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TheMadMonk

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41. Why the hell should it? US spends millions to kill one "insurgent".

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 10:45 PM

Sep 2012

They spend a small company of insurgents and a couple of thousand dollars of their own to kill one US soldier, you spend/expend tens of millions chasing the wind and building up ill will by taking revenge on women and children.

And when presented with opportunity, just ONE of them all too often manages to take out several of our own boys, with a weapon we put in his hands for "training purposes".

The United States has already beggared itself pursuing the wars it already has and you want to double down?

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Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines�killed [View all] Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 OP

Probably soon to be the base where Prince Harry used to be stationed... 47of74 Sep 2012 #1

yup Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #20

No doubt XemaSab Sep 2012 #24

Certainly hope so! Myrina Sep 2012 #39

hopefully along with every other soldier posted there maxsolomon Sep 2012 #2

Is this related to all the other turmoil going on Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #3

Probably not; chunks of Afghanistan have been pretty hot for awhile. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #5

No. I posted an AP article that cited the taliban xchrom Sep 2012 #7

When the shit hits the fan it really hits the fan Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #14

Probably not Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #9

Aside from the film trumoil that's going on Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #17

I don't buy that for a moment - unit rotations are rarely on that kind of notice. Posteritatis Sep 2012 #22

Yes - it was reported as that, just before the photos came out muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #44

Very responsible of you to post something like that, National Post. Oy. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #4

MSNBC aired it minutes later, too. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #16

I simply do not understand why the defensive forces in the bases, embassies and consulates being spayneuter Sep 2012 #6

The real world is a teeeeeensy bit more complex than that. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #8

No, it is not. There are insane religious thugs who want to kill people over an insipid 'insult' spayneuter Sep 2012 #12

... I'm gonna guess your warfare-related knowledge comes from television or something. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #21

Or the Prince Joffrey School of Crowd Calming wickerwoman Sep 2012 #40

If you bum-rush the cops then you should be prepared to get shot XemaSab Sep 2012 #25

And that showed things are little more complex than this guy's suggesting too, didn't it? Posteritatis Sep 2012 #28

Shooting unarmed civilians is always bad for PR, even if they are pissed and storming your facility. slackmaster Sep 2012 #10

And shooting at armed not-civilians presents its own unique challenges, too. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #11

Who gives a fuck about PR?? I sure don't. Why should we subsume OUR human rights to a bunch spayneuter Sep 2012 #13

That didn't really work for Gadaffi or Mubarak. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2012 #19

I used to ask myself that same question WooWooWoo Sep 2012 #27

Destroy Pakistani military capabilities cosmicone Sep 2012 #15

Why the hell should it? US spends millions to kill one "insurgent". TheMadMonk Sep 2012 #41

The Iraq war was a mistake. cosmicone Sep 2012 #47

Horribly sad. More killings. Someone is certainly destabilizing things in the ME this week.. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #18

Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz - the Four Horse's Asses of the Apocalypse LiberalEsto Sep 2012 #37

Earlier this week there were threats against him flamingdem Sep 2012 #26

Say what you want about Harry, but he's in combat. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #29

We're . . turning the corner ???? n/t Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #30

I thought he was stationed in Las Vegas. olddad56 Sep 2012 #31

There's light . . at the . . end of the tunnel ? n/t Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #32

Is probably christx30 Sep 2012 #43

Time to get with the program? Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #33

The Prince is bait. bluedigger Sep 2012 #34

I'm so naive, that hadn't even occurred to me. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #36

Well, with his knowledge at least. bluedigger Sep 2012 #38

He's there as bait pscot Sep 2012 #35

I'm sure he distinguished himself relative to his class. grahamhgreen Sep 2012 #42

Romney silent WallaceRitchie Sep 2012 #45

My kid is at Camp Bastion lanlady Sep 2012 #46