Is This G. W. Bush's Fault, Too?

Obama and Congress Set Record Budget Deficit in February
By Brian Koenig
COMMENTARY | The Obama campaign just released the trailer for its 17-minute, Hollywood-composed documentary -- entitled "The Road We've Traveled" -- which purportedly touts the President's so-called accomplishments in financial reform, the auto industry, and his landmark healthcare reform law. "How do we understand this President and his time in office?" Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks narrates over a melodramatic soundtrack. "Do we look at the day's headlines or do we remember what we as a country have been through?"
Naturally, the economic dormancy, fiscal tragedies, and soaring unemployment levels are absent from the trailer -- and most likely, from the movie itself. Indeed, President Barack Obama's alleged leadership in the economic crisis has led to record-breaking measures, particularly regarding the nation's fiscal shape.
That's right, pop the champagne and release the confetti, because the federal deficit in fiscal year 2012 has already exceeded half a trillion dollars.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the government will foster a deficit of $229 billion in February, the highest monthly figure in U.S. history. The previous record was $223 billion, which was achieved in February 2011, according to the Washington Times.
The record figure narrates a damning tale: The federal government is borrowing far more money while incurring far less revenue than it needs to fill the expanding fiscal gap. In fact, the Times reported, "the government has borrowed 42 cents of every dollar it spent during the first five months of this fiscal year."
And to pass all the blame Congress would be imprudent. Obama's leadership, particularly regarding fiscal matters, has led to a mass expansion in welfare benefits, billions of dollars in failed green-energy projects, and a near-trillion-dollar economic stimulus law that proved futile for the nation's unemployment picture.
Without a doubt, such financial ineptitude should reflect poorly on Congress, for both Republicans and Democrats. But one would think such a fiscal landmark would be calamitous for the President's November election results. Granted, President George W. Bush was no fiscal saint. But Obama has been in office for more than three years, and the "blame Bush" phenomenon is not only wearing thin, it's long worn out its credibility.

MTW-
How much of the American tax-payer’s money is this horrible man going to spend on his re-election? Did Tom Hanks and the Hollywood folk foot the bill for your movie? They are his biggest fans. They are the wealthiest. These self-absorbed VERY RICH and VERY OVERPAID entertainers seem to not care about this Nation, nor do they care for the folks whom have made them successful. I mean no disrespect to the level-headed stars, many of whom just may care, such as those who are not supporters of Obama, or may have served in the Military; although it sure has been a while since any of them has done so. Was it Mr. Eastwood, Bill Cosby, or Morgan Freeman in Korea? Or was it Elvis or Chuck Norris in ’57 and ’58 respectively? Or did any of them go to Vietnam? The ones I have found are- Jeff Bridges, served in the Coast Guard, and Drew Carey was in the Marine Corps from 1981-1987, but do not let me forget Army Military Police Laurence Tureaud, serving until 1975. I pity the fool who forgets Mr. T. A little gap there-say, a Vietnam sized gap. (save Mr. T.) I am also sure there are Republican celebrities; I have a list, just Google it. Why do we not just go to George Clooney’s house and have one of his Democratic star studded orgies? And what is the real deal with the scientology nonsense? It sounds a lot like Atheism to me. This must be the reason BO said that this is no longer a Christian Nation. By the way, a lot has been talked about Mitt Romney and his wealth. Really? Obama is a millionaire, too, somehow. Is his father must be digging for diamonds in Kenya, or whatever it is they have worth a damn? I mean no offense to those who do not deserve it, and immense offense to those who do. Of course, my favorite line in the Clint Eastwood classic “Unforgiven”, is “Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.” Let us remove any President who apologizes to anyone for anything. It is a sign of weakness. I suppose I went off topic. So, where did all of that 500 billion just go? We will never know. Do you think Tom Hanks is going to get a position in the Obama staff now? All of his other highest donators have; but a movie? Is it a comedy?

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR ARMED FORCES!
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Americans In Europe and We Are Apologizing For What?

Outstanding is a very mild word for this.

