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I realize there isn't much difference between what happened in this matter and the Fort Hood massacre. Both times the 'friend' turned into a foe, and there is no way to be ready for that. That's why I call it murder, those guys weren't any more prepared to face an enemy at that point than were the 29 wounded and 13 dead at Fort Hood. BTW Major Nidal Malik Hasan, has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder under provisions of the UCMJ.

At least you did help make my point for me though. The lives of our troops are precious, far beyond some symbolism related to how one treats a book, for which, there are any number of replacements. Therefore, I believe Karzai should be apologizing to us. Much less have to watch Obama groveling at the feet of a puppet dictator we helped put into power, sickening.

I know what you're saying...but I just don't like seeing it used like that when talking about a war zone. Especially since we still have people who think they are "informed", when they don't even know we're still fighting everyday in Afghan.

Do you guys realize, specifically Truth, that winter is cold as hell in Afghan with feet of snow in the mountains where I'll be going, on the border with Pakistan? Do ya also realize that that is where the toughest fighting takes place, where this past summer we lost 50+ men a month? It will go to the same KIA amount this summer too. I don't call that already withdrawn...