Staring the Air Force right in the face
Our buddy, Jeff Schogol sends us a link from his new desk at the Air Force Times entitled “Motive in Kabul shooting deaths remains elusive“. Well it remains elusive if you don’t look at the evidence. Its about Afghan Major Ahmed Gul who gunned down in cold blood eight airmen and a contractor at Kabul International Airport and then wrote “God is one” and “God in your name” in blood on the walls of the room before taking his own life.
The author recounts some of the background of Major Gul;
In 2006, Gul decided to move to Pakistan and started attending a local mosque, where he met an “unknown prominent figure” who is believed to have radicalized him. There were also rumors that Gul wanted to be a suicide bomber.
When Gul decided to move back to Afghanistan in 2008, people asked him why he would go back.
“[Gul] responded he ‘wanted to kill Americans,’” investigators said.
But the people he told didn’t take any action. They didn’t believe him.
The public copy of the Air Force’s investigation doesn’t discuss how Gul entered the Afghan Air Force and whether any questions were raised about his mental or emotional health.
Yeah, someone heard him say that he wanted to kill Americans, yet they still put him in a position where he could realize those desires.
“He was a breath of fresh air with his smile, he was always the first to come in and shake everyone’s hand and exchange greetings,” he said. “He was trusted.”
Well, except for that whole “kill Americans” thing he had going on.
But in the days after the shooting, several questions lingered: Could the relationship between the Afghans and their U.S. trainers be repaired? And how would U.S. leadership keep something like this from happening again?
Oh, gee, I don’t know either. At least, in this case, the victims were all armed and one had the opportunity to return fire after the surprise subsided.
Category: Terror War
God forbid we talk about Jihadists
As a former ETTer, all of the ANA officers purchased their commission, and any of them over the age of 30 had worked for the Soviets, the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, the Northern Alliance, and the Americans – and whatever warlord owned them.
The enemy is all around, and like any murderer, requires means, motive, and opportunity. We give the guns, their twisted view of Islam gives them the motive, and opportunity abounds.
He had a sudden and acute attack of Islamitis.
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I work with them everyday, I dont know how people can be so trusting. This kind of thing happened in Iraq also, 2 Soldiers from my BDE were murdered in cold blood by a jihadist. I have never turn your back on any of them, I am not their friend, I have a job to do.
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Seems like a slap in the face to the 9 killed to worry about hurting someone’s feelings with a label. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck…