Posted by
Maudie in Mandeville on Monday, August 08, 2011 8:33:43 AM
How will news of 31 special forces being killed off in Afghanistan resonate in the White House and with Democrats who, afterall, want to slash the Defense budget, anyway? As the chart notes, at least 1080 U.S. soldiers have died in the Afghanistan war since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009. That represents 63 percent of the American soldiers killed so far in the 10-year war, but Obama achieved his milestone in a mere 2½ years, and counting.
Can anyone say "Inept", or is that a RACIST word now? And let's never forget, it was adults who were pleading with Obama and the Democrats during the campaign that it would be dangerous to our troops to announce in advance that you wanted to surrender and run, and yet our Man-Child president announced to our enemies His intentions, anyway. I don't know what is more dangerous to our troops: al Quida or an incompetent in the White House.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-06-06-27-19
http://icasualties.org/OEF/ByMonth.aspx CHART (filter for Afghanistan and US only)