Since WW2, US military involvement in war has been about making money for the Military Industrial Complex, nothing more. My sense is that the major stockholders of the companies that produce military weapons are also the same folks who own the world’s banking systems as well as the companies who own the world’s energy. I’ve always heard those with the gold make the rules.
2 US troops killed, 4 wounded in Afghanistan
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-troops-killed-4-wounded-in-afghanistan/
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,169
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-at-2169/2014/02/11/05261ee4-934f-11e3-b3f7-f5107432ca45_story.html