Afghanistan Today, the GWOT Hotspot (The Afghanistan Scandal?) Th. 1-26-12
I would like the day to come that U.S. troops come home (and U.S. money with them) from Afghanistan. I no can’t wait until I no longer read about U.S. troops losing their lives and limbs in Afghanistan. The U.S. is broke, in deep debt, with a rising deficit, and our politicians and generals must realize we can lose a war financially, and that is exactly what we are doing. Our enlisted troops on the ground are fantastic, but we seem to be stuck with a leadership at the officer and political level, with few exceptions, that is fascinated with the COIN (counter-insurgency or nation building) theory and are nation building before the war is won. This is just my simple opinion from reading stories, watching videos, including those posted by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the various military branches themselves. God bless our troops. Links from around the GWOT.
1.) IED attacks in Afghanistan set record: USA Today report. Link:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-25/IEDs-afghanistan/52795302/1
2.) Car bomb targeting NATO aid team kills 4 Afghans:
