T1B

10,000 against about 2,000 is OK, but the city is laced with IEDS. They cut off all communications to families last weekend..my kid is likely involved in this operation.

Think of our troops tonight...this is going on right now...

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/0 ... an/?hpt=T2

Hope your kid makes it through safe, Derron.

PSUFAN wrote:Hope your kid makes it through safe, Derron.

Thank you...appreciate the thoughts.

my kid is likely involved in this operation.

Damn, dude. Good luck and godspeed to your son.

I watched The Hurt Locker last night. Good flick - I wonder how accurate some of the scenes were. Scary stuff.

rack the shit out of your kid, derron and all his buddies. i wish them well.

chin up, Derron - don't focus too heavily on it. Occupy yourself with other things.

This should help:

Elphinstone

RACK your son for serving. We all owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

That being said...maybe he should have stayed on the "green jobs" track.

Derron wrote: Think of our troops tonight...this is going on right now...

Okay.

Attacking a small village with overpowering force can only lead to civilian deaths--and thus further hatred of all we're pretending to stand for in invading Afghanistan in the first place.

Oh..but that's right...we didn't give a rat's ass for the people of Afghanistan back in 1996 when the Taliban took over. Nothing until 9/11. And now we still don't care about the Afghan people--just our own supposed concerns of "terrorists,"etc.

As for Al Qaeda, these guys can set up in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Egypt,...England. We're no longer even pretending to hunt Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

So...no, this Surge is strictly PR for the militarists. Pure bullshit and guaranteed to fail.

Mikey wrote:RACK your son for serving. We all owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

That being said...maybe he should have stayed on the "green jobs" track.

Thank you...

the son that was looking at the green jobs thing is out of the Corps..he did 4 and a tour in Iraq..I have 2 more in the Corps, one in Afghanistan and one at Quantico.

Hope alls well, Derron.

Jsc810 wrote:Derron, any idea when you expect to hear from him next?

And if you have a pic of him that you wouldn't mind posting, please do so.

Thanks for your thoughts Jess.

We never know when we will hear from him..they have a satellite phone that gets passed around between platoons, a week per platoon. They were supposed to have it for a week starting last Friday, and when they have it he was calling every day or every other day. One call last Friday and that was it. They have no internet or phone access unless they get back to Camp Leatherneck or a similar, more built up base.

I don't expect to hear from him any time soon. Mom has her faced glued to the TV news, in case she got a view of him.

I have pictures on some photo sharing websites, but along with pictures of my other kids, grand kids and family. No way in hell am I posting that info here, but thanks for the request.

Well for what it's worth Derron, just know that they are all in - most reasonable people's thoughts and prayers often.

Especially around here in NoVa there's a lot of current and former military and I can drive down the street and see yellow ribbons on homes, blue stars in windows, gold stars in windows, and all.

I have no right to be sitting at home, but that's where I'm supposed to be I guess. I look at my son, although only two years old, and I can't imagine.

God bless you and your family. Take care of your wife.

Attacking a small village with overpowering force can only lead to civilian deaths--and thus further hatred of all we're pretending to stand for in invading Afghanistan in the first place.

Oh..but that's right...we didn't give a rat's ass for the people of Afghanistan back in 1996 when the Taliban took over. Nothing until 9/11. And now we still don't care about the Afghan people--just our own supposed concerns of "terrorists,"etc.

As for Al Qaeda, these guys can set up in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Egypt,...England. We're no longer even pretending to hunt Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

So...no, this Surge is strictly PR for the militarists. Pure bullshit and guaranteed to fail.

Fuck that and fuck you faggot

Attacking a small village with overpowering force can only lead to civilian deaths--and thus further hatred of all we're pretending to stand for in invading Afghanistan in the first place.

Oh..but that's right...we didn't give a rat's ass for the people of Afghanistan back in 1996 when the Taliban took over. Nothing until 9/11. And now we still don't care about the Afghan people--just our own supposed concerns of "terrorists,"etc.

As for Al Qaeda, these guys can set up in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Egypt,...England. We're no longer even pretending to hunt Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

So...no, this Surge is strictly PR for the militarists. Pure bullshit and guaranteed to fail.

it's because of Derron's son and other's before him that you can post crap like that. ok to disagree about policy but no need to make it personal. just being an asshole going that route.

