DoD Op Enduring Freedom Casualty update as of 10am 14 August 2009

Thanks ACP, as usual! You seem to be one of the few that are keeping this story on the front pages--where it belongs!

I'm by no means a fan of G.W. Bush, but if the KIA toll occurred under his watch, we'd hear a hue and cry. I wonder why that is? I am absolutely disgusted with the selective reporting of the news by the American media. And I'm certainly not alone in my sentiments as evidenced by the fact that many Americans, nowadays, no longer look at their Sunday papers and either throw them directly into the garbage or use them as bird-cage liner.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: American military personnel are being used (and sacrificed) as "global policeman" instead of what they signed up for. If I had a son or daughter serving in Afghanistan, I'd be pretty pissed off and I'd do everything within my power to get them out of that no-win hell-hole.

Guys like Obama (and please . . . I'm not making reference to Obama's race here) don't seem to much care about what military people and their families go through on a daily basis. It's obvious that Obama and his administration  have  no frame of reference in the matter--indeed it's just not part of their  makeup, nor is it part of their world-view. 

In spite of all W. Bush's faults and failures, at least he feigned the decency to come out from time to time and shed a tear or two for the American public to see. When it comes to the sacrifice of U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan, Obama is aloof. What's good for the pot is good for the kettle, or is it what's good for the goose is good for the gander? In other words, if you want to convict W. Bush of "war crimes", then you need to convict Obama of "war crimes" too . . . it's only fair.

America doesn't  need another Vietnam. Indeed, one was enough! And the ironic thing about the Vietnam war is that American troops won  virtually every battle, but for some reason,  America lost the war. In my opinion, the reason why America lost the war in Vietnam  is because American troops simply weren't allowed to  kill as many of the enemy as they wanted to kill and had the capability of killing.  I'm certainly not an expert on warfare, however it seems to me that the only way wars are won is for one side to kill more of the other side until the other side gives up.