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[Terrible Texan]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It what was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban.

[Jeanette]

Yes Tex, today we lost many heroes over in Afganistan.
God bless their them, their families and all our soldiers in harms way and God bless America!

[Pearl]

Jeanette and Tex, you said it all. God bless our troops, and God bless America.

[goose]

Thanks TT for posting this so that we may honor the fallen. God Bless them, their families, and all the ones who serve our country! Thank you soldiers !!!

[Snakeye]

I feel very sad for the families of our fallen warriors..Perhaps we should consider getting the hell out of Afghanistan and concentrate on our troubles at home...

[edlee]

Snakeye,,, we see eye to eye on that one. I have an inordinate amount of respect for these young people who have VOLUNTEERED to do what is needed to protect our ,,,, and others,,, countries. But I also have the same level of DISrespect for those who send them into harms way,, for ,, ultimately,, no purpose.

I lose more respect for the man I VOTED FOR,,,, for every day he doesn't put an end to this nonsense. One would have thought that the lessons taught in Viet Nam and to the Russians in this same hole,,, would have been remembered,,,,, but instesd,, we spend more lives in a useless pursuit of an unattainable "victory".

ed

[Illinois Boy]

We need to get outta there, then NUKE the whole damn place
and Pakistan while we're at it....

Jim

[edlee]

It seems our country has forgotten the meaning of "superior firepower",,, not to mention the reson it is useful.

The heiicopter was shot down with one lucky shot from an RPG,, while flying at a low altitude. As backup for a """surgical strike""". Bulls44t. Trying to be the nice guys and kill the Taliban without hitting the women and children they were hiding behind. That's what gets OUR people killed.

You can't fight a politicly correct war. We train our soldiers to "go to strange and exotic places,, meet strange and exotic people,,,, and kill them." If you don't want to do that,,, then bring em home!!!!
ed

[Snakeye]

edlee, on 07 August 2011 - 05:40 PM, said:

It seems our country has forgotten the meaning of "superior firepower",,, not to mention the reson it is useful.

The heiicopter was shot down with one lucky shot from an RPG,, while flying at a low altitude. As backup for a """surgical strike""". Bulls44t. Trying to be the nice guys and kill the Taliban without hitting the women and children they were hiding behind. That's what gets OUR people killed.

You can't fight a politicly correct war. We train our soldiers to "go to strange and exotic places,, meet strange and exotic people,,,, and kill them." If you don't want to do that,,, then bring em home!!!!
ed

Amen brother...

[DannyR]

Well said Ed...we are not willing to do the same things they are willing to do to us. We weren't in Viet Nam and we aren't now...gets our soldiers hurt or killed. My heart goes out to the families of those shot down. Their lives will never be the same.

[airart1]

thats a sure fact, go in there and wipe them out and get it over with, there is no compassion in war, if u got a gun in your hand u put it in a pile or get shot, walk thru that country and wipe them out and be done with it, hell its no bigger than texas and we put up with damn politicians running the darn thing just like vietnam.......either fight to win or get the hell out.......this has become such crap...........

[davjed]

one corrupt government trying to build two other corrupt governments for the sake of "democracy"????? they're not capable of the concept. bring our troops home and put them on the borders where they can really defend us.......

[airart1]

no that would be logical, and we couldnt dictate to the world our principles, good or bad.......

[wheeliebear75]

Empty chairs at the dinner table, stockings that will no longer be filled with Christmas goodies, & candles on birthday cakes with out that special birthday boy/girl to blow them out = broken homes & shattered hearts.

[Terrible Texan]

Any way we put it, its time to pull our troops out & defend our borders. if other countrys want to run there's in the ground, so be it. yes, its good to help them in need, but theresz got to be limitations, & now, we've done more than oue share. Pull Out!!.........Bless the families of the fallen!

[allis53ca]

it was my son's unit during his shift...finally sat nite the notif called to say one of son's birds but not one he was on...then son called tues and said doing ok

[greybeard]

allis53ca, on 11 August 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

it was my son's unit during his shift...finally sat nite the notif called to say one of son's birds but not one he was on...then son called tues and said doing ok

That must have been a really worrying time for you. Glad you got good news. My sympathies to those who didn't.

[wheeliebear75]

greybeard, on 11 August 2011 - 10:13 PM, said:

allis53ca, on 11 August 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

it was my son's unit during his shift...finally sat nite the notif called to say one of son's birds but not one he was on...then son called tues and said doing ok

That must have been a really worrying time for you. Glad you got good news. My sympathies to those who didn't.

Well said! Let's all hope & pray that your son & everyone else comes home safely.

[Terrible Texan]

allis53ca, on 11 August 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

it was my son's unit during his shift...finally sat nite the notif called to say one of son's birds but not one he was on...then son called tues and said doing ok

Glad your son was ok. Wed peay for the fallen.

[DannyR]

allis53ca, on 11 August 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

it was my son's unit during his shift...finally sat nite the notif called to say one of son's birds but not one he was on...then son called tues and said doing ok

Glad your son was Ok