{"id":31728,"date":"2012-08-23T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31728"},"modified":"2012-08-23T13:58:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T17:58:26","slug":"now-ramadan-caused-the-insider-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31728","title":{"rendered":"Now, Ramadan caused the “insider attacks”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think we’ve run through all of the excuses for those green-on-blue attacks with Marine Gen. John Allen latest talk with reporters. Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that he blames Ramadan fasting and the heat in Afghanistan;<\/p>\n

Some recent attacks by uniformed Afghan forces against NATO troops may have been triggered by stress, hunger and dehydration associated with Ramadan fasting that this year fell in the middle of harsh summer weather and the heavy fighting season, the top U.S. military officer in Afghanistan said Thursday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, because I get hungry and want to shoot someone sometimes. But, then Betty White brings me a Snickers bar and I’m cool again. Allen continues with his speculation;<\/p>\n

About a quarter of the attacks can be attributed to the Taliban, Allen said, whether because the attacker was an infiltrator or was coerced by the Taliban into acting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funny, but we heard it was only about ten percent last month. It’ll be 50% next month, I guess.<\/p>\n

From the Associated Press<\/a> in a link sent to us by AGEFMB, Allen commented to yesterday’s report that Karzai and his clown car ride blamed foreign influences for the attacks;<\/p>\n

Allen was asked about an assertion by the office of President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday that the insider attacks can be blamed on the brainwashing of Afghan recruits by foreign intelligence agents.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to Afghanistan providing us with the intelligence that permits them to come to that conclusion so that we can understand how they’ve drawn that conclusion,” Allen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get the impression that Allen is not holding his breath waiting for that report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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