Report: 2 Marines Killed in Afghanistan
Posted on | September 14, 2012 | 11 Comments
Among other headlines today:
Reports: Attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan;
Prince Harry training on base; 2 Marines killed
— Twitchy
Black flag of Islam flies
over U.S. embassy in Tunisia
— London Daily Mail
Three dead as protesters attack
U.S. embassy in Tunisia
— Reuters
Film maker behind anti-Muslim video
‘could be sent back to jail’
— London Daily Telegraph
US GOVERNMENT NOW ACTING
AS CENSORSHIP ARM OF ISLAMISTS
— Ace of Spades HQ
And a couple of Tweets:
THIS ISNT ABOUT A DAMN VIDEO.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 14, 2012
@michellemalkin Two Marines killed in Afghan jihad attacktwitter.com/michellemalkin… 4 Words: Nobel F***ing Peace Prize
— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 14, 2012
UPDATE: Brief bulletin from Reuters:
At least two U.S. Marines were killed during what was described as a complex Taliban attack on base in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The incident at Camp Bastion in southern Helmand province also left others wounded, the officials said, without offering further details, including on the nationalities of the wounded.
And in other “Holy Crap I Can’t Believe This SCOAMF Is Leading Ohio by Seven Freaking Points” headline updates:
White House Denies Islamic Protests
Are Reaction to Obama’s Foreign Policy
— American Power
Bloody Hand Prints at Consulate
Reveal Americans Were Dragged
From Building Before Their Death
— Gateway Pundit
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Jay Blow Me explains that this has nothing to do with President Gutsy Call’s policy:
Go look at the map of today’s protests assembled by the Atlantic. To the extent that anyone involved actually cares about the movie, what they care about is the fact that the U.S. government refuses to censor it. The government would like to censor it, clearly, but they’re barred by the First Amendment; Islamist totalitarians have trouble with that concept, though, so they’re holding the White House responsible for the film’s publication despite Carney’s obsequious stammering over how mean and disgusting and reprehensible and awful it is. They’re protesting the idea of free speech, in other words, which is supposed to be — supposed to be — “U.S. policy.”
C’mon: Seven freaking points, Ohio?
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11 Responses to “Report: 2 Marines Killed in Afghanistan”
September 14th, 2012 @ 6:43 pm
Lord rest these victims, and lift up their families.
And thank you for getting me safely out of there.
September 14th, 2012 @ 7:06 pm
!http://goo.gl/Ke2Mi
September 14th, 2012 @ 7:25 pm
Spam, Egg, Sausage, and Spam.
September 14th, 2012 @ 7:46 pm
This is (sadly) the tweet of the day.
September 14th, 2012 @ 7:48 pm
There was this attack too.
September 14th, 2012 @ 7:56 pm
I would take that Maris poll with a grain of salt. How to you get to Obama at 7+ with this nugget of info:
Party ID. 93% of Democrats likely to vote support the president while 92% of Republicans are behind Romney. Among independent voters, 44% are for Romney compared with 41% for Obama.
Am I missing something? What was the split % on party affiliation? This is Ohio. The 2010 midterm turnout had a D/R/I of 36/37/28.
September 14th, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
Someone I trust with poll (and much lefty reporting) fisking took a look at that poll and reckoned that the sample is close to D +10. There’s no great groundswell here for the president, Stacy. If anything, it’s a dead heat.
September 14th, 2012 @ 8:51 pm
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September 14th, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
Rasmussen has Ohio at Obama 47, Romney 46, which I find a lot more believable:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/ohio/election_2012_ohio_president
September 14th, 2012 @ 10:44 pm
RIP our Marines.
The Marist poll doesn’t disclose crosstabs, so at this point in the race, it should be disregarded completely, not even mentioned. As EBL & Becca Lower note above, something stinks about it – a dead even state, equal enthusiasm (which has not been found by any other poll this year), Romney leads independents slightly – but trails by 7 overall? It’s only possible with a stacked sample.
Look, even Allahpundit is now mentioning the party breakdowns of the polls he posts, and he is a lot less of a sobbing sissy for it. When you see how the fix is in, you don’t get so depressed over the raw numbers.