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

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Karzai to offer his condolences. "I condemn such violence and am shocked and saddened that a U.S. service member is alleged to be involved, clearly acting outside his chain of command," Panetta said in a statement. "A full investigation is already under way. A suspect is in custody and I gave President Karzai my assurances that we will bring those responsible to justice."
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1. read his statement-- put emphasis on "clearly acting outside his chain of command"

2. "a full investigation is already under way" -- i'm sure by an impartial 3rd party. /s
 
Wow. How people can even stomach their own apologies is just outrageous. We are there causing chaos and when something happens the best we can do is say, "Oops, sorry. That's really sad." We don't even take any steps to guarantee it won't happen again (such as getting out). Does anyone really expect anyone to believe that the people who issued the apology are truly sorry or regret this? Hell, they don't give a shit. They couldn't care less. I can't imagine someone letting something like that happen, then saying "Oops, sorry" and really believing what they say. No, there's no way they can feel what they are saying. They're just saving face.
 
SpicyTurkey said:
One on one democracy. One house at a time.
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Either that or one one one "village stabilization", one house at a time. More details are coming out:


U.S. Sergeant Is Said to Kill 16 Civilians in Afghanistan

PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility, Afghan and American officials said.

Residents of three villages in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province described a terrifying string of attacks in which the soldier, who had walked more than a mile from his base, tried door after door, eventually breaking in to kill within three separate houses. At the first, the man gathered 11 bodies, including those of four girls younger than 6, and set fire to them, villagers said

A senior American military official said Sunday evening that the sergeant was attached to a unit based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, Wash., and that he had been part of what is called a village stabilization operation in Afghanistan. In those operations, teams of Green Berets, supported by other soldiers, try to develop close ties with village elders, organize local police units and track down Taliban leaders. The official said the sergeant was not a Green Beret himself, and had been deployed to either Iraq or Afghanistan at least once before his current tour of duty.

In Panjwai, a reporter for The New York Times who inspected bodies that had been taken to the nearby American military base counted 16 dead, and saw burns on some of the children’s legs and heads. “All the family members were killed, the dead put in a room, and blankets were put over the corpses and they were burned,” said Anar Gula, an elderly neighbor who rushed to the house after the soldier had left. “We put out the fire.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/world/asia/afghanistan-civilians-killed-american-soldier-held.html
 
They aren't under Congressional orders that I know of to even be there.

That is kind of like passing the buck but who is to say what orders they were under or by whom, if any. I think this sort of thing is why we used to have rules to follow.

Just whose military are they?

For that matter who are the ones contriving our government and our borders?


We really have to regain control or someone else will have to.
 
Any guesses on how Fox News will spin this?

How about all 18 including an infant were in possession of top secret portable WMDs and the soldier should be awarded a medal of honor? They'll invite Michael Moore on to criticize the soldier and that will make you a socialist if you agree with him?
 
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My pst above is for the a-holes who posted that the Talibans are just defending themselves...Hope it pisses you off!
 
RickBelmont said:
Don't you mean the Pakistani lead terrorists that overthrew the Afghan government?
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RickBelmont said:
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I see you removed that ignorant garbage.

And no, I meant the Afghan Patriots that are resisting the invasion.
We overthrew the government and set up yet another corrupt puppet government.
They are rightfully pissed.
This murderous asshole just did more for the recruitment of resistance fighters than all the CIA inspired Jihad.
 
RickBlemont, Obama adminstration ( or Obama's masters maybe the the more accurate term) is secretly in talks with the terrorists, what are your thoughts on that?


Report: U.S., Taliban, Afghans in secret talks - World Watch - CBS ...
Feb 16, 2012 ... Wall Street Journal reports that the Afghans are facilitating secret three-way talks
with U.S. and Taliban, which denies it Read more by ...
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www.cbsnews.com/.../report-u.s-taliban-afghans-in-secret-talks/

Even some notorious neocon pimps have endorsed it:

McCain Endorses U.S.-Taliban Talks - National Journal Staff ...
Feb 19, 2012 ... Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said on Sunday that he supports talks between the
U.S. and the Taliban, a position that may be out of step with Mitt ...
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www.nationaljournal.com/mccain-endorses-u-s-taliban-talks-20120219

By the look of things, they'll be back in power within days of us fully liberating Afghanistan and heading home after declaring it a decade of "quagmire" and spending thousands of lives, trillions of dollars.
 
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