Taliban vows revenge for yesterday’s killings
Yeah, I know, it’s kind of not news at all, since they kill Afghans for everything, but now the Taliban is promising to extract revenge for the shooting spree yesterday, supposedly perpetrated by a US soldier. So I wonder how many Afghans, the Taliban will kill in the name of revenge (Fox News link);
“If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American military because they are arming lunatics in Afghanistan who turn their weapons against the defenseless Afghans without giving a second thought,” the statement said.
Yeah, it’s a real contradiction, since the Taliban have an actual strategy that includes turning “their weapons on defenseless Afghans”.
On another note related to this, Michael Yon, who I’ve pretty much ignored up until now, has blamed our fellow Milblogger, CJ Grisham for the shooting.
I guess Yon is working for the Taliban these days. It’s charming, not so much, that he parrots the Taliban line. Just to give you an idea of his misinformation that he’s disseminating on Facebook, he also said that the weather was good enough for protests in Afghanistan yesterday but protests didn’t happen, while people who are actually there are telling me that the weather was pretty miserable there which kept the goat ropers inside.
So much for being embedded from thousands of miles away. Guess which one of these tags are for you, Mikey;
Category: Shitbags, Terror War
The weather is always nice when you’re in your own little bizarro world. Just when I think Yon couldn’t be anymore irrelevant, he uses Facebook like a 13 year old girl, to cry for attention.
He is so far removed from the Michael Yon of 2003, I can’t even recognize him anymore.
It could be worse; this guy could’ve shot sixteen Korans.
@1: I wonder if he isn’t mentally unstable, himself? You know, kind of the pot calling the kettle type thing?
We know the media loves cheerleading on this type of thing and the progressives wave around the bloody shirt of these isolated incidents as their proof of a larger sytemic failure, however, they don’t even blink an eye when some taliban asshole blows up a couple dozen unarmed civilians. They don’t put the same emphasis on Afghan police or military that turn their guns on our troops. They won’t acknowledge those incidents as being proof of a larger systemic failure; I wonder why?
“I want to rip off his head and piss down his throat” is ideating murder? He’s such a Mrs. Johnson.
And a hypocrite. One NCOs post turns into a ‘lethal threat’. But how many active duty yawniots (I’m open to suggestions on a better term for his kool-aid chugging followers) have posted threats and disrespectful remarks against C.J. and other senior leaders on Yons FB page due to his encouragement?
#1: you’re right. I used to love to read his stuff until he went off the deep end. If he was more charismatic, he probably would be one of those cult leaders that ends up screwing little kids and passing out kool-aid. (if Yon can blame C.J. for the shooting, I can say Yon has the potential to be a child molester).
Indeed. Yon is obviously running short of funds for his nex Thai sex-fantasy vacation, and looking to skim the suckers for more of their hard-earned dollars.
I’m surprised he’s allowed anywhere near a military position in Afghanistan, considering his bizzaro-world postings.
His fan boyz are going to be in for one hell of a shock the day he finally loses it and gets committed to a psych ward.
BTW: It’s kind on interesting hearing him complain about deadly threats, and attempted murder, seeing how he actually killed a guy in a bar fight.
Michael Yawn. Nuff said.
He only complained about the threat becuase he knew he had lost the moral high ground. For those who don’t remember, Yon wrote a detailed post describing the last minutes in the life of a Soldier that died on the battlefield. C.J.’s response (I want to tear off his head and shit down his neck) was completely understandable given the circumstances at the time. Rather then address the growing clamor against him for what he had done, Yon focused on the the ‘lethal threat’ from C.J. This quickly snowballed and after the SOCNET forum incident, Yon claims that it’s him and his paypal account (and the Thai ladyboys) against the Armys senior leadership. I won’t out up a link to his site, but if you read the original post by Yon saying that C.J. threatened him, the comments are amusing. I really like how one supporter said he was forwarding the article to his Secret Service contact for action on their part (now some poor Secret Service agent is going to be harassed by his barista every morning until it dies down)
Sorry, but I really don’t like Yon and C.J. is not only a respected mil-blogger, but a decorated MI Soldier and outstanding leader. The Army could use a few more senior NCOs publicly discussing PTSD and how they are dealing with it.
