CNN just reported that "a number of US service members have been killed."

[totodeinhere]

So tragic. My condolences to the families of those who were killed. And just as tragically, Afghans were killed. Equal condolences to the families of dead Afghans.

[Beachnutt]

1. Rethugs are rejoicing, trump is jumping with joy

sorry bastards.

[totodeinhere]

2. Anyone who rejoices over a tragedy like this is a sociopath.

Thank God we have a level head in the White House to deal with this. I can't even begin to imagine what would happen if Trump were still in office.

[malaise]

3. Well

That is all

[Marius25]

14. They're no doubt already planning for years of more investigations

like Benghazi.

[bluestarone]

4. I consider the blame for THIS WHOLE fucking deal on

QRUMP, and EVERY fucking Qthug in CONGRESS!!

[Polybius]

10. But ISIS did this , not the Taliban

The two are at war with each other.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Oh crap

We were doing so well getting people out. But we knew this was coming.....dammit to hell. And damn tfg and all his minions to everlasting hell! And Darth Cheney, who orchestrated the whole debacle, especially.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Ending a war is not like a grade school fire drill.

War is brutal, horrific and deadly.

[SheltieLover]

7. +1,000!

[Cha]

13. Well said and unfortunately

it has to be said.

[Irish_Dem]

16. I grew up in the military, we were stationed in Southeast Asia during the Viet Nam war.

My father flew combat in Viet Nam.

I don't think civilians understand at all what war is like.

Did they really think we could exit Afghanistan like people were disembarking from a cruise ship?

[Cha]

18. The US m$$$$$m wants its viewers

to think that.

Gratitude to all our Service Men and Women

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yep. The Media is going to milk this for all it is worth.

Yes my heart goes out to the troops. They knew it could be deadly even at the end of the war.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. How many thousands died in the 20 years we were there, again?

It's tragic to be sure, but Marines in a War Zone ... they get killed from time to time.

When it happened in the last 20 years, it barely rated a news story.

But now the media will go into a feeding frenzy and pretend like they care SO MUCH about these 4 soldiers.

It's going to be freaking nauseating, and I'm only going to read about it here, not watch it.

[totodeinhere]

12. Now it's 12 US soldiers dead.

I don't know about the media but I for one do care about the 12 dead Americans and about the number of Afghans killed. Don't you?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. Of course I do, but it was never a guarantee that we could've ever gotten out of that country

with 0 casualties during the process.

It's a war zone in which we've lost 2000 people since 2006 (many more before that).

I'm speaking specifically of the way the Media will react to it, and Biden's enemies.

There will be a lack of perspective over the fact that, had we stayed, we'd have continued to lose soldiers as well, just as we have been for 20 years.

[totodeinhere]

17. None of that makes this huge loss of life any less tragic.

I am not saying that this necessarily apples to you, but it seems to me that too many DUers are more concerned about any political damage that this may cause President Biden rather than having concern for the victims of this tragedy.

[Chuuku Davis]

11. 12 dead so far

This is horrible!
But somewhat expected.