A US helicopter went down in Eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two US troops, the third time in 10 days that a coalition helicopter has come down.
The Defense Department official would not confirm the cause of the crash, saying it is under investigation. But officials have not ruled out that the chopper was shot down.
“Sometimes these things take weeks to determine the actual cause,” Maj. Adam Wojack of the International Security Assistance Force said.
Another NATO helicopter crashed near Kandahar less than a week ago, killing two Australian troops, plus one on Aug. 26, described by ISAF as a “hard landing.”
These latest US casualties bring the number of soldiers killed in the failed war in Afghanistan to 2,112, and somehow the Democrats are getting away with describing Obama’s policy in Afghanistan as one of “ending the war.”
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 troopsfrom 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.
lol, won't hear bout this at the DNC
<<<…"he did it anyways because he “could not afford to look weak” or “come under political attack from the right">>>
Yes, and obvious from day one. But, what does it say about a nation when ending a costly, immoral, pointless and illegal war is perceived by a majority of the citizens as a weakness sufficient to end the political career of a president? The only thing left shining on top that hill are the furnaces smelting iron for swords and battle axes.
"…ending a costly, immoral, pointless and illegal war is perceived by a majority of the citizens as a weakness.."
That was not the situation in the fall of 2009. A majority of Americans opposed the war in Afghanistan. See question 25 of the following polling results: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/01/27/re…
Remember, this was just after the Karzai election fiasco. Ambassador Eikenberry advised him NOT to escalate. Had he ended the war then and there, the public would have had 3 years to forget.
LOL! And to think that is the only thing still Made in USA. I can't wait till the drones start turning on their handlers and the bullets come back to the ones that fired them.
>>>“Sometimes these things take weeks to determine the actual cause,” Maj. Adam Wojack of the International Security Assistance Force said.<<<
BS. If they don't know immediately, they know as soon as they get a look at the wreckage. Those weeks are what they figure it takes the American public to forget about the "investigation".
"Yes, and obvious from day one. But, what does it say about a nation when ending a costly, immoral, pointless and illegal war is perceived by a majority of the citizens as a weakness sufficient to end the political career of a president?"
Lawrence Cutter
There is much truth in this, yet Obama swept in on a popular tide and he never tried to
use his popularity to quash jingoistic war sentiment and punish or expose the Bush-Cheney war crimes but instead proceeded to commit a few of his own.
The reason the Democrats get away with ignoring Afghanistan is the Afghan war is not an issue with the corporate media. Clint Eastwood is the only Republican to even mention Afghanistan in his one man show at the Republican convention.
but, but, but, he won the Nobel Peace Prize…
/sarcasm