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33. Time to get with the program?

Reply to Lucy Goosey (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:32 PM

Sep 2012

Jump on the team and come on in for the big win?

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Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines killed [View all] Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 OP

Probably soon to be the base where Prince Harry used to be stationed... 47of74 Sep 2012 #1

yup Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #20

No doubt XemaSab Sep 2012 #24

Certainly hope so! Myrina Sep 2012 #39

hopefully along with every other soldier posted there maxsolomon Sep 2012 #2

Is this related to all the other turmoil going on Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #3

Probably not; chunks of Afghanistan have been pretty hot for awhile. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #5

No. I posted an AP article that cited the taliban xchrom Sep 2012 #7

When the shit hits the fan it really hits the fan Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #14

Probably not Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #9

Aside from the film trumoil that's going on Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #17

I don't buy that for a moment - unit rotations are rarely on that kind of notice. Posteritatis Sep 2012 #22

Yes - it was reported as that, just before the photos came out muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #44

Very responsible of you to post something like that, National Post. Oy. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #4

MSNBC aired it minutes later, too. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #16

I simply do not understand why the defensive forces in the bases, embassies and consulates being spayneuter Sep 2012 #6

The real world is a teeeeeensy bit more complex than that. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #8

No, it is not. There are insane religious thugs who want to kill people over an insipid 'insult' spayneuter Sep 2012 #12

... I'm gonna guess your warfare-related knowledge comes from television or something. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #21

Or the Prince Joffrey School of Crowd Calming wickerwoman Sep 2012 #40

If you bum-rush the cops then you should be prepared to get shot XemaSab Sep 2012 #25

And that showed things are little more complex than this guy's suggesting too, didn't it? Posteritatis Sep 2012 #28

Shooting unarmed civilians is always bad for PR, even if they are pissed and storming your facility. slackmaster Sep 2012 #10

And shooting at armed not-civilians presents its own unique challenges, too. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #11

Who gives a fuck about PR?? I sure don't. Why should we subsume OUR human rights to a bunch spayneuter Sep 2012 #13

That didn't really work for Gadaffi or Mubarak. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2012 #19

I used to ask myself that same question WooWooWoo Sep 2012 #27

Destroy Pakistani military capabilities cosmicone Sep 2012 #15

Why the hell should it? US spends millions to kill one "insurgent". TheMadMonk Sep 2012 #41

The Iraq war was a mistake. cosmicone Sep 2012 #47

Horribly sad. More killings. Someone is certainly destabilizing things in the ME this week.. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #18

Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz - the Four Horse's Asses of the Apocalypse LiberalEsto Sep 2012 #37

Earlier this week there were threats against him flamingdem Sep 2012 #26

Say what you want about Harry, but he's in combat. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #29

We're . . turning the corner ???? n/t Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #30

I thought he was stationed in Las Vegas. olddad56 Sep 2012 #31

There's light . . at the . . end of the tunnel ? n/t Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #32

Is probably christx30 Sep 2012 #43

Time to get with the program? Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #33

The Prince is bait. bluedigger Sep 2012 #34

I'm so naive, that hadn't even occurred to me. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #36

Well, with his knowledge at least. bluedigger Sep 2012 #38

He's there as bait pscot Sep 2012 #35

I'm sure he distinguished himself relative to his class. grahamhgreen Sep 2012 #42

Romney silent WallaceRitchie Sep 2012 #45

My kid is at Camp Bastion lanlady Sep 2012 #46