Now that Canadians died in Afghan war... [Archive]

Giancarlo

April 22nd, 2002, 20:50

Originally posted by Ragzzz
incident? They shot at them with ground troops than dropped bombs on em.

It was an incident. And no... an F-16 Falcon fighter group thought it was being shot at, radioed in to the control tower and they said not to drop the bombs. But the planes usually defend themselves if the situation requires, and a 500 pound bomb or two were dropped.

shizzle

April 22nd, 2002, 20:55

How the heck did he think canadiens looking for night-vision googles were shooting at him while he was in an airplane? Isnt technology... and SIGHT better than that?

Giancarlo

April 22nd, 2002, 20:59

Originally posted by Ragzzz
How the heck did he think canadiens looking for night-vision googles were shooting at him while he was in an airplane? Isnt technology... and SIGHT better than that?

No. You are mixing up what happened. They were conducting live fire exercises with live ammuntion and the pilot was probably not informed about it. Donald Rumsfeld went over this at http://www.defenselink.mil in the briefings several times, which I listen to.

syd

April 22nd, 2002, 21:37

Nice to see that the American media really cares about our soldiers who died at the hands of theirs. Really, we appreciate all 10 seconds of coverage on CNN Headline (We're #2!) News.

American propaganda : Gotta love it.

Giancarlo

April 22nd, 2002, 21:43

Originally posted by syd
Nice to see that the American media really cares about our soldiers who died at the hands of theirs. Really, we appreciate all 10 seconds of coverage on CNN Headline (We're #2!) News.

American propaganda : Gotta love it.

Well Rumsfeld talks for about 10 minutes in his briefings on the accident... he was upset that happened according to what he said...

syd

April 22nd, 2002, 21:44

Okay, 10 minutes and 10 seconds of coverage.

WOW. I'm still impressed. :rolleyes:

Giancarlo

April 22nd, 2002, 21:46

Well of course you have to go to the Pentagon website (link I provided earlier) for his briefings and strangly enough I never see them air on CNN. ;)

syd

April 22nd, 2002, 21:47

Yeah because the USA doesn't give TWO SH!TS about our dead. They only piss and whine if they get hurt themselves. They can kill anyone and not give a damn.

Bruce

April 22nd, 2002, 21:49

Sadly enough, this was the first I've even heard of it.

Toefur

April 22nd, 2002, 21:50

I'm going to sing for the thousands of dead afghani's.

shizzle

April 22nd, 2002, 22:01

And me for the thousands of dead Americans on 9/11 because of which the afghanis died, and because of which the canadians died.

Toefur

April 22nd, 2002, 22:06

Originally posted by Ragzzz
And me for the thousands of dead Americans on 9/11 because of which the afghanis died, and because of which the canadians died.

I'm sick of everyone whining about them; we'll never hear the end of it.

shizzle

April 22nd, 2002, 22:07

yea well... it's the first time something of this magnitude has hap'nt in a long time, so suck it up and listen.

syd

April 22nd, 2002, 22:09

Actually, stuff that is a lot worse has happened. Like millions upon millions being slaughtered in Africa...

Oh right, I forgot, a thousand dead Americans is worth mmore than a million dead Africans :rolleyes:

shizzle

April 22nd, 2002, 22:11

I meant... to America. Sorry. I understand about the slaughter of millions of Africans.

Webdude

April 22nd, 2002, 22:13

Well this is sad. I think we have trigger happy pilot that are overly anxious. Seriously man, our planes can fly faster than the bullets. So if they were told not to fire back, was there really a reason to drop the bombs??

Daniel

April 22nd, 2002, 22:15

Originally posted by Webdude
Well this is sad. I think we have trigger happy pilot that are overly anxious. Seriously man, our planes can fly faster than the bullets. So if they were told not to fire back, was there really a reason to drop the bombs??

Nope none at all. Besides whats a 5.56mm bullet going to do against a F-16??