Our European arrogance in alphabetical order
1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France... A total of 2289

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium... A total of 5329

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France... A total of 4410

4. Brookwood, England - American Cemetery... A total of 468

5. Cambridge, England... A total of 3812

6. Epinal, France - American Cemetery... A total of 5525

7. Flanders Field, Belgium... A total of 368

8. Florence, Italy... A total of 4402

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium... A total of 7992

10. Lorraine , France... A total of 10,489

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg... A total of 5076

12. Meuse-Argonne... A total of 14246

13. Netherlands, Netherlands... A total of 8301

14. Normandy, France... A total of 9387

15. Oise-Aisne, France... A total of 6012

16. Rhone, France... A total of 861

17. Sicily, Italy... A total of 7861

18. Somme, France... A total of 1844

19. St. Mihiel, France... A total of 4153

20. Suresnes, France... A total of 1541

Apologize to no one.
Remind those of our sacrifice and do not confuse arrogance with leadership.
The count is 104,366
Dead, brave Americans.
And we have to watch an American elected leader who APOLOGIZES to Europe and the Middle East that our country is "arrogant"!
HOW MANY FRENCH, DUTCH, ITALIANS, BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON OUR SOIL-AFTER DEFENDING US AGAINST OUR ENEMIES?
WE DON'T ASK FOR PRAISE...
BUT WE HAVE ABSOULUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE!
DO THINK ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR ARMED FORCES!
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The Most Beautiful Explanation Of Death I Have Ever Heard

~DEATH~
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT.
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to
leave the examination room and said, 'Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side.' Very quietly, the doctor said, 'I don't know.'
'You don't know? You're, a Christian man, and don't know what's on the other side?'
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
On the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room
and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, 'Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
And when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
But I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough.'

May today there be peace within you.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings
have trouble remembering how to fly.

MTW-
Taking a day or two off.
GOD BLESS US ALL!
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The Other 1%

The Other 1%
By Jake Tapper, Richard Coolidge & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – Political Punch
Matt Flavin is part of the one percent. No, not necessarily that one percent -- Flavin served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, which makes him a minority in this country.
"One percent of the American population serves in uniform," said Flavin, who is not only a veteran, but also the former director of the White House's Office of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy.
In 2005 and 2006, Flavin was attached to a SEAL team in Baghdad, Ramadi and Fallujah, Iraq gathering intelligence. He later served in eastern Afghanistan, and not long afterward came to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The recent White House dinner honoring Iraq veterans was, as the president said, an opportunity for the country to express its gratitude for the men and women that served in Iraq, to welcome them home. But as Flavin knows all too well, coming home, is not always easy.
"I think everyone comes home changed," said Flavin, adding that it took him some time to transition back to life outside of a war zone.
"You don't sleep well, you think a lot about what you've been through, you think a lot about what you've come home to," said the retired navy officer.
"A lot of people have that story about going to get a cup of coffee and, you know, the person in front of them being upset about the foam on their latte ... not being foamy enough. And just being totally disgusted about being back."
The story illustrates the disconnect between the Americans who have escaped these wars untouched, and those who have not been so fortunate. The divide can be particularly painful for those who have lost loved ones. One father of a man who received an award posthumously told us the American people would rather think about anything other than the men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Flavin says for those who are on active duty, it can be tough to turn around and see people across the United States simply living their regular lives.
"It's hard not to be a little bit angry when you see the tremendous sacrifice that some have paid in this war," said Flavin, while others have been completely unaffected.

MTW-
I believe that this Soldier is correct. Thank you Matt.
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Did You Know?

DID YOU KNOW? As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW? As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court Judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington , D.C. DID YOU KNOW?

James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of Our Constitution' made the Following statement: 'We have staked the whole of all our political
Institutions upon the capacity of mankind
for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to
govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to The Ten
Commandments of God.'

DID YOU KNOW? Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW? Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established Orthodox churches in the colonies.DID YOU KNOW?

Thomas Jefferson worried
that the Courts would overstep their authority
and instead of Interpreting the law would begin
making law an oligarchy: the rule of few over many. How then, have we gotten to the point that
everything we have done for 220 years in this
Country is now suddenly wrong and
Unconstitutional? Let’s put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this great country was Built on The Holy Bible and belief in GOD!

