Did any one hear about this? - The Firearms Forum

glens67 · 11-01-2012, 11:11 PM

I pay attention to Fox and some time mnbc (just to see what they are saying) But never heard about this.

What About the Camp Bastion Attack?
by MICHELLE MALKIN October 26, 2012

Three days after the bloody 9/11 siege on our consulate in Benghazi, the Taliban waged an intricately coordinated, brutal attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The murderous jihadists released video exactly one month ago this week showing off their training exercises in preparation for the assault. Where are the questions?

Where's the accountability? Where's the Obama administration? Where's the press? Where's the outrage?

Two heroic U.S. Marines were killed in the battle. Their names -- Lt. Col. Christopher Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell -- have not been uttered publicly by the commander in chief. Their arrival back in the U.S., in flag-draped coffins, was not broadcast on network TV. But their brothers-in-arms did not and will not forget. And neither must we.

On September 20, John Gresham of the Defense Media Network wrote a scathing detailed breakdown of this little-noticed terrorist attack on our troops. He called it "arguably the worst day in USMC aviation history since the Tet Offensive of 1968." Eight irreplaceable aircraft were destroyed or put out of action by Taliban warriors dressed in U.S. combat fatigues -- amounting to "approximately 7 percent of the total flying USMC Harrier fleet," Gresham reported.

His summary is bone chilling: "A Harrier squadron commander is dead, along with another Marine. Another nine personnel have been wounded, and the nearby Marines at Camp Freedom are now without effective fixed-wing air support. The USMC's response to this disaster will be a telling report card on its leadership and organizational agility."

On September 21, the left-leaning magazine The Atlantic published an article on the Camp Bastion attack titled "The U.S. Suffered Its Worst Airpower Loss Since Vietnam Last Week and No One Really Noticed." A few right-leaning blogs raised troubling questions about preparedness and security.

"How did this band of radicals even manage to approach a highly advanced multi-national military base without being detected, much less force their way inside en masse?" asked Kim Zigfeld of the American Thinker. "How were they able to attack so quickly and efficiently that, even though nearly every one of them was killed in the effort, they were able to harm the mighty leathernecks more than they had been in half a century?"

National Review's Jonathan Foreman wondered whether Pakistan was behind the attack. "It seems likely that the special forces of a professional army planned the raid, and trained, advised and led the raiders -- that is if they did not actually take part in it. Those special forces would, of course, be those of Pakistan," Foreman posited. "This may sound shocking, but it would hardly be the first time that Pakistani special forces have operated in Afghanistan on behalf of Islamabad's allies and proxies."

President Obama has referred callously to the murders of our civilian diplomatic staff in Benghazi as "bumps in the road." Even more maddening, though, is the radio silence from the White House about what happened that day at Camp Bastion -- and what, if anything, Obama's Pentagon did between the last major attack on Bastion in March and the bloody siege in September.

Somehow, a band of 15 insurgents managed to penetrate the wire with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons on 9/14. Their destruction was of historic proportions. The attack came six months after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was the target of a failed suicide attack attempt at Bastion. The (UK) Sun reported at the time that an Afghani was believed to have made the deliberate attempt on Panetta after "he broke through defenses and drove a vehicle towards his aircraft. He then went past the perimeter surrounded by armed security and large concrete block guards. Disaster was only averted when the truck caught fire and crashed into a ditch on the runway close to where Mr. Panetta's jet had landed or was set to land."

But silence is complicity. The questions must be asked: Did politically correct rules of engagement hamper our troops' defenses? Who knew what and when? Who was behind the attackers? And what is being done to ensure our front-line defenders of freedom are able to defend themselves?

Read more: Family Security Matters http://www.familysecuritymatters.org...#ixzz2B2DbPp3d
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jack404 · 11-01-2012, 11:37 PM

posted here about it

yeah dumb rag heads ,, seems we been helping them become undumb ..

WHSmithIV · 11-01-2012, 11:48 PM

Crap - I haven't even heard about this. The media blackout is astounding.

time2shoot · 11-02-2012, 07:57 AM

first i have heard about it. Glen.
But you can bet i will pass this on

45silverback · 11-02-2012, 01:55 PM

Haven't heard a word.... We have FOX on a bunch. You'd think I would have ehard something.

Annoying at best. Makes one wonder just how much stuff never gets out.

Come to think of it, there were a couple of ...errr... occurances I was privvey to while in the military that nobody ever heard of. Most took place in the "Sovereign Nation of Classified Location" as they say, but a couple interesting things happened right smak in the middle of the good ole US of A....

