U.S. Combat Deaths In Afghanistan Highest in Years.

[sparky]

There are many who deserve nothing less than rotting in hell for what we have done here.


The local doctor recorded a cellphone video to document the dead faces, freckled with shrapnel and blood, coated with dust and debris. Some were Afghan men of fighting age, but most – dozens of them – were women and children. Taza was 3 years old. Maida was 2. Zia, 1.

The hot summer wind kicked up dust, smoke and the smell of gunpowder as villagers tried to make sense of why their remote village was demolished by an American airstrike in the middle of the night.

A clue was found near several of the dead Afghan fighters: ID badges from the private security company at the American-controlled airfield up the road.

Why had a team of U.S. soldiers and Marines battled its own paid security detail?

Inside the U.S. military raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead

None of my original question have been answered. Why? Why are we doing this?

easy:
1. if you knew anything about war/combat/etc, you would know it is very confusing -ESPECIALLY Afghanistan compared to WW2
2. there have been numerous attacks on US personnel by supposed friendlies
3. there are friendly fire accidents sometimes in battles
4. civilians die in wars --this is part of wars
etc

When we do it we call it collateral damage. When they do it we call it terrorism.

Dumb argument.

It wasn't an argument. It was a statement.

When we do it, it is not intentional, with the goal of terrorizing and killing people randomly. It's a mistake, and often ends up being investigated, and sometimes people are penalized if they acted improperly.

When you drop bombs on homes full of people it is on purpose.

When they do it, they are deliberately and intentionally targeting the people hit, to specifically cause random death and terror.

Our military does not target people who have no military value. We do not drop bombs on schools like Assad did.

MSF hospital: US condemned over 'horrific bombing' in Afghanistan

Adolescent casualties have always existed in every bombing campaign ,although you may find the Gub'Mit a tad slow in reporting it all>>>

The Trump administration had previously ignored a May 2018 deadline for an annual accounting of civilian and enemy casualties required under Executive Order 13732[24] signed in 2016 by Barack Obama.[25][26]

Civilian casualties from U.S. drone strikes - Wikipedia

~S~

 

[Andylusion]

There are many who deserve nothing less than rotting in hell for what we have done here.


The local doctor recorded a cellphone video to document the dead faces, freckled with shrapnel and blood, coated with dust and debris. Some were Afghan men of fighting age, but most – dozens of them – were women and children. Taza was 3 years old. Maida was 2. Zia, 1.

The hot summer wind kicked up dust, smoke and the smell of gunpowder as villagers tried to make sense of why their remote village was demolished by an American airstrike in the middle of the night.

A clue was found near several of the dead Afghan fighters: ID badges from the private security company at the American-controlled airfield up the road.

Why had a team of U.S. soldiers and Marines battled its own paid security detail?

Inside the U.S. military raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead

None of my original question have been answered. Why? Why are we doing this?

easy:
1. if you knew anything about war/combat/etc, you would know it is very confusing -ESPECIALLY Afghanistan compared to WW2
2. there have been numerous attacks on US personnel by supposed friendlies
3. there are friendly fire accidents sometimes in battles
4. civilians die in wars --this is part of wars
etc

When we do it we call it collateral damage. When they do it we call it terrorism.

Dumb argument.

It wasn't an argument. It was a statement.

When we do it, it is not intentional, with the goal of terrorizing and killing people randomly. It's a mistake, and often ends up being investigated, and sometimes people are penalized if they acted improperly.

When you drop bombs on homes full of people it is on purpose.

When they do it, they are deliberately and intentionally targeting the people hit, to specifically cause random death and terror.

Our military does not target people who have no military value. We do not drop bombs on schools like Assad did.

MSF hospital: US condemned over 'horrific bombing' in Afghanistan

Sarwar Husaini, a spokesman for Kunduz police, claimed Taliban fighters had entered the hospital compound on Friday evening and were firing at security forces from inside. MSF has not responded to the allegation.
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That's from your link. And it makes my point.

 

[pknopp]

There are many who deserve nothing less than rotting in hell for what we have done here.


The local doctor recorded a cellphone video to document the dead faces, freckled with shrapnel and blood, coated with dust and debris. Some were Afghan men of fighting age, but most – dozens of them – were women and children. Taza was 3 years old. Maida was 2. Zia, 1.

The hot summer wind kicked up dust, smoke and the smell of gunpowder as villagers tried to make sense of why their remote village was demolished by an American airstrike in the middle of the night.

A clue was found near several of the dead Afghan fighters: ID badges from the private security company at the American-controlled airfield up the road.

Why had a team of U.S. soldiers and Marines battled its own paid security detail?

Inside the U.S. military raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead

None of my original question have been answered. Why? Why are we doing this?

easy:
1. if you knew anything about war/combat/etc, you would know it is very confusing -ESPECIALLY Afghanistan compared to WW2
2. there have been numerous attacks on US personnel by supposed friendlies
3. there are friendly fire accidents sometimes in battles
4. civilians die in wars --this is part of wars
etc

When we do it we call it collateral damage. When they do it we call it terrorism.

Dumb argument.

It wasn't an argument. It was a statement.

When we do it, it is not intentional, with the goal of terrorizing and killing people randomly. It's a mistake, and often ends up being investigated, and sometimes people are penalized if they acted improperly.

