Operation: Matador & Middle East Recap
Operation Matador is being hailed as a sucess by the military, as 125 insurgents were killed and at least 39 "with intelligence value" were captured. I've been watching coverage of this on FOXNews all this week, with Ollie North having interviews with the Marines over there. It is always really nice to see Marines doing what Marines do best: Kicking Ass and Taking Names (or something like that). Hopefully this will hinder the insurgency coming from Syria.
(UPDATE: CNN's headline: "9 Marines killed in Operation Matador," also "Operation Matador ends with 9 U.S. Marines dead." I hate the liberal media. Why not "125 Insurgents Killed, More Captured In Operation Matador"? Do they hate the troops that much? Or only care about the dead ones?)
Now the Marines just have to mop up, just like people on my dorm floor, which smells like bad beer and has puke in three seperate places in the bathroom.
A member of al Qaeda was killed by a Predator, a type of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) used by the CIA. (See pic above) This is the kind of stuff that should be happening more often. The US military should also be focusing on using technology like this for pinpoint strikes. The lighter, faster, deadly accurate military of tomorrow. For the CIA, it is here today.
The only bone of contention is that this may have been performed just inside Pakistan. At this point the Pakistanis are denying this, either it didn't nor playing along so as not to rile the people.
As for the protestors in Afghanistan, they should be happy becuase without the United States, they would not have the right to protest. At least President Hamid Karzai has it right:
(UPDATE: CNN's headline: "9 Marines killed in Operation Matador," also "Operation Matador ends with 9 U.S. Marines dead." I hate the liberal media. Why not "125 Insurgents Killed, More Captured In Operation Matador"? Do they hate the troops that much? Or only care about the dead ones?)
Now the Marines just have to mop up, just like people on my dorm floor, which smells like bad beer and has puke in three seperate places in the bathroom.
A member of al Qaeda was killed by a Predator, a type of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) used by the CIA. (See pic above) This is the kind of stuff that should be happening more often. The US military should also be focusing on using technology like this for pinpoint strikes. The lighter, faster, deadly accurate military of tomorrow. For the CIA, it is here today.
The only bone of contention is that this may have been performed just inside Pakistan. At this point the Pakistanis are denying this, either it didn't nor playing along so as not to rile the people.
As for the protestors in Afghanistan, they should be happy becuase without the United States, they would not have the right to protest. At least President Hamid Karzai has it right:
"Who are they who have such enmity with Afghanistan, a nation that is begging for money to build the country and construct buildings, and during the night they come and destroy it?" he said, pointing out that 200 Korans had been burned when a public library in Jalalabad was set on fire.
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