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1. McCallum David K

   
   3/12/2012 10:03 AM

   As we try and extricate ourselves from a no win war another worse case scenario happens. After the quran burning incidents we now have a massacre to deal with. Our plan to leave by the end of 2014 may have been moved up considerably. Obviously what occurred is tragic but I am definitely concerned with what will happen with our remaining troops as they prepare to leave this unwinnable war.

   
   
   
   
2. Sandy Clark

   

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   3/12/2012 6:03 PM

   David, I think both liberal and conservative can agree on this one. Get out now and simply warn the 6th century barbarians that any attack on the U.S. or our people will bring on the largest mass carpet bombing in history. If they take the warning, they can spend the next 100 years killing each other over tribal issues and we will all live happily ever after. Don't leave an embassy or any envoys. Leave the forsaken place and bring our brave soldiers home. We don't need to get in the middle of their tribal customs. They don't like us and we should not waste another day on them.

   
   
   
   
3. Keith Lamb

   

   3 posts
   
   3/12/2012 7:03 PM

   ....or another penny.

   
   
   
   
4. Steven Kurta

   

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   3/12/2012 9:03 PM

   Funny that the most prevalent mineral that Afghanistan sits on is the one that sergeant should've been taking, or, had stopped taking.
   Lithium.

   
   
   
   
5. Ronald Kirkman

   

   42 posts
   
   3/12/2012 10:03 PM

   Greetings;
   
   It was reported on the news this evening that the Sergeant rolled over in a Humvee in Iraq in 2010 and had serious brain damage. Don't know if that was a bomb in the road or just an accident. I'm sure he had some kind of break down from the head injury. Why was he in Afghanistan and who knows how many bombings this soldier has seen with hundreds of innocent women and children being killed by the Taliban.
   
   We should have gotten out of that country when we got Bin Laden - that was Mission Accomplished. I agree with the others, not one cent more and bring our troops home. We are not going to change the people in Afghanistan. They have been fighting and killing each other for 13 centuries.
   
   Capt. Kirk
   Retired Alien
   Needham G. C.
   Needham, MA

   
   
   
   
6. Wahlin Scott B

   
   3/13/2012 5:03 AM

   Ronald Kirkman"]Why was he in Afghanistan

   
   
   My son had been diagnosed with PTSD and TBI before he was redeployed. I guess it is just the way it is done.

   
   
   
   
7. McCallum David K

   
   3/13/2012 6:03 AM

   Just because we do it does not make it right Scott, for your son or others. This tragedy perhaps could have been avoid, who knows for sure. Currently reading a book dealing with that very issue by a shrink that works with both the Army and the Marine Corps.......Achilles in Vietnam- Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

   
   
   
   
8. Melvin Waldron

   

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   3/13/2012 6:03 AM

   To Scott's point and the Sgt. that was back over there, could it be not enough of the rest of us stepped up to fight?
   
   Steve, I have to wonder if the lithium over there is playing a part in why we are still there? It is too bad that the people of Afghanistan don't realize what resource they have to bring them out of the 17th century.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
9. Steve Nelson

   

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   3/13/2012 7:03 AM

   Scott Wahlin, CGCS said:

   Ronald Kirkman said: Why was he in Afghanistan[quote">
   
   My son had been diagnosed with PTSD and TBI before he was redeployed. I guess it is just the way it is done.

   
   
   This is the hidden cost of these protracted wars. How many young people are coming home and not getting the treatment they need to function in normal society. Here next to Camp Pendleton you read about it almost every day it seems.

   
   
   
   
10. Wahlin Scott B

    
    3/13/2012 8:03 AM

    My son asked to go back. When I asked him why he said he could not explain it to me. He had to go the first time, at least that is what they tell you. It's not really true. If you are not suited for combat they do not want you there anyway. He is receiving treatment now and sounded better the last time I spoke to him.

    
    
    
    
11. Trevor Monreal

    

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    3/13/2012 1:03 PM

    The time to bring our warriors home passed a while back.
    Getting them out of that "hell-hole" will send a message to Iran and others as well.
    On PTSD...my wife uses methods in her practice to help individuals suffering from PTSD after experiencing various traumas from accidentally killing somebody, rape, etc. with very good results.
    I'm praying she will somehow start to work with the VA. But that is not her calling...not yet.

    
    
    
    
12. Wahlin Scott B

    
    3/13/2012 4:03 PM

    An FYI, my son lost a member of his combat team one year ago today in a fire fight, Arturo Rodriquez. He was a Mexican Citizen and a tenacious gunner.

    
    
    
    
13. Stephen Okula

    

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    3/13/2012 4:03 PM

    Ronald Kirkman said: Greetings;
    
    We should have gotten out of that country when we got Bin Laden - that was Mission Accomplished.
    
    Capt. Kirk
    Retired Alien
    Needham G. C.
    Needham, MA

    
    
    Right you are. Is there common sense on your home planet? If so, could you get them to bring some here?

    
    
    
    
14. Wahlin Scott B

    
    3/13/2012 4:03 PM

    President Obama said this the night he gave the order to kill Osama bin Laden.
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJpWOY3r18[/youtube">

    
    
    
    
15. Hardy Andrew

    
    3/13/2012 6:03 PM

    We have troops there too. And all of this is a waste. The highway between Canadian Forces Base Trenton and the Federal morgue in Toronto has been re-named the Highway of Heroes. Thousands of people line the over passes every time on of "our boys or girls" is proudly brought home in a flag draped box. All of you in your home States could have the same things. But below all the admiration is kids who are scarred for life or losing their lives for a group of people who say they want help. Do they want the help? I don't think so, they have fought these "holy wars" long before we were there and will when we're gone. Let's cut our loses and GET THE HELL OUT!! The unwinnable war remains just that.
    
    My 2 cents

    
    
    
    
16. Peter Bowman

    

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    3/13/2012 7:03 PM

    Scott Wahlin, CGCS said: President Obama said this the night he gave the order to kill Osama bin Laden.
    
    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJpWOY3r18[/youtube">

    
    
    And what the heck does that have to do with the price of opium in Afghanistan?

    
    
    
    
17. Clay Putnam

    

    33 posts
    
    3/13/2012 7:03 PM

    [youtube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC9jfVWrgYM[/youtube">

    
    
    
    
18. Wahlin Scott B

    
    3/22/2012 5:03 PM

    During an extended fire fight on the Afghanistan/Pakistan Border my son's commander heard that the troops were using too much ammo. He heard this from enemy radio transmissions who added that they would get their knives wet that night. When my son was approached by his commander he told the commander, "Yeah, you are letting them shoot way too much. We will be hand-to-hand by morning." The commander took a bird out and my son took command of the shooting. The Taliban attacked shortly after dawn and were wiped out.