U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Taliban grab district

Reuters ^ | Aug 26 , 2015 | Mohammad Stanekzai

[LeoWindhorse]

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday despite repeated U.S. air strikes to repel them, adding to the insurgents' recent advances in a heavily fought over region of opium farms and trade routes.

Elsewhere in Helmand, a man in Afghan uniform opened fire in the former British base of Camp Bastion, killing two U.S. service personnel, before being shot and wounded. Another man in Afghan uniform was wounded in the return fire.

[LeoWindhorse]

Lashkar Gah , Now Zad , Bastion , these are all storied places where many many U.S. & U.K. heroes shed blood and many died . Now all falling to the Taliban , as the result of Obama's cowardly disengagement plans . I suggest we pull out completely , give it several weeks for the Talib to move back in and then deploy tactical nukes against the entire region . Light up Helmand , turn it into Hell on Earth . Sin loi Taliban ....

[maddog55]

Bring back agent orange for the opium farms.

[LeoWindhorse]

I tell ya , it’s going to start all over again .

We need to nuke those bastards . Make an example

The mountains would likely contain the blasts nicely .
Just really hit them good . Turn Helmand into Hell

[Cowboy Bob]

I think it’s wonderful that Americans are being sent to fight and die in the protection of opium farms. /sarc

[laconic]

Don’t you know? We are nation building, bringing democracy to people who have been starving for it for 2000 years. Of course, we can’t trust anyone there, women are treated worse than pack animals, and the government is peopled by thieves on a grand scale. Another Bush failure, another reason why NOT to consider putting another Bush in the White House.

[rfreedom4u]

Would salt be cheaper? Salt their fields so that nothing will grow. Let them try to eat rocks and dirt.

[Chgogal]

Obama’s Good War.