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Wealth vs. Integrity

Wealthy More Likely To Lie or Cheat: Researchers
By Elizabeth Lopatto | Bloomberg
Maybe, as the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald suggested, the rich really are different. They're more likely to behave badly, according to seven experiments that weighed the ethics of hundreds of people.
The "upper class," as defined by the study, were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to increase their odds of winning a prize and endorse unethical behavior at work, researchers reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Taken together, the experiments suggest at least some wealthier people "perceive greed as positive and beneficial," probably as a result of education, personal independence and the resources they have to deal with potentially negative consequences, the authors wrote.
While the tests measured only "minor infractions," that factor made the results, "even more surprising," said Paul Piff, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at the University of California , Berkeley, and a study author.
One experiment invited 195 adults recruited using Craigslist to play a game in which a computer "rolled dice" for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate. The numbers each participant rolled were the same; anyone self-reporting a total higher than 12 was lying about their score. Those in wealthier classes were found to be more likely to fib, Piff said.
"A $50 prize is a measly sum to people who make $250,000 a year," he said. "So why are they more inclined to cheat? For a person with lower socioeconomic status, that $50 would get you more, and the risks are small."
Community Standards
Poorer participants may be less likely to cheat because they must rely more on their community to get by, and thus are more likely adhere to community standards, Piff suggested. By comparison, "upper-class individuals are more self-focused, they privilege themselves over others, and they engage in self- interested patterns of behavior," he said in a telephone interview.
To be sure, Piff and his colleagues also said the associations they found were likely to have exceptions, pointing to Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., who has pledged the majority of his holdings to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other charities, and the whistle-blowing of Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins, former officials of Worldcom Inc. and Enron Corp (ENRNQ)., respectively.
Less wealthy individuals also can behave badly, they wrote, noting the relationship between poverty and violent crime in previous research. They urged further study to determine the "boundaries" of bad behavior spurred by greed.
Visual Evidence
The studies Piff and his colleagues completed weren't meant to measure the ties between socioeconomic status and violent crime, but rather simple bad behavior, he said.
Some of the experiments offered visual evidence, for instance determining whether people with more expensive cars observed traffic laws in the San Francisco Bay Area, yielding to cars and pedestrians at an intersection, or whether individuals took candy identified as being set aside for kids. Others polled people on what decision they might make in a given situation.
In the traffic tests, about one-third of drivers in higher- status cars cut off other drivers at an intersection watched by the researchers, about double those in less costly cars. Additionally, almost half of the more expensive cars didn't yield when a pedestrian entered the crosswalk while all of the lowest-status cars let the pedestrian cross. These experiments involved 426 vehicles.
Salary Negotiation
Another test asked 108 adults found through Amazon Inc.'s (AMZN) work-recruiting website Mechanical Turk to assume the role of an employer negotiating a salary with someone seeking long-term employment. They were told several things about the job, including that it would shortly be eliminated. Upper-class individuals were more likely not to mention to the job-seeker the impermanence of the position, the research found.
Meredith McGinley, an assistant professor at Chatham University in Pittsburgh who wasn't involved in the study, was critical of how some of the experiments were designed.
The design of the car experiments complicates the picture because having a flashy car doesn't necessarily mean the driver is wealthy, said McGinley, who studies positive social behavior. In the experiment involving candy, the participants were told they could have it even though the children were waiting for it. They may have felt they were doing nothing wrong, she said.
The research indicates that valuing greed leads to unethical behavior, not necessarily that social class causes bad behavior, McGinley said, adding, "greediness seems like a much more substantial predictor than income."
Previous Research
The study builds on previous research that has shown wealthy people are worse at recognizing how others feel and are more likely to be disengaged during social interactions than others, the authors wrote in the paper.
That seems to be the case even in primates, said Piff, who describes his status growing up as being "relatively comfortable, middle-class." Because of his education, he's now "probably upper-middle class," he said.
"It's not that the rich are innately bad, but as you rise in the ranks -- whether as a person or a nonhuman primate -- you become more self-focused," Piff said. "You can change that by reminding upper-class people of the needs of others. That may not be their default, but have them do it is sufficient to increase their patterns of altruistic behavior."
To contact the reporter on this story: Elizabeth Lopatto in New York at elopatto@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reg Gale at rgale5@bloomberg.net.

