4 US troops die in deadliest month in Afghanistan

[laststeamtrain]

4 US troops die in deadliest month in Afghanistan

By ROBERT H. REID (AP) – 52 minutes ago

KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four American troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, driving the July death toll for U.S. forces to the highest monthly level of the war.

The latest deaths brought to at least 30 the number of American service members who have died in Afghanistan this month — two more than the figure for all of June 2008, which had been the deadliest month for the U.S. since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion drove the Taliban from power.

July's death toll for the entire U.S.-led coalition, which includes American, British, Canadian and other forces, stands at 55 — well over the previous record of 46 deaths suffered in June and August of 2008.

U.S. commanders had predicted a bloody summer after President Barack Obama ordered 21,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a bid to turn the tide against a resurgent Taliban and shift the focus on the global war against Islamic extremism from Iraq. ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD99IEBK03

[spanone]

1. f u c k

get. out. now.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. And this will be the lowest figure -

it'll just continue to go up and up and up.

The Afghanis never lose. This is gonna be our Vietnam if we don't understand the history of the people we're dealing with.

We need to get out of the Middle East RIGHT NOW.......................

[Thothmes]

3. Obama is not going to do that

he just agreed to an increase in U.S.Army end strength for three years of an additional 22,000 men. What do you think he is going to do with them.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. I know -

he's wrong. He's so wrong about this, and I am so disappointed in him for it................

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. The talleysheet of wasted lives continues.

They didn't "sacrifice" their lives. They're lives were taken from them by politicians to cowardly to stop the killing.

[Thothmes]

6. yep, 4 more notches in Obama's six gun handle