Nine U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan perished in a helicopter crash in what is now the deadliest year for coalition and U.S. forces since the battle against the Taliban started nearly nine years ago.
The crash occurred in one of the several turbulent southern regions where coalition and Afghan troops ahve been battling the tenacious militant group for years. Two other service members, with Afghan National Army soldier and an American civilian sustained injuries in the crash.
CNN tally brings the number of coalition troop deaths, including 313 Americans in 2009. With the increasing rate of unpopoularity of the long war in Afghanistan, more than sixty two percent Americans say they oppose it. However the US is making strong efforts this year to fight the Taliban. President Obama ordered teh deployment of 30,000 extra US forces to Afghanistan this year and have no intentions of pulling out troops in Afghanistan untill August of 2011, depending on conditions on the ground.
The total international military commitment, when fully deployed, will reach approximately 150,000 more than three times four years ago.
How is this a progress in terms of pulling out of the war in the Middle East? And has President Obama really kept his promise of “change” in terms of ending the war in the Middle East?
9 deaths in what is coalition’s deadliest year in Afghanistan
September 21, 2010 by angeraa
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Whoa! Surprise I didn’t see this post before, but it is scary knowing we’ve got more missing personnel missing during wartime. But I found another article claiming a different year to be the deadliest year. I feel like depending on whomever tweaks the data provide, will always make every year be the deadliest year.
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-11-10/world/afghanistan.nato.clashes_1_afghan-ambush-nato-soldiers-fire-from-small-arms?_s=PM:WORLD
in regards to the change Obama promised, it’s easier said than done. You got the public opinion wanting us to pull out of the war, but you got the military requesting more troops. At first I supported the idea of pulling out too, but honestly, look what happened in Vietnam, it was a war the US was not trained to fight in, and they pulled out, well great for them, they saved many Americans from dying. BUt what happened to the tribal groups that supported the US in the war? Is it fair to them, weren’t they promised something too, by helping the US? We still hear in the news about these groups and they are being hunted? How will things turn out for the nations/groups aiding the US? Is it wise to pull out? Historically in every war we have gotten involved in, has the US really pulled out after they have “won”? -No.