Rampage by U.S. soldier kills up to 18 Afghan civilians

[angelatc]

And cue the "End The War!" chant from newly minted anti-war neocons, right before the elections. Don't believe me? Check out the comments at HotAir. :http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/...han-civilians-killed/comment-page-3/#comments

 

[TC95]

This is an isolated incident. They hate us because we're free. Blah, blah, blah.

 

[oyarde]

LOL, Afghan "government".

I concur with that.

 

[ONUV]

And cue the "End The War!" chant from newly minted anti-war neocons, right before the elections. Don't believe me? Check out the comments at HotAir. :http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/...han-civilians-killed/comment-page-3/#comments

If a US soldier truly started firing without cause on civilians, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of military justice.

That’s all that needs to be said. To those immediately condemning the entire US military(you Ron Paul nuts know who you are, and to those sneering and laughing at the possibility of dead innocent women and children, may you both reap the karmic s**t that your diseased, repulsive souls deserve.

MadisonConservative on March 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM

If a US soldier truly started firing without cause on civilians, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of military justice.

That’s all that needs to be said. To those immediately condemning the entire US military(you Ron Paul nuts know who you are, and to those sneering and laughing at the possibility of dead innocent women and children, may you both reap the karmic s**t that your diseased, repulsive souls deserve.

MadisonConservative on March 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM

That sounds about right to me.

ghostwriter on March 11, 2012 at 12:37 PM

If a US soldier truly started firing without cause on civilians, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of military justice.

That’s all that needs to be said. To those immediately condemning the entire US military(you Ron Paul nuts know who you are, and to those sneering and laughing at the possibility of dead innocent women and children, may you both reap the karmic s**t that your diseased, repulsive souls deserve.

MadisonConservative on March 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM

Yeah, I can co-sign on this as well.

Esoteric on March 11, 2012 at 12:38 PM

If a US soldier truly started firing without cause on civilians, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of military justice.

That’s all that needs to be said. To those immediately condemning the entire US military(you Ron Paul nuts know who you are, and to those sneering and laughing at the possibility of dead innocent women and children, may you both reap the karmic s**t that your diseased, repulsive souls deserve.

MadisonConservative on March 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM

+1000

Bitter Clinger on March 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM

Assuming what is reported is true, the blame-America-firsters, including Dr Paul, should exercise some intellectual honesty.

They should all blame the Afghans for getting themselves killed because it’s not our fault we have to be there.

If–and it’s a good-sized If–an American acted like a terrorist, let the terrorist-lovers start loving an American for a change.

rwenger43 on March 11, 2012 at 1:32 PM

these people do not understand what we're about. we support the only veteran in the race. we have compassion for innocent people no matter what country or race. these people are full of hate but we're the bad guys?

the last comment is the most disturbing.

 

[oyarde]

these people do not understand what we're about. we support the only veteran in the race. we have compassion for innocent people no matter what country or race. this person sounds full of hate but we're the bad guys?

Correct , we are the good guys.

 

[ONUV]

Correct , we are the good guys.

edited to add more

 

[pcosmar]

edited to add more

Wasn't really necessary.
It's HotAir..that explains it.

They are the worst sort of knuckle dragging hate mongers, right along side of the SPLC bunch.

You can't have an intelligent conversation with them,, they are ill equipped.

 

[angelatc]

Wasn't really necessary.
It's HotAir..that explains it.

They are the worst sort of knuckle dragging hate mongers, right along side of the SPLC bunch.

You can't have an intelligent conversation with them,, they are ill equipped.

Yes, but ONUV cherry picked quotes to bring back specifically to make the whole conversation about us, which is self-serving, vain and off topic. Apparently it's hard to have a conversation with us, even when it's us.

If you go over there, there are 3 pages of comments, with about 60% of them suddenly leaning towards the "it's time to come home!" message.

There's a well spoken gentleman (Tom_Shipley) there saying the things we say, and getting people to agree with him.

This is what I don’t get. People on the right always talk about American exceptionalism. How we’re a “christian” nation with a unique moral center.
But when something like this happens, that’s all out the window. Apologize? That’s for pu$$ies. The other side not acting to our standards? Throw our standards out the window and sink to their level.
If you really want to be exceptional… if you really want to be christian, this is where you prove it. You don’t give into blood lust. You don’t give up your morals because your opponent doesn’t live up to theirs.

Tom_Shipley on March 11, 2012 at 10:51 AM

Sorry, being ‘christian’ doesn’t mean we allow ourselves to be killed without response.

