Nancy Youssef, Daily Beast: Worst Attack in 18 Months Shocks U.S. Military
The Taliban weren't supposed to able to get to American forces like this. But somehow, a suicide bomber, riding a motorcycle, just took out a half-dozen U.S. troops.
Six U.S. troops were killed while on patrol in Afghanistan. It marked the deadliest day for American forces in nearly 18 months, and signaled that a resurgent Taliban was on the move in what was supposed to be the waning year of the war.
Another three Afghan troops who were on patrol with their American counterparts were injured.
The Taliban reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, which left U.S. military officials scrambling to figure out how the Taliban could’ve taken out so many troops at once.
WNU Editor: The Pentagon has more than just 6 soldiers being killed to worry about .... the Taliban are on the verge of seizing half of the country ....
.... In October, the Long War Journal concluded the Taliban 20 has control of percent of the country and has influence in half of it. On Monday, the same publication said the group has control over nearly all of the south, an area the U.S. and allied partners spend more than a decade wrestling out of Taliban hands.
2 comments:
Pull out and let Russian, China, Iran and Pakistan take care of it.
The liberals called it the good war until Iraq was ended. So 1/3rd to 1/2 of the country does not support the war effort.
So why fight for a country where not enough people fight hard enough or are cohesive enough?
There are brave enough Afghans but it seems that people like the kleptomaniac brother of Karzai prevail.
In other news Obama went golfing.
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