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2012-01-20 Afghanistan

Coalition limits details on troops killed by Afghans

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Posted by Glimp Sleremp8476 2012-01-20 07:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Pfc. Napier was killed during a game of volleyball at a joint military base. The killer was a soldier of the ANA.

The Pentagon's release mentioning only 'small-arms fire' is both technically truthful and a blatant lie supporting a cover-up.

Posted by Glimp Sleremp8476 2012-01-20 09:15|| 2012-01-20 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 More Socialist, Marxist style disinformation. Only it is now being implemented in the good ole United States of America. They are covering up how our sons and daughters are being killed over there under thier watch.

This is in and of itself for the the people of the United States of America to say "git-a-rope".

Posted by Unush Panda7572 2012-01-20 11:26|| 2012-01-20 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It is but one more reason not to waste more blood and treasure on this hell hole. This will only continue to happen and regardless of how often it does, each occurrence points out the idiocy of our trying to drag this barbaric, tribal nation into the modern world. Aint. Gonna. Happen. Can we start leaving tomorrow?

Posted by remoteman 2012-01-20 12:27|| 2012-01-20 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 In all fairness, this also happened in Vietnam, with it being a high priority of the Viet Cong to recruit or coerce members of the ARVN, and infiltrate by any means.

The big difference was that they were doing so for military intelligence and sabotage reasons, which are far more dangerous than killing some privates.

By compromising ARVN and US offensive and defensive operations, they could both protect Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers and enable their attacks to be far more effective.

Those small number of ARVN units who after extensive testing were found to be secure and loyal then got a LOT more work, only exiting their bases to go on major operations where they were critical players. In turn they got the full support, good weapons, high pay, etc., and worked in relative anonymity to prevent retaliation.

They helped a lot to crush the Viet Cong, and worked under their own, far less restrictive ROE.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-20 13:07|| 2012-01-20 13:07|| Front Page Top

#5 The perpetrators of these killings should get the Pershing treatment - buried in pig offal in public with all media sources being used. Spread the word that this is what happens to turncoats. That may tend to reduce the desire of these idiots to infiltrate and detonate.

Oh yeah, wimps be dammed - this is war, let the dead enemy be pissed upon, and quit making such a rucus about it at home. For crying out loud, it's OK to blow the heart out these animals, but not OK to urinate on them? WTF

Posted by Rob06 2012-01-20 15:16|| 2012-01-20 15:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Rob06, desecration of corpses is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. Having said that, I think someone here suggested, give those guys a GOMOR and a Field Grade 15 and be done with it, with which I completely agree. Not every violation is a "war crime" or a capital crime.

And not every signatory enforces it, like Afghanistan and Pakistan (yes, really), nor is there any reciprocity requirement.

So yeah, what remoteman said.

Posted by RandomJD 2012-01-20 19:59|| 2012-01-20 19:59|| Front Page Top

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