By your standards, it should be OK for afghans to kill US troops for quite some time.
http://cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm

Tom_Shipley on March 11, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Now you’re just being a douchebag.

If being a douche bag means poking a hole in an incredibly thin argument, count me as one.
But honestly, if you guys are this incensed over two U.S. troops being shot and killed by our afghan allies, then I think you would have some empathy for the afghan people who have seen thousands of civilians killed in their own country by an occupying force over the past ten years.

Tom_Shipley on March 11, 2012 at 11:20 AM

 

[moderate libertarian]

they are ill equipped.

From what I had been told, this is an undoctored photo.

http://www.100monkeystyping.com/wlog/m5.jpg

 

[Kluge]

Even if some of these people are rallying to get out of Afghanistan, it's not for the right reasons and they still aren't thinking for themselves.

The cynic in me thinks that there may be an Afghanistan pullout because the troops are going to be sent elsewhere.

 

[moderate libertarian]

Even if some of these people are rallying to get out of Afghanistan, it's not for the right reasons and they still aren't thinking for themselves.

The cynic in me thinks that there may be an Afghanistan pullout because the troops are going to be sent elsewhere.

Beginning of the end of Obama's masters' ill conceived "escalation" ?

Civilian deaths spark calls for exit, Afghan lawmakers demand US soldier face public trial

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1188501/1/.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/us-afghanistan-civilians-idUSBRE82A02V20120312

 

[flightlesskiwi]

Even if some of these people are rallying to get out of Afghanistan, it's not for the right reasons and they still aren't thinking for themselves.

The cynic in me thinks that there may be an Afghanistan pullout because the troops are going to be sent elsewhere.

glad to see a fellow cynic!

we need to face what seems to be the reality of our times: absent a Ron Paul presidency, the troops aren't ever "coming home". they just aren't.

the King and his Council will not have it.

 

[jmdrake]

Don't you mean the Pakistani lead terrorists that overthrew the Afghan government?

You mean the CIA funded Pakistani led terrorists that overthrew the Soviet backed Afghan government?

 

[Massachusetts]

I think he should be in custody of the Afghan government. If somebody did this on American soil, they would be held by American forces. Fact.

 

[Voluntary Man]

can anybody tell me why 9/11 happened....just curious.

"They hate us because we're rich and free." -Dubya

So, now that we've adopted the governing style of the former Society Union and allowed China to overtake us as the #1 industrial nation, we should be safe.



...unless they hate us because we're RICH enough to buy all sorts of fancy weapons, and consider ourselves FREE to kill whomever we want.

 

[Voluntary Man]

I know a neocon who would just say "good riddance" to this.

That's pretty much the definition of neocon.

 

[Voluntary Man]

Boy, we sure are freeing the fuck outta that place.

...BUT, we went into Iraq to free THEM from Hussein. We went into Afghanistan to get Osama. "Mission accomplished."//


Just noticed that our president's middle and last names have only a one letter difference between those two names. Also...

bar·rack 1 (b r k)
tr.v. bar·racked , bar·rack·ing , bar·racks
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.
n.
1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used
in the plural.
2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the
plural.

Weird.

 

[Voluntary Man]

these people do not understand what we're about. we support the only veteran in the race. we have compassion for innocent people no matter what country or race. these people are full of hate but we're the bad guys?

the last comment is the most disturbing.

These people are spoon fed propaganda 24/7. They underwent a slow motion, 12 year, scholastic lobotomy. It's a wonder they can still tie their own shoes.

What you see there is those too weak-minded to recognize or resist their own enslavement. Pity them. When/if they finally wake up, their sins will be piled too high for them to overlook. They will hang themselves in their cells, out of shame for their own complicity.


As for that last guy, I thought he was joking. I HOPE he was joking.

 

[JK/SEA]

Lets see..hmmm...all this 'get the troops home talk'..end the war talk...hmmm...how can we get around this??...i know...hey bubba, remember that hut with the kids inside we passed earlier today?...yeah...your orders are to go back there late tonight and light em up...thats it. Then you can get some dinner and R&R and we can get you back home early to see your family and kids...OK...oh, and thats an order, but you didn't hear it from me.

NEWS ALERT: Taliban vows revenge for killing of innocents by U.S....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED..

the beat goes on.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Love those inconvenient pictures that pop up at the most opportune times.

You mean the CIA funded Pakistani led terrorists that overthrew the Soviet backed Afghan government?