Posted on 09/30/2012 8:48:19 AM PDT by SMGFan
KABUL - U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that now garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014. The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and police — supposed allies — against American and NATO troops. That has raised troubling questions about whether countries in the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan will achieve their aim of helping the government in Kabul and its forces stand on their own after most foreign troops depart in little more than two years. On Sunday, a U.S. official confirmed the latest death, saying that an international service member killed in an apparent insider attack by Afghan forces in the east of the country late Saturday was American. A civilian contractor with NATO and at least two Afghan soldiers also died in the attack, according to a coalition statement and Afghan provincial officials. The U.S. official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nationality of those killed had not been formally released. Names of the dead are usually released after their families or next-of-kin are notified, a process that can take several days. The nationality of the civilian was also not disclosed.
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MSM won’t question Obama...
Should give Obama another 5% in the polls.
Support the military - Bring our soldiers home. We should have a sunset time of 2 months for troop commitments without a formal Congressional declaration of war.
Every night while Bush was in office, the ABCNNBCBS evening news readers gave an up to the minute account of how many had died in the war in Iraq.
Now, they don’ t report anything...... This will be ignored fully.......
not in cnn .com headline
“ 2 Americans dead in Afghan attack”
scroll down the page to:
“The incident brings the confirmed U.S. death toll inside Afghanistan to 2,002, according to a CNN account. The deaths include four U.S. civilians.”
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/29/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
The old media, by not covering this story, has forfeited their humanity. They traded away their humanity for some gold from the Democrats. Bravo, old media, bravo.
abcnews.com
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Hit 2,000
By PATRICK QUINN Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan September 30, 2012 (AP)
U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that now garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014.
The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and police — supposed allies — against American and NATO troops. That has raised troubling questions about whether countries in the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan will achieve their aim of helping the government in Kabul and its forces stand on their own after most foreign troops depart in little more than two years.
They need a new Pulitzer Prize category.....BEST JOB OF IGNORING A STORY THAT MIGHT HURT OUR FRIENDS AND BOSSES THE DEMOCRATS.
It may be on their websites but I predict the evening news air broadcasts will not mention it, at least as a headline story, but merely as an addendum to the Afghan soldier killing American troops, probably in the last sentence.........
Just Amazing.I haven’t heared a Peep out of the news media screaming to bring our troops home like they did during the Bush Administration.The Rotten,Biased SOB’s.No wonder their loosing viewers.
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