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Media can't wait to fire up the dead US troop counter
Posted on 8/21/17 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 5:58 pm
Nothing better for ratings than dead US troops. The media is licking their chops at the ability to turn the dead troop counter back on and let us know how many have died in Afghanistan. Even though Obama had a troop surge of his own and no one would have known about any dead soldiers.
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Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:00 pm to Jtigers99
A dead US troop counter is sick. Don't agree in sending additional troops but I hope the media doesn't do that crap
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:01 pm to Jtigers99
quote:No doubt.
Media can't wait to fire up the dead US troop counter
As awful as it is to say, I suspect they will be disappointed.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:04 pm to Bunyan
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A dead US troop counter is sick. Don't agree in sending additional troops but I hope the media doesn't do that crap
CNN and CBS did that while my brother was in Iraq. They were pushing the anti-war narrative hard especially after Bush won reelection.
My mother was already a wreck that year between that and Hurricane Katrina.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:06 pm to member12
That's messed up. Sad they would do that
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:07 pm to Bunyan
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A dead US troop counter is sick. Don't agree in sending additional troops but I hope the media doesn't do that crap
They did it everyday until obama was elected. Then it mysteriously stopped. I recall getting the body count every morning on my way to work on the radio.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:10 pm to member12
quote:In 2004 the anti-war narrative was right. Get the Hell out of there!
CNN and CBS did that while my brother was in Iraq. They were pushing the anti-war narrative hard especially after Bush won reelection.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:11 pm to Jtigers99
Almost forgotten is that Obama ordered the DOD in 2009 to draft a withdrawal plan from Afghanistan. They basically refused to do it.
He caved.
He caved.
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:12 pm to mmcgrath
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In 2004 the anti-war narrative was right. Get the Hell out of there!
Hard thing to see at the time, but we shoulda pulled out of both then.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:21 pm to mmcgrath
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the anti-war narrative was right
Doesn't justify having a troop death counter because the networks didn't like the current president.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:26 pm to Jtigers99
I'm still surprised that AIDS and the homeless didn't instantly re-appear as national crises on Jan 21 this year.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:30 pm to TheHarahanian
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I'm still surprised that AIDS and the homeless didn't instantly re-appear as national crises on Jan 21 this year
No kidding.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:31 pm to Dawgfanman
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Hard thing to see at the time, but we shoulda pulled out of both then.
Afghanistan was the right war at the right time. It took a while but we got Bin Laden which is the entire reason we went there.
Iraq was George Bush's folly. A lot of good men and women died there for no reason. It was indefensible then and remains indefensible.
If we are pouring more troops into Afghanistan it will hang around Trumps neck like an anchor. There is no reason to still be in that shite hole of a country.
None.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:31 pm to Jtigers99
about to be not missing
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:54 pm to SlowFlowPro
No my friend they are not missing, they just re-branded to BLM, ANTIFA, and the rest of the bought and paid for astroturf circus.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:57 pm to Aristo
Only GOP presidents get blamed for war deaths.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 7:00 pm to Jtigers99
Wouldn't be as big of an issue if Trump hadn't shot his mouth off over and over about Afghanistan and Obama's handling of it.
He should be reminded constantly
He should be reminded constantly
Posted on 8/21/17 at 7:07 pm to WhiskeyPapa
The worst things Obama and the Dems did to the military were:
1. Reducing defense spending (less funding for training, less parts for aircraft, and proper equipment for troops)
2. Reducing manpower (forcing out good Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines leaving an experience gap which leads to less quality training, understaffed commands, etc.)
3. Turned the military into a social experiment.
1. Reducing defense spending (less funding for training, less parts for aircraft, and proper equipment for troops)
2. Reducing manpower (forcing out good Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines leaving an experience gap which leads to less quality training, understaffed commands, etc.)
3. Turned the military into a social experiment.
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