11-01-2012, 11:11 PM	#1
glens67 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Middleton, ID Contributor Posts: 951	Did any one hear about this? I pay attention to Fox and some time mnbc (just to see what they are saying) But never heard about this. What About the Camp Bastion Attack? by MICHELLE MALKIN October 26, 2012 Three days after the bloody 9/11 siege on our consulate in Benghazi, the Taliban waged an intricately coordinated, brutal attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The murderous jihadists released video exactly one month ago this week showing off their training exercises in preparation for the assault. Where are the questions? Where's the accountability? Where's the Obama administration? Where's the press? Where's the outrage? Two heroic U.S. Marines were killed in the battle. Their names -- Lt. Col. Christopher Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell -- have not been uttered publicly by the commander in chief. Their arrival back in the U.S., in flag-draped coffins, was not broadcast on network TV. But their brothers-in-arms did not and will not forget. And neither must we. On September 20, John Gresham of the Defense Media Network wrote a scathing detailed breakdown of this little-noticed terrorist attack on our troops. He called it "arguably the worst day in USMC aviation history since the Tet Offensive of 1968." Eight irreplaceable aircraft were destroyed or put out of action by Taliban warriors dressed in U.S. combat fatigues -- amounting to "approximately 7 percent of the total flying USMC Harrier fleet," Gresham reported. His summary is bone chilling: "A Harrier squadron commander is dead, along with another Marine. Another nine personnel have been wounded, and the nearby Marines at Camp Freedom are now without effective fixed-wing air support. The USMC's response to this disaster will be a telling report card on its leadership and organizational agility." On September 21, the left-leaning magazine The Atlantic published an article on the Camp Bastion attack titled "The U.S. Suffered Its Worst Airpower Loss Since Vietnam Last Week and No One Really Noticed." A few right-leaning blogs raised troubling questions about preparedness and security. "How did this band of radicals even manage to approach a highly advanced multi-national military base without being detected, much less force their way inside en masse?" asked Kim Zigfeld of the American Thinker. "How were they able to attack so quickly and efficiently that, even though nearly every one of them was killed in the effort, they were able to harm the mighty leathernecks more than they had been in half a century?" National Review's Jonathan Foreman wondered whether Pakistan was behind the attack. "It seems likely that the special forces of a professional army planned the raid, and trained, advised and led the raiders -- that is if they did not actually take part in it. Those special forces would, of course, be those of Pakistan," Foreman posited. "This may sound shocking, but it would hardly be the first time that Pakistani special forces have operated in Afghanistan on behalf of Islamabad's allies and proxies." President Obama has referred callously to the murders of our civilian diplomatic staff in Benghazi as "bumps in the road." Even more maddening, though, is the radio silence from the White House about what happened that day at Camp Bastion -- and what, if anything, Obama's Pentagon did between the last major attack on Bastion in March and the bloody siege in September. Somehow, a band of 15 insurgents managed to penetrate the wire with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons on 9/14. Their destruction was of historic proportions. The attack came six months after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was the target of a failed suicide attack attempt at Bastion. The (UK) Sun reported at the time that an Afghani was believed to have made the deliberate attempt on Panetta after "he broke through defenses and drove a vehicle towards his aircraft. He then went past the perimeter surrounded by armed security and large concrete block guards. Disaster was only averted when the truck caught fire and crashed into a ditch on the runway close to where Mr. Panetta's jet had landed or was set to land." But silence is complicity. The questions must be asked: Did politically correct rules of engagement hamper our troops' defenses? Who knew what and when? Who was behind the attackers? And what is being done to ensure our front-line defenders of freedom are able to defend themselves? Read more: Family Security Matters http://www.familysecuritymatters.org...#ixzz2B2DbPp3d Under Creative Commons License: Attribution __________________ The fish is rotting from the head down—all is not well at the top of the political hierarchy. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein There is nothing more dangerous than a fanatic moron. Many problems we face today are there because people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living. Molon Labe μολὼν λαβέ A Deo victoria Glen -->

11-01-2012, 11:37 PM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Did any one hear about this? posted here about it yeah dumb rag heads ,, seems we been helping them become undumb ..

11-01-2012, 11:48 PM	#3
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,607	Re: Did any one hear about this? Crap - I haven't even heard about this. The media blackout is astounding.

11-02-2012, 07:57 AM	#4
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,599	Re: Did any one hear about this? first i have heard about it. Glen. But you can bet i will pass this on __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!

11-02-2012, 01:55 PM	#5
45silverback V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 153	Re: Did any one hear about this? Haven't heard a word.... We have FOX on a bunch. You'd think I would have ehard something. Annoying at best. Makes one wonder just how much stuff never gets out. Come to think of it, there were a couple of ...errr... occurances I was privvey to while in the military that nobody ever heard of. Most took place in the "Sovereign Nation of Classified Location" as they say, but a couple interesting things happened right smak in the middle of the good ole US of A.... __________________ VR, Harry MSgt USAF (RET)