeny used in the Battle of the Bulge where German soldiers wore captured American uniforms and equipment) had this line which stood out:
Many of the saboteurs were captured by the Americans. Because they were wearing American uniforms, a number of the Germans were executed, either summarily or after court martial.
This is what we should do with anyone caught on a battlefield without a uniform or other identifying marks as REQUIRED by the Geneva Convention.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-05-19 18:33|| 2008-05-19 18:33|| Front Page Top

#8 A nation of sitzpinklers.

Posted by Grunter 2008-05-19 20:49|| 2008-05-19 20:49|| Front Page Top

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