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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 10:00 AM
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2005 has been the deadliest year yet for US troops in Afghanistan
55 of the 209 US Troops killed in Afghanistan died in the just completed first six months of 2005.

http://icasualties.org/oef/
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jmaier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 10:01 AM
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1. Not a problem
Haven't you heard that everything is peachy? Free elections, Taliban destroyed, stable government in place -- freedom is on the march.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 10:02 AM
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2. We have been there since 2001 and
I don't see improvement which leads me to say WTF? Obviously we are not using the troops and military to our full advantage.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 10:07 AM
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3. Well, at least we captured that bastard Osama.
Oh, wait a minute.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 11:35 AM
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4. I like this thread, so I'll kick it just once more.
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