Canuckkev

April 22nd, 2002, 22:20

Originally posted by syd
We have to sing the anthem every freakin day :mad: Ahhh... :(
While it may not be the greatest anthem, you should be proud to live in a free democratic society, and by singing the anthem you honour those who have died fighting for this freedom.

shizzle

April 22nd, 2002, 22:27

or those who died looking for night vision googles.

Toefur

April 22nd, 2002, 22:29

Originally posted by Ragzzz
or those who died looking for night vision googles.

ROTFLMAO ROTFLMAO ROTFLMAO

Giancarlo

April 23rd, 2002, 06:50

Originally posted by Ragzzz
or those who died looking for night vision googles.

That is not true. They were conducting a live fire exercise.

:rolleyes:

And Toefur, Afghanistan is a better place now that the taliban can go to hell. Girls can go to school and there is more money heading into the country.

If the US didn't do anything there could of been a million dead Afghanis, dead from starvation. And the taliban and al qaeda used civilians as human shields in many cases.

Edit: Sorry for the dumb typos, I typed that message before I had my daily cup of coffee.

Moonman

April 23rd, 2002, 07:35

Originally posted by Giancarlo
radioed in to the control tower and they said not to drop the bombs
Actually they were told they could drop bombs, as long as they thought the target was a real threat (they had to be as certain as possible), and because the Canadians were doing live fire training (as Giancarlo said), the F-16's thought they were being attacked and alas dropped the bombs, it wasn't until they arrived back to where they were stationed they realised that they had killed the Canadians.

Jan

April 23rd, 2002, 08:12

Originally posted by Giancarlo

And Toefur, Afghanistan is a better place now that the taliban can go to school. Girls can go to school and there is more money heading into the country.

At least some good arose from the Sept 11 attack :classic2:

Giancarlo

April 23rd, 2002, 08:39

Originally posted by Jan

At least some good arose from the Sept 11 attack :classic2:

Sorry, I typed that message before having my daily cup of coffee... it should be so the Taliban can go to hell. It was early so I appreciate that you don't make a big deal out of an obvious miswording, well as you hate me you are going to... but I could care less.

Actually they were told they could drop bombs,

No they said they could not. But there is a policy in the US airforce and that is airforce pilots could act on their own if they feel their aircraft are being endangered, and one pilot overreacted this time.

Jan

April 23rd, 2002, 08:51

Originally posted by Giancarlo

Sorry, I typed that message before having my daily cup of coffee... it should be so the Taliban can go to hell. It was early so I appreciate that you don't make a big deal out of an obvious miswording, well as you hate me you are going to... but I could care less.
Darn!!!!! For a moment there I thought you had some feelings! :mad:

But whatever! I think it is a step in the right direction that women can show their faces, go to school, get a career! :)

meow

April 23rd, 2002, 09:59

STFU Jan! How dare you attack member so blatantly? Are you totally rebutted woman? :devious2:

Giancarlo

April 23rd, 2002, 12:16

Yes it is a start jan. Infact 50% of State workers (Teachers/Doctors) before 1994 were women in Afghanistan.

Originally posted by meow
STFU Jan! How dare you attack member so blatantly? Are you totally rebutted woman? :devious2:

Meow it is rebuttal, which means:

The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

(Well that is the meaning in law, but it is also used in politics)

Please don't make me look bad by screwing up the word.

meow

April 23rd, 2002, 12:30

I know what it means GC, but thank you very much for your kindness even if I think that when used as a verb, even if jokingly, the correct form in this case is "rebutted". Don't you think "are you totally rebuttal" would sound funny? :confused:

Giancarlo

April 23rd, 2002, 12:34

Originally posted by meow
I know what it means GC, but thank you very much for your kindness even if I think that when used as a verb, even if jokingly, the correct form in this case is "rebutted". Don't you think "are you totally rebuttal" would sound funny? :confused:

I said I was asking for a rebuttal. Not for a rebutted. Now which makes sense in the form I was using? I was asking for a rebuttal or rebutted? :rolleyes:

You my friend needs to review your english a bit more.