MTW-
Greed and selfishness. These people are our bosses; wealthy businessmen, employers, doctors, lawyers, and most disheartening of all, politicians. Why even bother having rules, or laws, if they do not apply to everyone equally? EVERYONE. We definitely need more altruists. Of course, I would still rather have Romney than Obama. If he is intelligent enough to make so many millions, he may be able to restabilize this extremely fractured Nation, and most important of all, put an end to the unfathomable greed which exists in the Government- namely the Executive and Congressional branches. Does Nancy Pelosi really need her own jumbo jet? What about the Solyndra execs getting paid even after the company's bankruptcy? Her hands are covered in the greed which created this company, as she is in support of being "green" (that jet of hers sure is green). Such hypocracy is rife in our Congress, as is greed. Hopefully, since I truly believe Governor Romney is a good man, and is one of the few wealthy individuals whom may actually care about not only the rich, but those of us who struggle week to week, even day to day. I believe he will implement that true CHANGE we were promised in 2008. The reason our President is getting anything positive done in the last few months is to get re-elected. Remember, the Republican Congress is the ONLY reason he is getting anything passed; I am sure he will take all of the credit. Of course, he is also a millionaire, but a selfish one. Has he done anything to help the Black community? It does not matter, as Mr. Samuel L. Jackson voted for him simply based on the color of his skin. Voters need to be more intelligent than that. We are ALL the same race. THE HUMAN RACE! Skin pigments, and cultural differences, do not make us a different race. I am disabled. I live, very difficultly, on less than $1000 per month. We received our first cost of living adjustment (raise) since President Bush (who did it three years in a row) in 2012. Hooray! That extra $40 dollars a month sure is saving my finances, not! Perhaps the Government should not have pilfered the monies paid in to Social Security since the day he took office. We all need to treat each other the way we would want to be treated (do unto others- it is from the Bible). What do I know? I am just one lone voice screaming in an empty theatre. I will not stop. I realize I stated in my last post that there would not be any more government topics. However, I had to get my point across on this issue. By the way, as broke as I am, I consider myself an altruist. I help those in need, even if it hurts me. That is what good people do when they care. Why do the people in power not do this? Very frustrating.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR ARMED FORCES!
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Here Is The Fallout From Apologizing To Intolerant Murderers

