Could Bin Laden's Death Really Mean the End of the War?

For the full, original article, feel free to visit the Trial by Fire.   “Late Sunday night local time, two U.S. helicopters from Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and carrying Team Six SEALs flew in low from Afghanistan… The raid began on the smaller of...

Bush's 'Obsession' With Saddam Got NATO Stuck With Afghan War

In Media Interview, an American Military Officer Claims Washington Didn't Want to Be Distracted From Its Plans to Topple Saddam Hussein's Regime in Iraq, So the North Atlantic Alliance Was Given the Major Role in the War Against the Taliban -- 'It's More About NATO Than...

Steele May Have Doomed His Leadership of GOP Over Afghan War

Several Top Conservatives Demand GOP Chairman Resign Over Remarks Made at Party Fundraiser That 'The One Thing You Don’t Do Is Engage in a Land War in Afghanistan' Even As He Criticizes Obama -- Ignoring the Fact That the President Inherited the War From Bush and That...

Marines push Taliban out of Marja and sieze Taliban headquarters

MARJAH, Afghanistan-- As the battle to secure the Taliban's most populace stronghold in Afghanistan rages, U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines pursued insurgents that had regrouped south of...

12 NATO troops killed first week of Marja Afghanistan offensive

Eight American and three British military personnel have been killed during the first week of the Marja offensive. The 12th soldier's nationality has not yet been disclosed. Marja, which is situated in the southern...

Sharp surge in US troops injuries

October has been "deadliest month"  in Afghanistan Over  1,000 U.S. troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan.  This number comprises one-fourth of...

Obama's War online at PBS.org

I don't have TV so I was pretty psyched to see that PBS.org posted Frontline's "Obama's War" feature online. The film tries to answer the question of whether the US can succeed in Afghanistan. ""In Afghanistan we...

U.S. Military Experts Devise Another Vietnam-Like Debacle

My original intent was to make this story a "non-opinion" story. But after reading the crap in the following highlighted stories, my emotions got the better of me. Here goes: The idiot and murderous American military brass can't accept the fact that the "war" in Afghanistan...

Vets Give Report Cards to Senators McCain and Obama

At their website, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) states it: .... is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the...

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