OFCLS: Alcohol may have played role in Afghan killings

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Meanwhile we're getting word now on that -- shooting that claimed sixteen lives military officials are now telling Fox News.

Investigators believe alcohol may have been involved in the killing the US officials saying plainly we have reason to believe.

Alcohol may have been involved and senator Joseph Lieberman joining us now.

Senator I -- I'm -- you a lot a lot but first on the soldier is -- Well obviously that's significant I mean when you think about it over the years you've been in Afghanistan in the literally been hundreds of thousands of American soldiers that are rotating -- and now.

This is an extremely rare -- horrible situation so something.

I went terribly wrong -- Christian are supposed to have alcohol if you're an American military but sometimes it happens and maybe a little help.

Explain why this awful act to curb but it's not typical of the American soldiers there.

The America the Afghan military tells me every time I go there how much they trust.

The American military American military is living with the F pins and and are generally very popular so I hope.

More is not made of this than than is that deserves another person the president has -- all of us is expressing our regret our condolences.

-- what happens.

What do you think of president Karzai's response that this is sentences is unforgivable.

It similarly fiery accident to the Koran burning.

Some weeks fact that he's just sort of adds fuel for the fire a lot of US officials say it makes a bad situation worse -- -- Well I'm I'm you know I think you'd wish for something different but I got to do the choosing -- president President Karzai has is accountable to his own people and that's a good thing to say he's in a democracy now.

And to some extent he he.

Undoubtedly feels.

A -- a responsibility to express the anger that his people feel.

On that led to demonstrations.

And some violence after the accidental.

Unintentional Koran.

Burnings but right now have been some protest.

But nothing like them and hopefully people put this in perspective and won't fit on the business of trying to.

Build a secure and free Afghanistan.

So real quickly when parliament.

Promises vengeance for -- even the heads of Americans from us.

-- Well I think you should -- the television's about incidentally -- their people are doing.

Are frequently exactly what this one soldier American soldier who went off to turn.

-- Did and we never get apologies.

From the so the Taliban.

He's trying to that take advantage of a horrible situation.

I gathered today that they shot and so my Afghan government officials.

Going to present a compensations.

To the family of the of the victims of this attack and that'll show you who they are up to is something I've seen polls on this.

If you put the Taliban up against American.

Soldiers and and and -- the Afghans in their favor they fear of the American soldiers is that they've lived under the television and they don't wanna have it happen again.

Senator Joseph Lieberman -- -- dancing -- you know the good will.

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