Koran Burning: Can U.S. and Afghan Troops Work Together?
By JOHN WENDLE / KABUL | Time.com – 2-27-2012
As the anger over the Koran-burning controversy continued to convulse Afghanistan, another violent incident disrupted how the Kabul government interacts with its Western allies. On Saturday afternoon, a member of the Afghan Interior Ministry opened fire on two U.S. advisers -- a lieut. colonel and a major -- at the ministry's command-and-control center in the capital. The Americans were shot in the back of their heads as they sat at their desks, news reports said. "A countrywide manhunt is under way for the fugitive," Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi told TIME. Since the news broke, speculation has raged over whether the killer was an insurgent infiltrator or simply motivated by the Koran burnings at the Bagram airfield earlier this week. Sediqi denied the idea of infiltration, saying it is "clear that insurgent groups are not able to have such connections as this. The ministry is very secure, and we have not had any such incidents in the past. It cannot be suggested that he has links with some groups. But we will have to investigate."
After reading the initial reports, one Afghanistan-based security expert does not believe the killer was a Taliban plant -- as the militant group has claimed. However, Paddy Smith, a security analyst and former British soldier, says, "Given the nature of where the killer was, it is definitely interesting that he was able to holster his weapon and walk away. It is an indication of either confusion or collusion. That's some feat -- unless some other people knew about it -- to just walk into the control center and head-chop them." But Smith also says the attack underlines huge structural problems facing foreign forces in training a viable Afghan army and security force large enough and strong enough to defend the country from internal and external enemies -- one of the requirements the U.S. and NATO have set in order to withdraw by 2014 and still be able to declare a kind of victory.
The growing divide between Afghan soldiers and their mentors has already been stretched to the breaking point after six days of violent and deadly protests over the Koran burning that have left around 30 dead, including four U.S. troops previously killed by Afghan soldiers or men in Afghan-security-force uniforms. The burning of Korans by foreign troops on one side and the killing of foreign troops by Afghan soldiers on the other have pushed the level of alienation between the two sides to what could be an all-time high.
The Saturday murders were only the latest of at least 22 similar killings that have occurred since last April. Smith says there have been at least 35 in the past 12 months, though NATO spokesman Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson refused to confirm that number. The Wall Street Journal reports that at least 77 coalition troops have been killed in the past five years in "green on blue" incidents, with around 57 of those having taken place since early 2010. Smith is not sanguine about improving the situation, even as the allies pour more money and effort into training ever more locals. Says he: "You only ever rent an Afghan, you can't buy one."
"Language and culture barriers always remain," says Smith. "These Americans [killed on Saturday] probably didn't have the first clue of what was about to hit them. Even if the Afghans had been sitting around talking about the murder in Dari [a local language], these guys wouldn't have known about it. Very seldom do we actually connect with each other," Smith says. "These guys are loyal because we pay them. You only start to develop a bond over months and years, and British soldiers only have six months before they go home."
Smith says that NATO troops "get on a plane at a NATO base in the U.S. or Europe and fly to a NATO base in Afghanistan, and they never really engage with the Afghan population. Also -- and this is the chicken-and-the-egg question -- because of force-protection measures, soldiers can't get out there and win hearts and minds, and because of this, more soldiers die. And the more that soldiers die, the more force-protection measures there are -- and they interact even less. We've just driven a wedge between ourselves," Smith says, echoing feelings and observations expressed in numerous conversations TIME has had with analysts, observers, service members, officers and security contractors over more than two years in Afghanistan.
The Saturday attacks seem to verify the findings of a declassified -- then reclassified -- U.S. Army study titled A Crisis of Trust and Cultural Incompatibility, which was released in May 2011. Through hundreds of interviews with both Afghan and American service members, it found that the murders of NATO troops by Afghan troops "do not represent 'rare and isolated events' as [is] currently being proclaimed." Afghan soldiers cited night raids and home searches by foreign troops, the lack of respect for women, indiscriminate shooting, constant cursing and arrogance as top complaints against their foreign "partners." They also said failure to prosecute foreign troops for war crimes, disrespect for Afghan soldiers, poor logistical support and a failure to share information led to divisions between the two forces -- among numerous other complaints that included entering mosques, eating in front of fasting Afghan soldiers during Ramadan and other episodes of the desecration of the Koran.
At the same time, the report noted that U.S. troops have an extremely low regard for their Afghan counterparts. The service members' top complaints were that the Afghans were drug abusers, thieves, traitorous, unstable, incompetent and had poor officers and noncommissioned officers. The troops also said Afghan recruits lacked discipline, were dangerous in firefights, were cowardly, lazy and had poor hygiene.
The report concludes that "the rapidly growing fratricide-murder trend committed by Afghan national security force [ANSF] personnel against NATO members" confirms the "ineffectiveness [of] our efforts in stabilizing Afghanistan, developing a legitimate and effective government, battling the insurgency, gaining the loyalty, respect and friendship of the Afghans [and] building the ANSFs into legitimate and functional organizations." The report says that these complaints and murders challenge the usefulness of the "partnering" concept. "This is all the more a paradox given [NATO's] assumption of and planned reliance [on] the [ANSF] to be able to take over the security burden before it can disengage from this grossly prolonged conflict."
Despite that, the U.S. and NATO have always painted the partnership in positive terms. In a message issued on Saturday, the NATO commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, thanked the Afghan military "for the sacrifices they have made this week to minimize violence throughout the country," and added that "for many years, these brave ANSF soldiers and policemen have stood together alongside us, shoulder to shoulder, shohna ba shohna, in dutifully seeking to protect the Afghan population from a merciless insurgency." That message was released before the two U.S. troops were killed. On Saturday, NATO pulled back all of its troops from their mentoring roles in Afghan government ministries, a significant move that NATO spokesman Jacobson described to TIME as "temporary" -- but one that is bound to have far-reaching ramifications over the coming year.

MTW-
This is what an apology to religious fanatics will get you. Please Mr. BO, why do you not simply just bring our people home? We can bomb and cruise missile them into the stone age without a single boot on the ground. I do not think that will be necessary if we LEAVE and STOP GIVING THEM MONEY! I would have already dropped a couple of nukes on the place if I were you. Then again, I WAS born here, for sure, and I love my fellow Americans too much to apologize over NOTHING; and next, two of our OFFICERS are executed? Thems’ fightin’ words buddy! As far as any Americans who happen to be have chosen to be Muslims, or are immigrants, what makes you feel any more discriminated against than anybody else? Everywhere each of us go, whatever difference we have from the majority at that moment, will get you treated poorly. I have been, and I am white. According to some, that is supposed to be a good thing. It was other white people picking on me. You want to be a Muslim, go ahead. You are free to do that here. In Iran they are trying to make a Christian renounce his faith in exchange for his life. Are we doing that to you here? Or, do you still feel self-conscious about 9/11 and the decade of War on Terror, in which oddly enough we are fighting MUSLIMS? And you are angry at the Republican candidates for not giving you enough attention, like Mr. Paul? WE DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE EVERYTHING IN ARABIC FOR YOU. Go and move somewhere that does do that if you are not happy here. I am not happy you are here either.

