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NATO disasters stack up in Afghanistan - latimes.com
51 nato soldiers killed this year in greens vs blues, at least 44 american
15% of all coalition casualties caused by our "allies"
obama's entire exit strategy, if you could actually call it such, relies on the successful afghanization of the war obama escalated with his massive 2009 surge
the audacious attack on camp bastion, 28,000 strong, in south helmand was supposed to be way beyond the enemy's capacity, yet they were able to breach the compound, maintain fire for hours, kill 2 americans and do 150 million dollars of damage, including the destruction of 6 jets, by far the most successful attack on an allied installation in the entire duration of the war
general allen, however, assures us that this frightening frequency of green vs blue killings is nothing unusual, mere "stress and personal grievances" and certainly NOT taliban directed
Insider Attacks Don't Threaten U.S. Strategy, Allen Says - Businessweek
no wonder the professional satisfaction of our fighters is at an all time low, no wonder they point to head-in-the-sand denial and political correctness inside the pentagon as their greatest grievance
Internal Army Poll: Only 26% of Officers Say Army Headed in Right Direction--'Political Correctness' Cited | CNSNews.com
and the drone attacks which killed 8 women this weekend are also said to be the motivation behind the attack in benghazi which killed the ambassador---according to seniors at state, according to libyan security officials, according to the chair of senate armed services after being briefed by the secretary of defense
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination - World Politics - World - The Independent
obama's entire foreign policy is in freefall
worry
In a disastrous day for the NATO force in Afghanistan, four American troops were gunned down Sunday by Afghan police, a U.S. airstrike killed eight Afghan women foraging for fuel on a rural hillside, and military officials disclosed that a Taliban strike on a southern base had destroyed more than $150 million worth of planes and equipment — in money terms, by far the costliest single insurgent attack in 11 years of warfare.
The confluence of events underscored some of the conflict's most damaging trends: an unrelenting tide of "insider" attacks, in which Afghan forces turn their weapons on coalition allies; the daily loss of civilian lives to war's ravages; and the continuing ability of insurgent forces to inflict disproportionate havoc on the far more powerful Western military.
NATO disasters stack up in Afghanistan - latimes.com
51 nato soldiers killed this year in greens vs blues, at least 44 american
15% of all coalition casualties caused by our "allies"
obama's entire exit strategy, if you could actually call it such, relies on the successful afghanization of the war obama escalated with his massive 2009 surge
the audacious attack on camp bastion, 28,000 strong, in south helmand was supposed to be way beyond the enemy's capacity, yet they were able to breach the compound, maintain fire for hours, kill 2 americans and do 150 million dollars of damage, including the destruction of 6 jets, by far the most successful attack on an allied installation in the entire duration of the war
general allen, however, assures us that this frightening frequency of green vs blue killings is nothing unusual, mere "stress and personal grievances" and certainly NOT taliban directed
Insider Attacks Don't Threaten U.S. Strategy, Allen Says - Businessweek
no wonder the professional satisfaction of our fighters is at an all time low, no wonder they point to head-in-the-sand denial and political correctness inside the pentagon as their greatest grievance
Internal Army Poll: Only 26% of Officers Say Army Headed in Right Direction--'Political Correctness' Cited | CNSNews.com
and the drone attacks which killed 8 women this weekend are also said to be the motivation behind the attack in benghazi which killed the ambassador---according to seniors at state, according to libyan security officials, according to the chair of senate armed services after being briefed by the secretary of defense
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination - World Politics - World - The Independent
obama's entire foreign policy is in freefall
worry