Found this link, almost brought a tear to my eye.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6269613.stmAbsolute nails the lot of them!They actually strapped themselves to the wings of the Apache, and then when they landed the pilots got out to provide covering fire. Per Mare, Per Terram, Per ApacheMr. Nuts
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FCUKING NAILS THE LOT OF THEM
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Does anyone think it strange that the U.S. and Britain are still fighting the Taliban, and that the Taliban are using Pakistan as a base of operation? (They're using Afghanistan as well, as the above article demonstrates.)
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Yeah but the fact is Steve is that Afghanistan is a source of terrorism training camps yardy yardy yar... Afghanistan is so much easier to deal with.So we are, we need to get the local population on side so they can help us. Afghanistan is far from an easy nut to crack; we have fought there centuries ago and failed.But compare that to Pakistan. They have far more soldiers, equipment, actual defined structure. Far more difficult to deal with.Beside, Pakistan is supposed to be sorting that problem out themselves. They don't want our help. (but since when has that stopped our two Countries)Mr. Nuts
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Pakistan is sorting out nothing. The distant provinces are virtually self-governing, and the population harbors the Taliban. There is little that Pakistan can do, or is willing to do, so we play this little game with them where we wink at Pervez Musharraf, with the realization that if he cracked down, he would be instantly assassinated. (By the way, we can thank Pakistan for spreading nuclear weapons technology to the "Axis of Evil" nations.) The population of Pakistan in general is sure as hell not with us.Meanwhile, we became distracted by Iraq. We never left enough troops in Afghanistan. The war lords are now back in business outside of Kabul, just as they were before the Taliban took over. And the cycle continues.That rescue should not have been necessary, because at this point the Taliban should not have a stronghold in Afghanistan. His blood is on the hands of your political leadership and mine.Yet we're entertained and distracted by stories of heroism that should have had a chance to happen.