When the Commander-In-Chief is Also the Liar-In-Chief

The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.

* THIS IS THE AP REPORTING THIS!

The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds — or misses — his U.S. or allied target.

* YOU SONS OF BITCHES!

It also doesn't report the wounding of troops who were attacked alongside those who were killed.

* JEEZUS FRIGGIN' CHRIST...

(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)

In recent weeks an Afghan soldier opened fire on a group of American soldiers but missed the group entirely. The Americans quickly shot him to death. Not a word about this was reported by the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, as the coalition is formally known. (It was disclosed to the AP by a U.S. official who was granted anonymity in order to give a fuller picture of the "insider" problem.)

* DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE READING, FOLKS...?!?! THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CURRUPTS EVERYTHING IT HAS POWER OVER! THE SECRET SERVICE IS WHORING AROUND OVERSEAS WHILE THE STATE DEPARTMENT COVERS UP AN ASSAULT UPON A FOREIGN NATIONAL BY OUR PEOPLE... AND NOW THIS!

ISAF also said nothing about last week's attack in which two Afghan policemen in Kandahar province fired on U.S. soldiers, wounding two. (Reporters learned of it from Afghan officials and from U.S. officials in Washington.)

* OBAMA AND PANETTA HAVE OBVIOUSLY SUCCEEDED IN COOPTING THE U.S. MILITARY COMMAND AUTHORITY.

(*SIGH*)

Just last Wednesday, an attack that killed a U.S. Army special forces soldier, Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Brittonmihalo, 25, of Simi Valley, Calif., also wounded three other American soldiers. The death was reported by ISAF as an insider attack, but it made no mention of the wounded...

* SON... OF... A... BITCH...!!!

The attacker was an Afghan special forces soldier who opened fire with a machine gun at a base in Kandahar province. He was killed by return fire. That attack apparently was the first by a member of the Afghan special forces, who are more closely vetted than conventional Afghan forces and are often described by American officials as the most effective and reliable in the Afghan military.

* JEEZUS...

Last year there were 21 fatal attacks that killed 35 coalition service members, according to ISAF figures. That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. (In 2007 and 2008 there were a combined total of four attacks and four deaths.)

ISAF has released brief descriptions of each of the fatal attacks for 2012 but says similar information for fatal attacks in 2011 is considered classified and therefore cannot be released.

(*RAISED EYEBROW*)

Jamie Graybeal, an ISAF spokesman in Kabul, disclosed Monday in response to repeated AP requests that in addition to 10 fatal insider attacks so far this year, there have been two others that resulted in no deaths or injuries, plus one attack that resulted in wounded, for a total of 13 attacks. The three non-fatal attacks had not previously been reported.

* REPEAT:

Jamie Graybeal, an ISAF spokesman in Kabul, disclosed Monday in response to repeated AP requests that in addition to 10 fatal insider attacks so far this year, there have been two others that resulted in no deaths or injuries, plus one attack that resulted in wounded, for a total of 13 attacks. The three non-fatal attacks had not previously been reported.

(*CLENCHED JAW*)

Graybeal also disclosed that in most of the 10 fatal attacks a number of other ISAF troops were wounded. By policy, the fact that the attacks resulted in wounded as well as a fatality is not reported, he said.

* UNFRIGGIN'BELIEVABLE!

Until now there has been little public notice of non-fatal insider attacks, even though they would appear to reflect the same deadly intent as that of Afghans who manage to succeed in killing their foreign partners.

U.S. officials say that in most cases the Afghans who turn their guns on their supposed allies are motivated not by sympathy for the Taliban or on orders from insurgents but rather act as a result of personal grievances against the coalition.

* IN "MOST" CASES, HUH? (*SMIRK*) IN ANY CASE, FOR WHATEVER SUPPOSED REASON, FOLKS, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT IS ONCE AGAIN IMPLICATED IN LIES (OF OMISSION) FOISTED UPON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE WORLD.