Posted on 08/03/2017 7:37:28 AM PDT by ColdOne
Two U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in a suicide car bomb attack on a NATO convoy near Kandahar in southwestern Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said.
Several other troops were wounded in the attack, but the number of wounded and their nationalities were not immediately disclosed.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack near the airfield on the outskirts of Kandahar, the group's spiritual birthplace.
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Trump needs to act on his instincts and end this deep state quagmire.
We need to poison the poppy fields and leave.
I don’t even bother reading beyond the headlines of these stories anymore. U.S. military veterans get all the respect I can give, but I really have to wonder what the hell us going through the mind of anyone who puts on a military uniform these days and places their safety in the hands of a government and military leadership as fouled up as ours.
Pretty damn worthless cause to die for
The poppy fields
Why are we still there?
Sorry for the loss of an Americans, but why are we still there? 17 years and counting and virtually nothing has been accomplished (besides getting a lot of people killed and maimed).
You notice that under obama these were NATO casualties but now reported truthfully as US deaths
Brave men, terrible eternal loss to their families ...
For what gain
Why are we still there????
There’s a reason why this country was built on the success of colonial militias that were basically paramilitary organizations whose leaders were very hesitant to put much trust in the wisdom of government bureaucrats.
yep hardly a mention when obama was in, but now they are US deaths, not NATO deaths.
My oldest is a Marine, and I still have no idea why the hell are we there except maybe a few special forces working away from the Afghans, and Paki’s on that border, and doing their own thing like killing backward scumbags.
The Taliban, Sunni Terrorists. Where are the Russophiles now, since Russia is supplying these people? At seeing the headline, I would have thought this was an ISIS act originally.
Scorch the earth, and leave.
And everyone in DC going on vacation.
God be with our Forces.
Kind of the way it seems Afghanistan seems to be destined - carved into fiefdoms run by warlords with no permanent loyalty to any central authority
They can choose to ally with the taliban or take them down if they cross the tribal authorities - they can also deal with ISIS interlopers
Question of the day: when was Afghanistan ever NOT a failed state?
If the answer is never then all we need is a geopolitical strategy of containing their miserable failed country so they cant damage us or our interests
If Russia China Iran and Pakistan want the role - go for it
“Why are we still there???? “
To mine the rare earth elements and strategic metals.
Only reason I can figure.
5.56mm
roger that and call the country by it’s official name: “The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”
It’s not worth one American life.
Opium? Notice how the masses here are all drug up on opioids? Teamvaljar sure let the epidemic spread fast those 8 years. Who owns NARCAN that is used to save the lives of those who od?
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