Training suspended for new Afghan recruits
By ,
The
move comes as NATO officials struggle to stem the tide of attacks on NATO
forces by their Afghan colleagues. The attacks, which have killed 45 troops
this year, have forced NATO officials to acknowledge a painful truth: Many of
the incidents might have been prevented if existing security measures had been
applied correctly.
But
numerous military guidelines were not followed — by Afghans or Americans —
because of concerns that they might slow the growth of the Afghan army and
police, according to NATO officials.”
The election’s
invisible war
By , 12:40 PM
“Everybody
loved him,” his brother, Dustin, 23, told the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
“He was a really fun guy to be around.”
“By , 12:40 PM
“Everybody
loved him,” his brother, Dustin, 23, told the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
“He was a really fun guy to be around.
“On
Tuesday, as the convention began, the Army identified a soldier killed with Birdwell: Spec. Mabry J. Anders, 21, of
Baker City, Ore. Another coalition soldier,
not yet identified, was killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan
the same day.
“On
Thursday, the final day of the convention, someone in an Afghan uniform killed three more coalition troops…”
Cassi Creek: Romney,
in his acceptance speech, ignored the war in Afghanistan.
This war
began under the administration of President George W. Bush, with the
enthusiastic support of the GOP and their base.
Due to the WTC and Pentagon
attacks on 11 Sept. 2001, the Democratic voters were early supporters as
well. But the justifiable component of
the war against the Taliban and their guests, Al Queda, was shifted to the
trumped up war in Iraq.
When there
was no Iraq left to break we pulled our combat troops out and returned focus to
Afghanistan, where our troops had been quietly and without much support, dying
in another war with no determined victory point and no allied support from the
locals.
Obama missed
his opportunity to order an immediate end to Afghanistan upon taking
office. He’s prosecuted an increasingly
unpopular war that is costing lives and injuries while our military is trying
to wage a kinder, gentler, war for a populace that views us as the greater
enemy, and that always will.
His opponent
will hammer at him for continuing the Afghan war. However, should Obama be defeated, Romney and
the teavangelists will suddenly be all for continuing the war against a
non-Christian enemy.
Obama needs
to declare an early end to the war, accept the concept that war is about
killing people until one side gives up or goes home.
We’ve been
there long enough. Our supposed allies are killing our troops for religious and
cultural reasons. We can’t stop that and
still train their army and other security forces. Our troops deserve better than being sent in
by a GOP admin that then ignored them; then being handed an impossible task, a
war without enemy casualties.
Charlotte
would be the perfect place to declare the Afghan war over. Of course, it politicizes the war. All wars are politicized from the first shot
fired. Bring them home, now!
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