Two U.S. soldiers "killed by Afghan soldier, civilian"
By Michael Georgy | Reuters – 3-1-2012 U.N. in Afghanistan says Koran burners should be punished

KABUL (Reuters) - Two American soldiers were shot dead on Thursday by two Afghans, including a man believed to be a soldier, Western and Afghan officials said, an attack likely to raise further questions about the future of Afghanistan's struggling security forces.
The killings in south Afghanistan came after two senior U.S. officers were gunned down in the Afghan Interior Ministry on Saturday by what Afghan security officials say was a police intelligence official.
At least five NATO soldiers have been killed by Afghan security forces since the burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base last month triggered widespread anger and protests.
The killing of the U.S. officers in the Interior Ministry stunned NATO and cast doubt on its strategy of replacing large combat units with advisers as the alliance tries to wind down the war, now in its eleventh year.
NATO immediately moved to withdraw all its advisers from Afghan ministries in Kabul. Britain, Germany and Canada then withdrew their advisers.
The Obama administration will not swerve from plans to move into an advisory role in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say. But Afghan officials worry that further attacks by Afghan forces on Western troops could damage ties with NATO.
According to the U.S. Pentagon, about 70 members of the NATO force were killed in 42 insider attacks from May 2007 through to January 2012.
Such incidents became more frequent after the United States sent tens of thousands of more soldiers to Afghanistan as part of a surge to fight in Taliban strongholds.
"There are Taliban sympathizers in uniform inside Afghan security forces who are not in fact sent or recruited by the Taliban," said an Afghan government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Despite tighter vetting procedures, such unfortunate incidents do occur. This problem will not go away. We need more time, more resources and manpower."
Some of Washington's partners have shown even greater sensitivity to insider attacks. In January, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suspended training and support operations and announced that France would withdraw entirely by the end of 2013 after four French troops were killed by a rogue Afghan soldier.
The United States hopes Afghan forces will be able to confront the Taliban and handle security on their own before NATO combat troops' scheduled departure by the end of 2014.
Insider attacks on NATO troops have deepened doubts about the commitment and effectiveness of Afghan forces.
"Unfortunately, this situation is a point of concern for us," General Afzal Aman, head of the operations department at the Ministry of Defense, told Reuters.
(Additional reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Robeert Birsel)

MTW-
Here is why I waited to post the former, as things have not improved, but simply an escalation in violence. We will never fix the Middle East. They do not want change, only blood. It used to be the killing of OUR people was an act of War. However, we are already at war, training the people who are killing us to take over. With whom exactly I do not know. Is it the Taliban, or regular Afghan soldiers? I do not think our leaders know, either. We need our Service Men and Women brought home. Let them kill each other, and please let Israel decide if they need to defend themselves. They are quite capable. I have had enough of this, the political agenda. Remove the United Nations from our soil. It is an impotent organization, and very much outdated. NATO needs to go as well. In those 42 insider attacks, with 7o NATO persons killed between May, 2007 through January, 2012. This cannot be stopped, nor does either side in this civil war want it to. Get our Armed Forces out of Iraq and Afghanistan before there are not any live Soldiers to bring home. Between the Unions, and the tree huggers, our Keystone Pipeline, which could have helped us with not only energy, but also jobs, it is obvious that too many people’s pockets have our President in them. Perhaps another apology will do it. I will now be taking a much needed break from the constant barrage of political BS, which is impossible to keep up with. If you do not know by now that Obama is only doing good things in the last couple of months just to get re-elected, remember the first three years, and the price of fuel. I will not stop writing, I simply feel as if I am beating a dead horse. These people cannot be trusted. The people we help still hate us, yet it is they whom are the true infadels.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR ARMED FORCES!
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