Comments on: Afghan civilians claim U.S. troops shot at them after jihadi ambush http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Poll of Afghans: More occupation, please http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-741284 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Poll of Afghans: More occupation, please Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:50:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-741284 [...] or so. Some people on the right have too, Michael Yon foremost among them. Add to that the sporadic incidents involving high civilian casualties and you might reasonably assume that Afghan public opinion is [...] [...] or so. Some people on the right have too, Michael Yon foremost among them. Add to that the sporadic incidents involving high civilian casualties and you might reasonably assume that Afghan public opinion is [...]

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Let’s stop “just air-raiding villages and killing civilians” in Afghanistan, says Messiah http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-640799 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Let’s stop “just air-raiding villages and killing civilians” in Afghanistan, says Messiah Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:26:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-640799 [...] We’ve gotten four or five e-mails about this since Glenn posted on it last night and Captain Ed went nuclear on it this morning. I’m loath to defend his holiness but I think this is less a case of Obama meaning to cast unfair aspersions on the troops in Afghanistan than being too flip in describing a serious recurring problem. The fact is, there have been a number of high profile airstrikes lately that ended up killing — unintentionally, of course — large numbers of Afghan civilians. That’s not according to the lying, lying Taliban, either. Here’s a report from May quoting the governor of Helmand province claiming that 21 civilians died in a raid on jihadis; here’s another from June reporting 25 dead sourced to a local police chief; and here’s one just a few days later citing estimates from Afghan officials of 60 dead in the latest strikes. It’s a longstanding issue, sufficiently so as to have drawn a promise from NATO at the start of the year to do more to avoid collateral damage, but this fiasco in March brought the problem to a head. [...] [...] We’ve gotten four or five e-mails about this since Glenn posted on it last night and Captain Ed went nuclear on it this morning. I’m loath to defend his holiness but I think this is less a case of Obama meaning to cast unfair aspersions on the troops in Afghanistan than being too flip in describing a serious recurring problem. The fact is, there have been a number of high profile airstrikes lately that ended up killing — unintentionally, of course — large numbers of Afghan civilians. That’s not according to the lying, lying Taliban, either. Here’s a report from May quoting the governor of Helmand province claiming that 21 civilians died in a raid on jihadis; here’s another from June reporting 25 dead sourced to a local police chief; and here’s one just a few days later citing estimates from Afghan officials of 60 dead in the latest strikes. It’s a longstanding issue, sufficiently so as to have drawn a promise from NATO at the start of the year to do more to avoid collateral damage, but this fiasco in March brought the problem to a head. [...]

]]> By: PRCalDude http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-285552 PRCalDude Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:09:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-285552 War is ugly. Deal. War is ugly. Deal.

]]> By: RichSchein http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-284131 RichSchein Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:51:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-284131 <blockquote> That is what happens in war, some folks are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sad but predictable. </blockquote> Just don't say that at Huffpo or the attack machine goes into overdrive

That is what happens in war, some folks are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sad but predictable.

Just don’t say that at Huffpo or the attack machine goes into overdrive

]]> By: Buzzy http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-284093 Buzzy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:30:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-284093 That is what happens in war, some folks are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sad but predictable. That is what happens in war, some folks are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sad but predictable.

]]> By: unamused http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-284057 unamused Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:11:19 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-284057 I'm sorry but I agree about the civilian-looking adversary thing. If militants fight without a uniform, or trying to look like civies on purpose.....civilians will end up dead. Isn't that part of why the enemy is so detestable? They dress down on purpose, hoping that news stories such as this will undermine our troops. And I hold our media in higher contempt than terrorists for being so GLEEFULLY complicit in this. I’m sorry but I agree about the civilian-looking adversary thing. If militants fight without a uniform, or trying to look like civies on purpose…..civilians will end up dead.

Isn’t that part of why the enemy is so detestable? They dress down on purpose, hoping that news stories such as this will undermine our troops.

And I hold our media in higher contempt than terrorists for being so GLEEFULLY complicit in this.

]]> By: rayvet http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283962 rayvet Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:03:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283962 "Well the Military Haters are out in force already calling the Marine Special Ops people cowards" Except never to their face in a dark alley, huh? “Well the Military Haters are out in force already calling the Marine Special Ops people cowards”

Except never to their face in a dark alley, huh?

]]> By: RichSchein http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283934 RichSchein Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:49:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283934 Well the Military Haters are out in force already calling the Marine Special Ops people cowards Well the Military Haters are out in force already calling the Marine Special Ops people cowards

]]> By: Theworldisnotenough http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283928 Theworldisnotenough Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:47:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283928 Jamil Hussein could not be reached for comment. Jamil Hussein could not be reached for comment.

]]> By: rayvet http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283826 rayvet Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:09:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283826 Ooops, talking about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or might it be in the right place at the right time. Depends on the persuasion of those our men killed. But hey, it's like my dad told me when I was a kid, if you hang around with the troublemakers, trouble will certainly find you. I consider this a non story except that our fine fighting soldiers have now decreased the number of people out to kill us, so this is a good thing, no? Ooops, talking about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or might it be in the right place at the right time. Depends on the persuasion of those our men killed. But hey, it’s like my dad told me when I was a kid, if you hang around with the troublemakers, trouble will certainly find you. I consider this a non story except that our fine fighting soldiers have now decreased the number of people out to kill us, so this is a good thing, no?

