The 3,000th NATO soldier to die in the Afghanistan war was an American who passed away last week.
Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson, 26, died May 20 while seeking medical treatment in near a U.S. military base in Bahrain, the Defense Department said Friday. He was assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain and was “supporting the Afghanistan mission,” according to officials.
He was the 1,974th U.S. death in the decade-long war and the 3,000th overall coalition death. The exact number of Afghan civilians killed in the war is not known. The United Nations only started trying to keep track of civilian casualties in 2007 and as of late 2011 they said the number of Afghan civilians killed was 11,864. The true number is in the tens of thousands.
The U.S. has begun to recognize that the war is a total failure and the Obama administration is scrambling for a partial withdrawal by 2014.
David Rothkopf, CEO and editor at large of Foreign Policy magazine, has written that President Obama was reluctant to recommit to the Afghan war with a surge in troops from the beginning, but that he did it anyways because he “could not afford to look weak” or “come under political attack from the right.” So, thousands of coalition soldiers and tens of thousands of Afghans have been killed because Obama was afraid to be called a wimp.
Press reports of 4 NATO soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan in separate incidents. Also report of a British soldier killed in Helmand.
I extend my condolences to Wilson's family, but i have to ask (as it wasn't reported in the article) how he died in Bahrain? Did he die in the military hospital or on the way… what's not being reported and why?
Now I ask of Obama- why did Wilson have to die? Was his death 'worth it' to you? What benefit did you- or anyone in the US, for that matter- gain from this young man's death?
Our military forces are for national defense- not for Presidential prestige in prosecuting aggressive foreign wars of choice. I hold the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, personally responsible for this sailor's death by virtue of the irresponsible deployment of our forces abroad.
Go to the ISAF website. They essential stopped reporting combat deaths since may 13th.
Which means that the 'leaders' who have taken us into the Afghan War and who've 'surged' our involvement there have not officially killed more Americans that OBL did on 9/11. Think about that.
Is 3000 deaths any less of a national horror if they die bit by bit strung out over a decade rather than in a single day?
Or is it that different people are dying?
Trojan Hoes representing another country run this crime spree……….. false flag WAR…!!!!!
Over the next few decades, how many of our "heroes" will die of their own hand?
It breaks the heart of people for all those killed in wars, civilian or military, especially the unnecessary wars of choice. I deeply feel sorry for this sailor whose life was cut short in vain.