This thread has been reopened.

There will be no more personal attacks, attempted trolling, and other assorted nonsense.

No further nonsense will be tolerated.

Ok now that we've all calmed down.

Back on topic.

how do you think the UK army will succeed in tracking down this murderer?

Any thoughts?

My respect to these fallen heroes and their family.


I have faith that the individual responsible will get what's coming to him and then some.

I'd do the same thing to whoever violently occupied my nation.

War is hell.

Welcome to the 21st century Vietnam, good luck to the occupation, and good luck to the resistance. In this kind of situation where no one agrees, just say luck to all sides and let them unleash the beast within all of us. After all the international law doesn't work anymore.

The Coalition of the Willing are fighting two wars that they cannot win. Until we pull out of these regions, our soldiers will be targets for betrayers like these. It is sad enough that Afghans and Iraqis are willing to kill each other to achieve their political goals, but to murder people who are actually trying to help your own country stabilise and be safer is pretty bad.

I find it very interesting how reports like these draw very little attention and criticism from certain ATS members. When it is Western forces that are the aggressors, the event cannot be highlighted enough. When the other side does it, it is seen as "defensive" and is the fault of the West.

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No offense, but this is a war, and that is realistically what you get when you invade someone's home country and do to it what the US and its "allies" have done to it.

Was listening to a Brit on the radio earlier familiar with Afghanistan. She reckoned the security situation was the worst she'd ever known it, far worse than her time there during the USSR occupation! Doesn't sound too promising for the the future and we've been there for many years already.

Originally posted by Zosynspiracy I admire the Afghan people for standing up to the US and other countries and protecting their culture. Most of the tribes and people just want to be left alone.

What I find disgusting is that the west and Americans and others view the Taliban as archaic, barbaric, savages. We look down on their culture in utter disgust for the so called evilness that it represents. But did Native Americans treat women or each other any better? Did the Mayans? The Aztecs or countless cultures across the span of the last 1000 years? I mean come on. If Americans witnessed half of the atrocities Aztec and Mayan civilizations perpetuated against their own people and enemies they'd throw up. Yet we admire their culture hundreds of years later. What's the difference between human sacrifice and cutting off someone's head for sharia law?

I honestly have to say this is the silliest post I have seen in over a week. You obviously have no idea of what you speak. The Afghani people are not the taliban, and the taliban are not the "afghani" people. Start there. May I ask, do you know how the Aztec/Mayan women were treated? Who are you to know such intimate details? Is living in the past "archaic?" or is this just a made up word? Countless cultures with the religious fundamentalist zeal of the taliban? Please name 3. Also, why "If Americans witnessed half the atrocities...they would throw up" what about the other half? Is it really half or more like 34% of atrocities? Let's not nitpick here. And who again is doing the admiring? Give me 4 names. Your final question simply proves that you have not thought about this issue for more than a minute. Geeze. God Bless the men who died.

ColoradoJens

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