WTF are we doing there: Nine Americans Methodically Killed By Afghan Pilot at Kabul Airport

[cali]

By MARTHA RADDATZ (@martharaddatz) , LUIS MARTINEZ and BEN FORER
April 27, 2011

An Afghan Air Corps pilot, angered by an argument with nine American trainers at Kabul airport, pulled a gun on the Americans, disarmed them and methodically killed them, officials said today.

The shooter then apparently shot and killed himself.

The Afghan military said the gunman was a 20 year veteran of the Afghan Air Corps who had gotten in an argument with the American trainers during a meeting in a conference room at the Afghan Air Force headquarters.

A U.S. official told ABC News they believe the pilot left the meeting after the argument, then returned and forced the Americans to remove their weapons before shooting them with a U.S. provided M9 semi-automatic weapon.

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/afghan-pilot-disarmed-killed-americans-argument/story?id=13468438

[CBGLuthier]

1. Live by the sword. Die by the sword. Been the same since the dawn of time

[tabasco]

14. Nice compassion you got there.

Someday, you will need pity.

[leftstreet]

2. K&R

:grr:

[TheKentuckian]

3. Pissing of the natives, angering Muslims, burning borrowed money, and presenting targets

[cali]

5. that abhout sums it up.

[Bigmack]

11. Don't forget "droning" the innocents! nt

[TheKentuckian]

15. Opps my bad. That one is key too.

[Little Star]

4. Damn, we need to get the hell out of these wars!

[Kolesar]

8. There should be no political downside to leaving

That ain't Vietnam. Somehow, the warmongers tagged Democrats as unpatriotic after Vietnam, but I don't expect a repeat of that.

[Brickbat]

6. Not one of the nine tried to shoot the guy? What a bizarre story.

[Lint Head]

7. Guess they're there to save freedom from the jaws of fascism.

No wait. That's feed the jaws of fascism with our freedom.

[patrice]

9. K&R

[Historic NY]

10. Lets just leave & let them all kill themselves they don't want us or freedom...

they live in the 12- 13th century.

[onethatcares]

13. are we there to stop them killing themselves?

or give them the American Democracy experience with a side order of Disney World?

What do you want them to do? Buy Priuses? Get good on Guitar Hero?

I think we should keep our freaking noses out of every countries business. Jeez, sometimes I wonder why we have to poke, provoke and prod every

fucking country on the planet while acting like our shit don't stink.

[EmmettKelly]

12. Why are we still occupying Fort Hood, Texas?

We had 14 of our soldiers murdered there.

[BulletproofLandshark]

17. The last time I checked, Texas was part of the U.S.

Afghanistan? Not so much.

[mdmc]

16. war is crime

[OwnedByFerrets]

18. Winning Hearts and Minds??