we have lost 26 troops in Afghanistan so far this month

[w8liftinglady]

this is what is known as Karma,folks.
What will be will be.
We need to leave.

http://icasualties.org/oef/
year j f m a m j j a s o n d total
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 12
2002 10 13 15 10 1 3 0 3 1 5 1 8 70
2003 4 7 12 2 3 7 2 4 2 6 8 1 58
2004 11 2 3 3 9 5 2 4 4 8 7 2 60
2005 2 3 6 19 4 29 2 33 12 10 7 4 131
2006 1 17 13 5 17 22 19 29 38 17 9 4 191
2007 2 18 10 20 25 24 29 34 24 15 22 9 232
2008 14 7 20 14 23 46 30 46 37 19 12 27 295
2009 25 25 28 14 27 38 76 77 70 74 32 35 521
2010 43 52 39 34 51 103 88 79 57 65 26 0 637

[de novo]

1. 637 on the year. This is Obama's War, Obama's surge.

[rug]

8. 692 since he announced it at West Point.

[spanone]

2. i've noticed our media no longer cares about war..it's expensive to cover

so they ignore it

[Catherina]

3. If they covered the war right now, too many people would start asking too many questions

Pressure might be put on the government for an action it won't deliver and all hell could break loose.

[w8liftinglady]

6. I think you can guess what my next editorial will involve.

[Catherina]

10. I look forward to it. Thank you n/t

[w8liftinglady]

4. well...they don't get rich from it...Snooki and Octomom are more profitable

[spanone]

7. you said it

:thumbsup:

[Catherina]

5. All of them. Dead in vain. RIP. n/t

[Goldstein1984]

9. Well, fortunately for empire and the war(s) effort

The recession is providing a steady supply of recruits driven by economically-induced patriotism.

Convenient.

[Octafish]

11. Apart from naming local service people, the papers and tee vee don't much talk about this.

Serves to draw attention away from the wars and the fact they were started on lies by warmongering criminals and traitors.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. Don't worry' Kerry's last Man 'will be buried

after this insane War is over .....

But I wonder
if Kerry will still be in the Senate then?


WHY ARE WE THERE?


I know... Rare Metals?

Listen to the Military... they want to stay.

IMPERIALISTIC WAR

[FirstLight]

13. so freaking wrong

...and we wonder why we are in such bad shape here at home?
karma is right!

my son's good friend is scheduled to ship out by new year's, he went into the airforce right after graduation... he is 18 and plans to marry his girlfriend before he leaves (just in case he doesn't return?)
3 months deployed, 3 months home, that's what he's hoping for...

just . .so. fucking.... WRONG

[progressoid]

14. a sad and reluctant rec.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. 26 more names to add to the monument the politicians will shed crocodile tears over.

When drumming up support for the next war.

[w8liftinglady]

16. they didn't even fake an interest this election cycle.