When you drop bombs on homes full of people it is on purpose.

When they do it, they are deliberately and intentionally targeting the people hit, to specifically cause random death and terror.

Our military does not target people who have no military value. We do not drop bombs on schools like Assad did.

MSF hospital: US condemned over 'horrific bombing' in Afghanistan

Sarwar Husaini, a spokesman for Kunduz police, claimed Taliban fighters had entered the hospital compound on Friday evening and were firing at security forces from inside. MSF has not responded to the allegation.
​

That's from your link. And it makes my point.

You have no point. It never happened. We verified nothing. As far as we know the story was completely made up to provide cover. How many times does it have to be pointed out to you that your government lies to you about war? They completely make things up (Jessica Lynch, Benghazi video, etc). We bombed a hospital. A hospital. You do that for one reason. To terrorize the population.

Those who had to drop those bombs knew it was wrong........just think what we have also done to them also.

For what? It's not our job to police Afghanistan.

 

[Correll]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

 

[rightwinger]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

Who would you have nuked after 9-11??

 

[pknopp]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

 

[Correll]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

Who would you have nuked after 9-11??

The people that did it, and/or their allies.

 

[Correll]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

The Soviets falling worked out pretty well for US.

They do not inevitably get turned in our direction.

We are trying to impose our system, on them. It is our only counter-argument to Islam.


We do not need them to jump when we say, just be able to live in the world with US, like a civilized nation.

 

[pknopp]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

The Soviets falling worked out pretty well for US.

They do not inevitably get turned in our direction.

We are trying to impose our system, on them. It is our only counter-argument to Islam.


We do not need them to jump when we say, just be able to live in the world with US, like a civilized nation.

A civilized nation attacks countries that have done nothing to them?

 

[Correll]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

The Soviets falling worked out pretty well for US.

They do not inevitably get turned in our direction.

We are trying to impose our system, on them. It is our only counter-argument to Islam.


We do not need them to jump when we say, just be able to live in the world with US, like a civilized nation.

A civilized nation attacks countries that have done nothing to them?

Sometimes. Sure. Why do you ask?

 

[pknopp]

U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years

Why are we still getting our soldiers killed there? What's the end game? What are we supposedly fighting for? What do we win?

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

The Soviets falling worked out pretty well for US.

They do not inevitably get turned in our direction.

We are trying to impose our system, on them. It is our only counter-argument to Islam.


We do not need them to jump when we say, just be able to live in the world with US, like a civilized nation.

A civilized nation attacks countries that have done nothing to them?

Sometimes. Sure. Why do you ask?

I disagree.

 

[Correll]

The goal is to turn Afghanistan into a secular liberal democracy, like US.


No one is willing to say, that that is impossible.


We should appoint a King in Kabul, give him enough guns to control the capital, and declare victory and go home.


And let people know, that the next 9-11, nuclear weapons will be the response.

It never works out well when we give people guns. They inevitably get turned in our direction but we don't care about a secular government. All we care about is one that will jump when we tell it to jump.

The next 9-11 may be nukes.

The Soviets falling worked out pretty well for US.

They do not inevitably get turned in our direction.

We are trying to impose our system, on them. It is our only counter-argument to Islam.


We do not need them to jump when we say, just be able to live in the world with US, like a civilized nation.

A civilized nation attacks countries that have done nothing to them?

Sometimes. Sure. Why do you ask?

I disagree.

Take it up with all of recorded history.


My goal is not an utopia of peace, just NOT having to accept terrorism as part of the new norm.


I do not think that is asking too much.

 

[basquebromance]

Crazy Bernie just tweeted:

"Let me repeat a warning I gave in 2002: “War must be the last recourse in our international relations. And as a caring nation, we must do everything we can to prevent the horrible suffering that a war will cause.”

 

[pknopp]

Crazy Bernie just tweeted:

"Let me repeat a warning I gave in 2002: “War must be the last recourse in our international relations. And as a caring nation, we must do everything we can to prevent the horrible suffering that a war will cause.”

At least unlike Obama and Trump he is consistent.

 

[basquebromance]

Crazy Bernie just tweeted:

"Let me repeat a warning I gave in 2002: “War must be the last recourse in our international relations. And as a caring nation, we must do everything we can to prevent the horrible suffering that a war will cause.”

At least unlike Obama and Trump he is consistent.

consistency is overrated!

 

[basquebromance]

3-star Army General Douglas Lute, 2015: "We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan ..What are we trying to do here? We didn't have the foggiest notion ..If the American people knew the magnitude of this dysfunction 2,400 lives lost .."

 

[pknopp]

3-star Army General Douglas Lute, 2015: "We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan ..What are we trying to do here? We didn't have the foggiest notion ..If the American people knew the magnitude of this dysfunction 2,400 lives lost .."

That goes for everything we are doing. It's why we had no idea who we were arming in Syria. It's why we wasted millions (billions?)training Iraqi soldiers for them to simply throw down their weapons and go home once that training was over.

We would never accept the things we are doing if another country was doing it to us, so I simply can not understand why we think they will simply accept it. After all these years, those running things still can not grasp this. Their ego's will not allow them to admit they failed so we continue to kill, only making things worse.