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muriel_volestrangler

(101,310 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 04:58 AM Jun 2014

Three U.S. troops killed by Afghanistan explosion

Source: Reuters

Three U.S. troops and a working dog were killed by a bomb blast on Friday in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

No information was immediately available about the incident. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, in Afghanistan said in a statement three service members died following an improvised explosive device attack.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/21/us-afghanistan-usa-blast-idUSKBN0EW07520140621

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Three U.S. troops killed by Afghanistan explosion (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 OP
Crap I know two people over there davidpdx Jun 2014 #1
whoa! heaven05 Jun 2014 #2
This is Obama's war. He owns it. former9thward Jun 2014 #3
The late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy coined Afghanistan as ... CountAllVotes Jun 2014 #4
yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Jun 2014 #5

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
1. Crap I know two people over there
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 05:04 AM
Jun 2014

One is the son of a friend and the other one is a classmate in my doctoral program who is on leave while on duty.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. whoa!
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:30 AM
Jun 2014

still dying in a needless presence in that country. I wish all u.s soldiers and dogs withdrawn now! No excuses. What a fucking mess bushieboy jr and darth left the world in. 6 years and still cleaning up huge steaming piles of RW political manure both internationally and domestically.

former9thward

(31,986 posts)
3. This is Obama's war. He owns it.
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:52 AM
Jun 2014

I guess you forgot that Obama said Afghanistan was the 'good war' and it was Obama who ordered the surge in Afghanistan to 'win'. Every death there after Jan. 20, 2009 is his and his alone.

After we leave it will collapse just like Iraq.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. yeah, yeah, yeah
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:58 AM
Jun 2014

go back to your 'third way' crowd. No agreement, ever, here. He was stuck with this quagmire he inherited from bushco. Period. I think he is doing his best, politically, to end this mess. And I don't care if it collapses after american ground troops leave, just like I don't care that Iraq is falling because of sectarian and extremest pressure. Period. Nope. Not on Obama in any shape, way or form. I was thinking like you for a couple of years and then the rethuglicans, democratic party blue dogs and third wayers showed me the error of my thinking. The man is up against a mountain of purposeful obstruction by repulsicans and the benedict arnolds in our own party. Go peddle your BS to someone who will buy it.

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