That the Marine Son-in-Law who is in Afghanistan only heard about those 16 deaths when our daughter told him today.
No one in the ranks -Who were out patrolling - knew the natives were after them.
No one bothered to tell them the Indians were on the warpath and to be extra careful.
Because the political animals that are the officer corps (that's 'core'- Barry) didn't want to ...I dunno..cause something.
No one bothered to tell them the Indians were on the warpath and to be extra careful
ReplyDeleteHow would that look any different than last week? They are always supposed to be careful. The Indians are always on the warpath. The only difference is what excuse they are using today.
They probably did get an extra, "don't kill civilians today" speech before they left the camp. But again, since they get that every day, they didn't notice.
Although ironically (and tellingly) the Taliban are less upset over the killings than they are over those Korans. Which shows how sick their society is.
ReplyDeleteThat the Marines and Soliders were not informed, however, is inexcusable.