Thanks W.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan
broken down by year
2,500 is a lot, but good thing the locals now all like us so much, and the USA now has all those precious minerals and local influence.
This is so much better than a Southern Border Wall.
It’s time we bring that last of our troops home. I don’t care about those people. We can’t commit the troops and materials to “win.” Aside from Rare Earth Minerals, there is no reason to be there. Oh wait...
Russia may be arming Taliban:
https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/us-will-have-role-in-afghan-reconciliation-with-taliban/wcm/d960d595-230f-47c2-93b6-1ac034790da4
Shouldn’t be there!
A waste we should get out.
We also have many, many walking wounded. I’ve worked with many vets who at first seem okay, but once you get to know them it becomes clear that they are very much not okay. Undiagnosed brain damage is going to haunt this country for decades to come.
A family member - now deceased - was a strategist/researcher for the Navy. He had traveled extensively to the backwaters of the world, and everywhere I had been as a nonsked pilot he could describe like the back of his hand.
When asked about Afganistan, he said “It’s not a country, it’s a place between countries”.
(At a cost of nearly 2500 brave young Americans lost? The sand savages can all go to hell. I’ll take the wall, thank you.)
Prayers up for their families and loved ones...God Bless them all.
Apparently about 1850 actually from combat.