Afghan civilians killed...........

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by CloseDanger

It is workplace violence.

By your logic then, so was alledged attack by the E-6.

[Richard]

The report I heard from a newsman accompanying the SecDef stated that the gathering also included a number of senior Afghan military personnel who were not allowed to attend armed, and the US commander had the Marines stack arms outside under guard as a sign of respect for our allies in a show of solidarity as a do as I do vs a do as I say scenario.

And so it goes...

Richard

[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by Richard

Teddy,

Some do, some don't.

And so it goes...

Richard

There was a time when Afghanistan was a backward little kingdom only visted by western hippies on their way from Amsterdam to India (and the plane back home to school). It was a happy little kingom but things could/should be better -- but as it so often goes, folks don't know when they are happy. We only realize we WERE happy when we aren't any more.
So they invited the Russians to help make it better and it got better before it got much worse.
Then the War Lords said they could make things better(with a little help from the Americans who actually weren't that interested in helping the Afghans as much as they wanted to hurt the Russians). And it got better before it got much worse.
And then the Taliban offered "better" IAW Islamic law and it got better before it got much worse.
Then the Americans came and . . . it got better before it got much worse.

About now, 30 years later, to most Afghans who just want to send their kids to school and have the lights turn on, I bet the king is looking pretty good.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by panama jack

It is "workplace violence" and it is "murder" are we parcing words here just for the sake of some "position". Lets try it this way.

Work place violence can be Murder, and Murder can be workplace violence.

Things that make you go, Hmmmm.

Not unlike this post.

[grigori]

Originally Posted by Dozer523

There was a time when Afghanistan was a backward little kingdom only visted by western hippies on their way from Amsterdam to India (and the plane back home to school). It was a happy little kingom but things could/should be better -- but as it so often goes, folks don't know when they are happy. We only realize we WERE happy when we aren't any more.
So they invited the Russians to help make it better and it got better before it got much worse.
Then the War Lords said they could make things better(with a little help from the Americans who actually weren't that interested in helping the Afghans as much as they wanted to hurt the Russians). And it got better before it got much worse.
And then the Taliban offered "better" IAW Islamic law and it got better before it got much worse.
Then the Americans came and . . . it got better before it got much worse.

About now, 30 years later, to most Afghans who just want to send their kids to school and have the lights turn on, I bet the king is looking pretty good.

Amazing post sir,in my view the War Lords in the villages thought lets make a mess then the Soviets came to clear the mess when they saw failure was near they thought "Hey!As it is we won't have our nation thanks to the west so in return as a gift lets leave a HUGE mess for them to clean up."

As it turns out they succeeded,I bet the Russians must be laughing their butts off in the Kremlin.