Yes, I heard that our soldiers are out there, "defending our freedom," and indeed several have been killed. It's a tragedy, and I am very sorry indeed for them and their families. Now, the only thing to do is to win this battle.
The greater tragedy is that this will not stop here. I hate this bloody war business, because it's a self-growth industry. And that's also why I'm disgusted with those that are beginning murmur doubtfully, or get concerned now that we are beginning to lose our soldiers in one of the first real ground battles in over ten years. The great majority of US enemy-fire fatalities over the last decade have been from mines and bombings, no? All, I can say is that the American people must be prepared to reap what we have sown. We wanted a war, and by God, we've got one now. We are going to lose some soldiers doing it, and that is the price we have to pay, because like it or not, America is now involved in Afghanistan until the bitter end if we ever hope to end this there. We can avoid Iraq, we can avoid Iran, we can avoid N. Korea, but there is simply no way at this point we can negotiate anything with the fighters in Afghanistan. We'll hold on to it and kick them out, or we'll be the second major power to abandon Afghanistan in 20 years, something that we can't allow to happen.
F*ck war.
-ispar
