Taliban executed civilians

This is how they operate.The tailban is well known to use women,children as cover.This is a despicable tactic.This is the tailban that killed eight children for laughing.They are responsible.

And your point is...............?

Your not really telling us stuff we don't already know. That State department report is 6 years old.

The Taliban would kill women for not dressing properly. Im pretty sure everyone already knows how ruthless and barbaric they are. They were the ones supporting OBL. Its just a shame we wasted our time in Iraq instead of losing their Mullah and letting him escape they should have put all efforts into Afghanistan and crushed them in one shot.

I don't normally post ,I'm mostly up to my nuts in guts ( not in a good way ) ...but what t f are you talking about?
As somebody that spent the last couple of years picking dead children off the tarmac in various parts of the world, I can honestly say welcome to the real world. Get outside your house and do something about it. I have two weeks at home then I'm back in Africa. Thanks for posting this. You've made a deep and lasting contribution. Pop is the sound of your head quickly exiting your bottom.

Your outrage is duly noted.

Oooooooh "-I saw this on the internet. I have a link. Look and be angry-"

Come and clean it up mate, if you have a belly.

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If you think you're going to have a bunch of people rise up in defense of the Taliban, you have some really weird ideas about who your political opponents are.

The Taliban are murderous medievalist zealot lunatics.

I'm no big fan of US interventionism, that doesn't mean I have any use for the Taliban

The point for those who can't seem to see it is the civilian deaths are because of the tailban and the way they treat people.The 25 killed by the bombing,if the tailban,by it would seem is their policy,didn't use them as shields there would have not been killed.The links show the brutal history.

I think you'll find that, contrary to public opinion about Iraq, the war in Afghanistan is widely seen as a just war. It's a shame we don't try to get rid of more corrupt and reprehensible regimes instead of invading countries on false claims.

The fact you just posted some links without any opinion and also considering your previous posting history had me wondering what, exactly, was the point in the post at all.

Also, whilst the taliban use human shields and are obviously deranged, the rules of war make combatants responsible for ensuring the safety of civilians. NATO and Afghan forces should, where possible, attempt to minimise civilian casualties. Care should be taken when dropping 1000lb bombs in built up area's.

Granted, accidents happen and civilians invariably get caught up in the fighting, but shifting blame on to the enemy doesn't do wonders for your image, especially when all the locals see is their family getting turned to red mist by NATO weapons, regardless of where the Taliban where.

Winning wars these days is as much about PR as it is about firepower and tactics.

I have no doubt that that's true, and I am certain our people in the Pentagon who select the targets know it as well. But we can't let their tactic succeed: the more civilian casualties caused by allied bombing, the more recruits the Taliban can count on. To the Taliban, the civilian sheilds are less a deterrent than they are sacrificial lambs to be traded for political points.

Every military action involves a risk/benefit calculation.
Force isn't used in a vacuum, while hitting a certain target may be tactically beneficial, it may also prove to be strategically risky.

The more noncombatants we kill, the more we lose ground strategically, even if it seems tactically expedient or even necessary at the time.

I saw a video of a woman accussed of adultutery about to be executed in an afgan soccer arena.she was on her knees beggeging foe her life when she was shot in the head.I truly dont think the west will ever understand cultures like this.

rdang...hello mate.

English is not my first language, so allow me ( or not ) some space. I work as an advisor to the red cross. I have seen some things that beggar belief. Most of the things that I have seen are born out of pure hatred. The excuses beggar belief. If you hear a story about children being killed, then it is probably ten times worse. I have seen towns, empty of everything but dogs and limbs. And dogs feeding on those limbs. Before we launch hate controlled missiles from our respective armchairs, I put it to you, that we actually go to these 'troublesome' places and check out wtf is going on. Cradle a fading person ( usually in their 30's ) and tell them "it's going to be okay, the good guys are coming. We have all the answers." -Personally I resort to tears and complete disbelief. Most people I have met just wanted their child to be safe. Or to know that their parents are in the 'camp'.

The problem lies not with extremists persuading people to blow themselves up and kill people. Our problem lies within the question, "er, why are you doing this?".

Stoning women trawls a depth of my psyche that I cannot dive to. As do child soldiers. As does war ( after being involved in two ).

The Tallibahn are but a fraction of 'extremely agitated' (understatement) people that popullate our world and trying to understand why people are so fookstrated will help you, no ends.

Originally posted by stumason
Care should be taken when dropping 1000lb bombs in built up area's.

As ex EOD Stu, there is no such thing as care, let alone prescion bombing.

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Winning wars these days is as much about PR as it is about firepower and tactics.

Too true ( If that's possible)