Saturday 6 August 2011

Taliban Shoot Down U.S. Chinook Helicopter in Afghanistan, Killing 31 American and 7 Afghans

We remain at war, and the costs are extremely high.

I'm going to be updating with reactions to this. See: "Taliban Shoot Down U.S. Copter in Afghanistan."

3 comments:

thehawkreturns said...

A terrible waste of life. What the West is doing in Afghanistan is completely illogical. Another defeat for Western arms and politics. The Chinese, Indians and the rest of the rising nations must be utterly amazed by this folly. A huge committment of arms to a rocky backwater yet no response to the two greatest sources of Islamic funding and terror - Saudi and Iran. Brilliant.

Anonymous said...

May all you fallen heroes Rest In Peace.

It's not about ideology nor strategy nor bad foreign policy made by corrupt or naive politicians.

It's the mission, the mission, the mission.

The troop's willingness to take on that single mission and focus all their efforts, no matter what the outcome, is in the blood, which flows through the veins of every true combat warrior.

I salute those brave warfighters.

God bless them, their families and their comrades!

jasonbourne said...

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.
Yes I would.
If I could,
I surely would.

If it was the next mission, I'd still want to be on the Chinook than on the ground with a hundred RPGs.

Correct me if I am wrong, but this kind of stuff should not happen if people do their jobs right.