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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jan-14-08 09:19 PMOriginal message3,200 Marines Prepare for Afghan Tour Edited on Mon Jan-14-08 09:19 PM by TomInTibOh, just peachy....January 14, 2008 09:00 PM ESTWASHINGTON — Military officials said Monday that about 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan _ a move that will boost combat troop levels in time for an expected Taliban offensive this spring.Once complete, the deployment would increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan to as much as 30,000, the highest level since the 2001 invasion after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.The notices come as explosions rocked Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people, including one American and a journalist from Norway. Officials said the assault on the Serena Hotel by militants may signal a new era of Taliban attacks.The military began notifying the Marines and their families over the weekend, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to sign the formal deployment orders. It was not clear Monday whether the orders had been signed yet.more on just how wonderful things are going in Afghanistan:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080114/marines-afghanistan/
Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-14-08 09:30 PMResponse to Original message 1. Kipling When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,And the women come out to cut up what remains,Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brainsAn' go to your Gawd like a soldier.From "The Young British Soldier"Which my grandfather was when he went to fight on the NW Frontier against the Afghans.
TomInTib (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-14-08 09:39 PMResponse to Reply #1 4. Wow. I have never known anyone whose family member(s) fought there.Did he ever speak of it?
TomInTib (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-14-08 09:41 PMResponse to Reply #3 5. Yeah, God help 'em. 'Cause ain't nobody else gonna do it.Ya know, S.., I need to get back to you on a few things.
spanone (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-14-08 09:43 PMResponse to Original message 6. surging everywhere.....****ers
You got off your ass, now get your wife off her back.
From "The Young British Soldier"Which my grandfather was when he went to fight on the NW Frontier against the Afghans.