Here is a small video shot from one of the most remote firebases in Afghanistan. The troops here as you can see are surrounded by mountainous terrain on all sides and have very small abstract windows for when support can be flown in. Even with looking at such a daunting assignment, the troops' morale is upbeat and they do as you can see in the other video support the mission. However, a common basic military strategy is not being upheld.
Holding the higher ground is what wins most military battles. How in the hell, someone devised a strategy to allow a base like this to be made is asinine. The troops are in a bowl, just waiting to be picked apart and heaven forbid, overran by these douchebags called the taliban.If obama won't listen to the generals on the ground, then just bring the troops home, for if the commander-in-chief doesn't have the will or "package" to overwhelm and kill the enemy.
No this narcissist must make face time with euro-assholes and shop for the olympics, while US troops get hammered for no good damn reason at all.
Since creating the secure online donation form Wednesday afternoon, donations are pouring in. The American Legion could not be happier. At my latest count we are nearing $6,000. All the soldier’s necessities have been taken care of. We are now focusing on buying comfort items. There are a lot of moving parts on this, but I have been working with Veterans of Valor. They distribute top of the line iPods that come with 10 movies and a bunch of songs already on the iPod. There are 56 guys not MEDEVAC’d. At $300 a pop that is $16,800 which is my new goal. I plan to buy them next week and get movies and songs loaded on and shipped immediately. If I don’t get that amount, we will dial it back and ship 56 somethings. If they are not as high quality as the topnotch ones, so be it. But no soldier will go unloved as our friends at Soldiers’ Angels like to say.
Online donations accepted here at the American Legion site
