August: Deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 07:44By Deb Riechmann - The Associated Press
Tuesday Aug 30, 2011 | Army Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — August has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on the Obama administration to bring troops home sooner rather than later.
The 66 U.S. service members killed this month eclipses the previous record of 65 killed in July 2010, according to an Associated Press tally. Nearly half the August deaths occurred when insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter Aug. 6, killing 30 American troops, mostly elite Navy SEALs.
Violence is being reported across Afghanistan despite the U.S.-led coalition’s drive to rout insurgents from their strongholds in the south.
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Sorrows and Consequences
of nation building....including the contracts, the no-bid ones and all.
donvino
66 people killed that would
66 people killed that would still be alive if we weren't in a war that's gone on twice as long as WW2 with no clear objective other than to give the CIA and oil companies another colony.
War is a racket!
...this nobel peace prize winner from indonesia that we call potus is the greatest friend the war machine ever had...since bush2
at the cost of our country's men, women, and treasure the dick cheney's of the world get filthy stinking rich
nothing will ever change...until we elect Dr. Paul as our president
how is it that we, as a country, allow this travesty of war to continue?
this so-called and mislabeled war on "terror" has lasted longer than two world wars and has cost us our future
is there no future?
why would this be allowed to go on?
its 'cos I owe ya, my young friend...
Rockin' the FREE world in Tennessee since 1957!
Once it hits 318 deaths on
Once it hits 318 deaths on the year (which it will very soon), the "war" in Afghanistan will have topped '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, & '09 yearly levels respectively.
It is beyond obvious that they have our boys there for the diamonds, oil, pot, opium, no-bid contracts, and greater middle east area control (read: "destabilization")
I call on all Americans of good moral fiber to elect Ron Paul president!