JM
X1000 well said.
Thank you, Jonn. My day started out really shitty, and now, because of you, I get to use my favorite term…MY is a buddy fucker extraordinaire, and so are any of the NCO’s who post on his facebook supporting the bullshit he spews.
CJ…You are still the man. And we all know who is truthful and who is stuck in Bizzaro land.
Isn’t this the same Jack ass thats been on the crusade to make sure Medivac helios are armed? Why is this fool still anywhere near CENTCOM?
Michael Yawn….
FUCK YOU DOUCHEBAG!!!!
Whew, I feel better already!
1) Yon is sh!tbird.
2) When don’t the taliban vow revenge?
CI, your comment is one thing we can and do agree on. To all the others, well said too (esp. #8 J.M.)!
I ran into only a few soldiers in Iraq who, if I was back home at my cop job, I might have taken down the county mental health unit to have checked out. One was an E7 in charge of some folks in Mosoul…she was the most insane NCO I had ever seen…totally depressed, paranoid etc… and abusive to all below her. When we got there to help her team, she started bad mouthing me, my team and the National Guard as a whole…I told her to kiss my fuc–ing ass and I would just call my unit and fly out the next day if she was going to act like such a bitch… she left us alone after that. If I saw her dying on the sidewalk, I ‘d walk around her.
Dear Mr. Yon,
Are you aware that publishing statements that imply Master Sgt. Grisham is (a) mentally ill and/or (b) unfit for his trade or occupation are actionable libel? What the Master Sgt. said is a common asperational expression and, without substantially more, does not constitute anything apporximating a “lethal threat.” Thus, I strongly suggest you get over your sense of self-importance and get a job that does not rely on the kindness of strangers.
Sincerely,
Someone else who would like to rip off your head and shit down your neck.
Time to leave that place.
Enough is enough.
Laden is dead, nothing more can be of use putting our troops’ lives at risk there.
Susan- Nicely spat!! 🙂
Yawns ‘reporting’ is a joke. If you can supress your gag reflex long enough to surf through his FB posts, you’ll see that’s he’s implying that everyone and their brother is responsible for the killings. A SF unit, a SF Soldier, etc. Anyone want to start a pool on who he will accuse next?
I’ve got 5 bucks that says he ‘implicates’ SGT Lucky from Delta Bravo Sierra within the enxt 24 hours.
Remember when Yon was a decent guy?
Yeah, me neither.
I’ve had AS’ records for a few years, but she’s never given me a reason to post them, because she’s stuck to truth. She knew I had her records, because I sent her a copy of the FOIA. I don’t think I requested them, but someone else did and I got them.
One correction: It wasn’t SOCNET, it was http://www.professionalsoldiers.com
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35602
One day karma will catch up to him and he’ll either be found dead in a Thailand flophouse like David Carradine (autoerotic asphyxiation for the Yawniots reading this) or somebody he goes after on the internet will actually turn out to be unstable (unlike the numerous professional SF troops he’s insulted or C.J.) and decide to settle a grudge.
When does Obama apologize to the soldier who did the shooting? We need to calm things down.
Silly J.M., Yawn isn’t a “journalist”…….nor is he a blogger, photojournalist, or one of those nasty milkooks who just don’t give a shit (Honey-bloggers unite). He is Teh Yawn, and there can be only one. He’s much too “special” to be labeled a mere journalist.
What a nasty piece of shiite. He exploits the deaths of these people for his “gain.” 🙁
Why is the name of this soldier being withheld????
Is it to slander all US Soldiers??
Or, is the religion of the soldier an issue?
Lots of good stuff here, but I’m afraid I have to single out #2 as making me laugh out loud, possibly delaying the baby going to sleep for another few moments.
Yon has doubled down on his douchbaggery. Now he’s posting photos of C.J. in uniform and saying “this is the man who threatened to kill me”
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150628955020665&set=a.235978145664.135781.207730000664&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150628955020665&set=a.235978145664.135781.207730000664&type=3&theater#!/photo.php?fbid=10150628953400665&set=a.235978145664.135781.207730000664&type=3&permPage=1