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Author Topic: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.  (Read 1349 times)

Strife26

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How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« on: June 12, 2011, 12:40:57 pm »
Yeah, I'm going to make a GD thread for me to post links about stuff too! In this case, it'll be about all the problems with US military forces working with those in other countries. For those of you who don't know (which is very few, I'm sure) I a buck-private in Iraq at the moment. When we do just about anything, we're supposed to include local (Iraqi Army or Iraqi Police) forces. However, we tend to feel like this whenever we do it:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pakistani-intelligence-announces-its-full-cooperat,20681/


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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2011, 01:33:01 pm »
The latin word for killing your cousin is called parricide.

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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2011, 04:39:10 pm »
Sadly, what other choice do we have?  Given what our nation has set out to do and the fact that we've decided the military is the ones to do it, I expect we will continue to see this sort of problem for a long long time.
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2011, 04:49:08 pm »
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2011, 04:56:22 pm »
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2011, 04:57:13 pm »
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2011, 05:02:26 pm »
Quote from: alway on June 12, 2011, 04:56:22 pm
Quote from: breadbocks on June 12, 2011, 04:49:08 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on June 12, 2011, 12:40:57 pm
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pakistani-intelligence-announces-its-full-cooperat,20681/
Oh that is a dick move, Pakistan. I've nothing against them, but really?
The Onion claims another victim.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrr...

I didn't even notice it was The Onion. Bay12 gets all of the good news, so I didn't even think to look at the source.

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Quote from: Burnt Pies on June 13, 2011, 01:18:55 pm
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2011, 09:51:13 pm »
Quote from: breadbocks on June 12, 2011, 05:02:26 pm
Quote from: alway on June 12, 2011, 04:56:22 pm
Quote from: breadbocks on June 12, 2011, 04:49:08 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on June 12, 2011, 12:40:57 pm
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pakistani-intelligence-announces-its-full-cooperat,20681/
Oh that is a dick move, Pakistan. I've nothing against them, but really?
The Onion claims another victim.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrr...

I didn't even notice it was The Onion. Bay12 gets all of the good news, so I didn't even think to look at the source.

xD

Am I the only one who first realized it was fake by the guy's uniform?
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2011, 11:20:28 am »
Quote from: breadbocks on June 12, 2011, 05:02:26 pm
Quote from: alway on June 12, 2011, 04:56:22 pm
Quote from: breadbocks on June 12, 2011, 04:49:08 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on June 12, 2011, 12:40:57 pm
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pakistani-intelligence-announces-its-full-cooperat,20681/
Oh that is a dick move, Pakistan. I've nothing against them, but really?
The Onion claims another victim.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrr...

I didn't even notice it was The Onion. Bay12 gets all of the good news, so I didn't even think to look at the source.

xD

Oh come on, somebody even covered for you BEFORE you replied, you could have just agreed with his post...
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2011, 11:25:24 am »
Read the link?

So... you are saying the 'local establishment' is incompetent and has little or no handle on sensitive information?  Fun times...
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Re: How I feel about working with host-nation forces. Meh.
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2011, 12:49:23 pm »
And/or actively give it out.
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2011, 01:42:45 pm »
Wow...  just wow.  Has someone thought of giving em false information...  then grab em just before it starts, after they are prepped?  Saying "Change of plans, got a higher priority target 'over there'!"
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2011, 02:37:27 pm »
Quote from: Zangi on June 13, 2011, 01:42:45 pm
Wow...  just wow.  Has someone thought of giving em false information...  then grab em just before it starts, after they are prepped?  Saying "Change of plans, got a higher priority target 'over there'!"
Imagine the outcry if Wikileaks learns that the US army gives out false information to allies...
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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2011, 02:57:47 pm »
Imagine the outcry if the world collectively grew up and realized we can't play nice with everyone on a national level, and that unfriendly acts are sometimes necessary for success.
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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2011, 03:00:08 pm »
Quote from: Virex on June 13, 2011, 02:37:27 pm
Quote from: Zangi on June 13, 2011, 01:42:45 pm
Wow...  just wow.  Has someone thought of giving em false information...  then grab em just before it starts, after they are prepped?  Saying "Change of plans, got a higher priority target 'over there'!"
Imagine the outcry if Wikileaks learns that the US army gives out false information to allies...
Its not like the 'local establishment' is doing anything useful with it.  They just need to be ready to move out instead of posting it on their public twitter account.

Twitter Before:
Iraqi Intelligence Officer: LOL GUYZ, WE GONNA BLAM SOME TERRORISTS @ THE BAGHDAD QWIKEE MART, 9:53 PM!  WISH US LUCK!
Posted @ 8:42 PM

Twitter After:
Iraqi Intelligence Officer: THERE WAS NOONE THERE!  THE AMERICANS INFORMATION MUST BE WRONG!  WTF THEY DOING?!
Posted @ 10:27 PM
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