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2009-07-06 Afghanistan

New ROE put into practice by Marines, cross dressing Talibunnies walk away untouched

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-07-06 17:04|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Despicable. Obama expects US servicemen to die in order to pander to Taliban "cultural norms".

Posted by Bulldog 2009-07-06 17:54|| 2009-07-06 17:54|| Front Page Top

#2 We need more women Marines in the mix to search the Talib 'wimmin' carefully. And to kick the Talib nancy-boys around.

Posted by Steve White 2009-07-06 18:12|| 2009-07-06 18:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Come out with your Burkhas up!

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-06 18:15|| 2009-07-06 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 You. Have. Got. To. Be. Fu*king. Kidding. Me.

I'm suprised they were able to carry this out. I wouldn't have been able to keep from rolling on the floor laughing my ass off at the stupid, stupid, americans.(1)

I wonder how many more american soldiers (not to mention _REAL_ civilians) are going to die because of this. If I were the Tallibunnies I'd be grabing every women and child I could get my hands on - the best body armor in the world.

(1) By that I am referring to whoever approved this policy. I do *not* mean the marines who were there.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-07-06 19:04|| 2009-07-06 19:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I seem to recall that in Iraq we put each person's finger into a thingy that took a fingerprint and a DNA sample, to build a data base. The Iraqis believed we could do magical technical things with their samples. How much more would ignorant village Afghanis and the equally ignorant Taliban believe us capable of? Make them line up -- beyond gunshot distance of the compound, of course, to protect them from the mean Taliban still holed up there -- give a sample, and write down the names and relationships each gives on a form. Meanwhile the rest of the Marines carry on with what they do so well.

The situation would be stressful to those already frightened, and would give the Marines a chance to look for masculine feet and listen for masculine falsetto voices. Not to mention that the illiterate believe that the act of writing things down is very powerful to the illiterate.

And for goodness sake, get some Lionesses out to each unit, or put a padded bra and some eyeshadow on two of the slighter, tenor-voiced lance corporals. I realize the Marines are all Eagle Scouts, but surely they could square their consciences with a little subterfuge.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-07-06 19:07|| 2009-07-06 19:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Say TW - you think some of Nancy's boys in San Francisco would volunteer to do the subterfuge?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-07-06 19:15|| 2009-07-06 19:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds more like the Monty Pithon stoning skit. This would be funny if is was not so true. I trust the Marines will improvise and overcome our senior leadership's lunacies.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-07-06 20:32|| 2009-07-06 20:32|| Front Page Top

#8 How about the US just announces "Any one found near folks waging war on US forces surrenders the cultural sensitivities as far as we are concerned."

Let the enemy make the choice and when the left starts up the propaganda machine explain the policy and the choice the enemy made.

Posted by Hellfish 2009-07-06 20:33|| 2009-07-06 20:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Two can play that game. Find some burkhas for 6'2" Marines and they're ready for body cavity searches.

Posted by ed 2009-07-06 20:35|| 2009-07-06 20:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Seven Marines were KIA today. If we continue seeing this rate of casualties, Obama will be a one term president. And McChrystal will be turfed chop chop.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-07-06 23:12|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-07-06 23:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Seven? FU$K! Thats seven mothers, seven fathers, seven widows, god knows how many siblings, kids and friends. The numbers of lives affected by one KIA is staggering. One too many to suffer fools as leaders.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-07-06 23:55|| 2009-07-06 23:55|| Front Page Top

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