U.S. President Barack Obama places a challenge coin on a memorial as he and first lady Michelle Obama pay their respects for the dead soldiers at the conclusion of service in Fort Hood, Texas April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rolling Stone: Some 2,500 Americans Have Died in Afghanistan and Iraq Under Obama
Under Obama, America has been at war for longer than under any other U.S. president
In Barack Obama's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention — the speech that catapulted him onto the national stage — the bright-eyed, loose-limbed senator from Illinois spoke of America's responsibility to its soldiers.
"We have a solemn obligation," Obama said, "not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war and secure the peace."
In that spirit, here are some of those numbers.
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WNU Editor: This total does not include subcontractors.
"We have a solemn obligation," Obama said, "not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war and secure the peace."
ReplyDeleteReally!?!?
What a waste of good American life for country don't even care about you,We should never fight another country fight.
ReplyDeleteMost of whom don't want America there either.
ReplyDelete"This total does not include subcontractors"
ReplyDeleteNope,
But who gives a s@@@ about them?
Some day the truth will come out about how many civilians died or were severely injured supporting these occupations.
Let the Iranians and Pakistanis divided Afghanistan into spheres of influence or kill each other over it.
ReplyDeleteSooner or later Russia and China will jump in and the bad actors other than China and Russia will get their comeuppance.