Can we trade Lets Turd to China for a few hard working Uighers? What a pussy.

US Rockets Kill 12 Civilians in Helmand Province

Yeah. This is WWII all over again...a regular D-Day invasion...

just politely responding in an adult manner todd. if i did see this asshole on a street corner...

us + 12, a'stan - 12

BarFlie wrote:it's because of Derron's son and other's before him that you can post crap like that. ok to disagree about policy but no need to make it personal. just being an asshole going that route.

The afghans were never a threat to the First Am you lying sack of camel dung.

BarFlie wrote:us + 12, a'stan - 12

Please tell me you are not REALLY that dumb.

please define 'innocent civillian' for me

mvscal wrote:

Martyred wrote:US Rockets Kill 12 Civilians in Helmand Province

Who gives a fuck?

RACK!

BarFlie wrote:us + 12, a'stan - 12

RACK!


Humans + 12, Subhuman Savages - 12

BarFlie wrote:it's because of Derron's son and other's before him that you can post crap like that. ok to disagree about policy but no need to make it personal. just being an asshole going that route.

That is true..his post will be up until R Jack gets on here again and deletes it like he has the other 2...if there was every a case for a total ban, him and Moving my Nut Sack are heading there.

LTS smoke more crack needs to be banned....

mvscal wrote:

Martyred wrote:US Rockets Kill 12 Civilians in Helmand Province

Who gives a fuck?

About your occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Pretty much nobody these days.

you're WWII reference was right on marty. this is a NATO operation. about 0.3 on the richter scale. nothing to see here move along.

BarFlie wrote:please define 'innocent civillian' for me

Suffice it to say that if you were gunned down in the conflict that term would not be in your obituary nor would it be engraved on your tombstone.
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Derron wrote:

BarFlie wrote:it's because of Derron's son and other's before him that you can post crap like that.

That is true..his post will be up until R Jack gets on here again and deletes it like he has the other 2...if there was every a case for a total ban, him and Moving my Nut Sack are heading there.

A) R-jack is jacking posts? What a cunt.
B) So you think it is cool that your son if defending R-Jack's right to delete posts? Gotcha. Carry on fucktard.

i blame obama's piss poor performance so far for this latest outburst of incomprehensible libtard logic but it's a free country.

Moving Sale wrote:B) So you think it is cool that your son if defending R-Jack's right to delete posts? Gotcha. Carry on fucktard.

Excuse me counselor, but isn't the Constitution designed to LIMIT what the government can and would do with our inalienable right to free expression ?

As opposed to say, a privately run message board ? Thanks in advance.

BF,
WTFRU talking about you mouth-breathing simpleton?

Tom In VA wrote:Excuse me counselor, but isn't the Constitution designed to LIMIT what the government can and would do with our inalienable right to free expression ?

Yes

As opposed to say, a privately run message board ?

Yes

What's your fucking point?

Moving Sale wrote:So you think ...

My Pavlovian message board training has taught me to expect a load of shit "logic" to follow whenever those three words have been typed.

Moving Sale wrote: What's your fucking point?

Well that R-Jack, as moderator of this forum can - in fact -delete anything he wants and will not run contrary to the U.S. Constitution.

It might run contrary to board policy of the Admins, it might run contrary to popular opinion, but it is most certainly NOT in any way flying in the face of the Constitution to which the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines have taken an oath to protect.

“High Mobility Artillery Rocket System,” (HIMARS) involved in the attack, has been suspended pending further review

Sort of like the HAITI, or the Bell's HOPSLAM system. You suffer a few aftershocks, then you can't find your house.

Moving Sale wrote:BF,
WTFRU talking about you mouth-breathing simpleton?

i'm prepping your dome for invasion

Some turds were flushed from the board bowl a couple of weeks ago, but anyone who looks at this thread and can't realize that the bowl needs to be double-flushed is straight up WACK.

That ain't perfume.


Not terribly impressed with the deciders, sorry.

stupid, murderer, criminal referencing someone's son serving in the military. wtf?