How come I never hear, “in a daring, highly coordinated attack by US Armed forces”?
tomas on August 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM

If the media thought they could get away with calling American soldiers “brainless and suicidal sheep,” you can bet your ass they would do it.

But they know they can’t. So they settle for eulogizing the enemy’s “fallen heroes, tragically cut down in their prime” because they know they can get away with it.

Anyway, maybe this was a training exercise.
jeff_from_mpls on August 19, 2008 at 9:34 AM

:)

Anyone else think that this may explain the new tactics?

wearyman on August 19, 2008 at 12:10 PM

First thought that came to mind.

- The Cat

P.S. Though I usally send all my workers in for an initial attack to lower the unit count so I could build more for the major attack; If I made a hole in the defenses all the better. Though I doubt that these guys can build cruisers or whatever that’s not a zergling.

Taliban suicide troops attack US forces in Afghanistan, with predictable results. Perhaps they should have watched a training video or two:……

wearyman on August 19, 2008 at 12:10 PM

So it was less “lalalalalalala” and more “kekekekekekekekekekekekekeke”?

Agreed, more activist journalism in action! Sadly as Iraq winds down we’ll be treated to more objective stories featuring the heroic efforts of the brave freedom fighters struggling to through to yoke of occupation off this once utopian islamic paradise.

Nuke’m all……..

Methinks the Jihadi commanders have been playing too much Starcraft…

Jihadi commander #1: Hey Achmed, what are you doing? We need to plan our next attack on the Infidels!

JC#1: Allhau Ackbar!

etc, etc.

Anyone else think that this may explain the new tactics?

I read that when the war first started, our guys were in a tank practicing maneuvers and some jihadis ran up over the hill towards them. They looked at each other, like, would it be fair to kill these idiots?

Boom. End of “daring” raid.

Suicide attacks on military positions almost always fail to achieve their goals, and suicide attacks on civilians only turns the local populace against them.

Whaddya mean they “almost always fail to achieve their goals?” It was a “suicide attack,” and the attackers succeeded in committing suicide. The Americans succeeded in defending their position without a single casualty. It’s win-win!!

That link is to a search result only, not the ten translations of the Quran Browser itself.

Here’s the link.
1. Type “9.111″ in the search box.
2. Click “Select All”.
3. Then press “Search” or “Retrieve”.

Sixth floor walkup…

Quran 9.111: God hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur’an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than God? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.”

–Translation by Yusuf Ali (feel free to read another nine translations or the transliterated Arabic at the link)

Since they didn’t actually slay anyone but themselves, I’m not sure if they get the penthouse in “Paradise,” or just the lobby.

Has anyone considered that the Taliban do this because they’re stupid? I mean hammer-headed stupid.

So much better than using the word Muslims. It makes them seem separate from divine Islam. It makes them sound like whackos who have hijacked a beautiful religion and work outside of it.
It leaves room to make best friends of and give money to other Muslims who are happy to advise and direct us in arresting the “nutbars”.

It continues to shield us from the truth. Well done friends of Islam.

I love waking up to stories like this! Go Taliban Suicide Corps! LALALALALALALAAAA!!

Canadian Infidel on August 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM

FTA: “An Afghan official said four of the soldiers were killed after having been captured by the insurgents.”

When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
-Kipling

Why would anyone want to be a jihadi after being promised 72 geeks living in their mother’s basement? :-)

coldwarrior on August 19, 2008 at 8:56 AM

Ha….Good point!