]]> By: mlong http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283804 mlong Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:56:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283804 I can't see the Dems trying to make too much out of this...Afghanistan is like hunting rifles to them ....it's something they can pretend to support when they go after something their against like while their against the war in Iraq they support Afghanistan so they don't look anti-troops and while they want more gun control they'll say their not against using guns for hunting..it's just a way to avoid looking too much like Socialists. I can’t see the Dems trying to make too much out of this…Afghanistan is like hunting rifles to them ….it’s something they can pretend to support when they go after something their against like while their against the war in Iraq they support Afghanistan so they don’t look anti-troops and while they want more gun control they’ll say their not against using guns for hunting..it’s just a way to avoid looking too much like Socialists.

]]> By: ChrisIansNana http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283770 ChrisIansNana Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:34:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283770 <blockquote>3. John Murtha is a walking sphincter. (ok, I just threw that last one in for the fun of it) TugboatPhil on March 4, 2007 at 3:50 PM </blockquote> thank goodness you didn't say the f-word

3. John Murtha is a walking sphincter.

(ok, I just threw that last one in for the fun of it)

TugboatPhil on March 4, 2007 at 3:50 PM

thank goodness you didn’t say the f-word

]]> By: Savage http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283769 Savage Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:33:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283769 In a war where your enemies dress like civilians because they are civilians, civilians are going to be attacked. In a war where your enemies dress like civilians because they are civilians, civilians are going to be attacked.

]]> By: MirCat http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283767 MirCat Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:33:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283767 Ah, nuts. I read the title wrong 3 times and just now noticed the AT in shot at. In that case, was it "Hey crowd, back off." Warning shot shots. - The Cat looking rather silly now Ah, nuts. I read the title wrong 3 times and just now noticed the AT in shot at.

In that case, was it “Hey crowd, back off.” Warning shot shots.

- The Cat looking rather silly now

]]> By: ChrisIansNana http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283765 ChrisIansNana Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:32:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283765 What the hell is a photographer doing there in the first place. Especially with the US Secial Ops! DUH! The dumba$$ needs to get out of the way. What the hell is a photographer doing there in the first place. Especially with the US Secial Ops! DUH! The dumba$$ needs to get out of the way.

]]> By: MirCat http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283761 MirCat Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:31:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283761 Afghan civilians claim U.S. troops shot at them after jihadi ambush King Arthur: You were shot? Afghan civilian: I got better. TugboatPhil is right about not taking pics of Spec Ops. Thing is were there pictures of dead US Military and any number of things that they know they are not allowed to take pictures of? I would have probably told the reporter the same thing (if it were actually said in the first place) after what happened with the video of the dieing soldier earlier and the sniper vid. - The Cat Afghan civilians claim U.S. troops shot at them after jihadi ambush

King Arthur: You were shot?

Afghan civilian: I got better.

TugboatPhil is right about not taking pics of Spec Ops. Thing is were there pictures of dead US Military and any number of things that they know they are not allowed to take pictures of? I would have probably told the reporter the same thing (if it were actually said in the first place) after what happened with the video of the dieing soldier earlier and the sniper vid.

- The Cat

]]> By: TugboatPhil http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283701 TugboatPhil Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:50:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283701 Lessons Learned: 1. Don't be near US troops after they have been fired upon. 2. Don't take photos of US Special Ops personnel. 3. John Murtha is a walking sphincter. (ok, I just threw that last one in for the fun of it) Lessons Learned:

1. Don’t be near US troops after they have been fired upon.

2. Don’t take photos of US Special Ops personnel.

3. John Murtha is a walking sphincter.

(ok, I just threw that last one in for the fun of it)

]]> By: Opinionnation http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283683 Opinionnation Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:36:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283683 street - jihadis = no one being killed. hmm, whom shall I blame? street – jihadis = no one being killed.

hmm, whom shall I blame?

]]> By: rw http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283604 rw Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:02:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283604 The troops should be equipped with Tasers for situations such as this. The left will then have nothing to complain about... oh wait.. nevermind. If we had not invaded Iraq, everything now being said about Iraq would instead be said about Afghanistan. The troops should be equipped with Tasers for situations such as this. The left will then have nothing to complain about… oh wait.. nevermind.

If we had not invaded Iraq, everything now being said about Iraq would instead be said about Afghanistan.

]]> By: Defector01 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/comment-page-1/#comment-283564 Defector01 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:42:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/04/afghan-civilians-claim-us-troops-shot-at-them-after-jihadi-ambush/#comment-283564 I remember yahoo saying that Americans ran away from a suicide bomber and a 'militant' ambush, and that then the americans opened fire on civilian cars bias anyone I remember yahoo saying that Americans ran away from a suicide bomber and a ‘militant’ ambush, and that then the americans opened fire on civilian cars

bias anyone

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