Pentagon Confirms: 9 Dead, All Americans

"And you shake your head --- hhumpfh -- and say it's a shame..."
~Tull, Thick as a Brick.

Not just anonymous NATO forces, the 9 were our men. Navy SEALS and soldiers. Might have been shot down, might just be a malfunction. Best to hope for the latter, according to the spin.

KABUL, Afghanistan — All nine troops killed in the worst helicopter crash for the coalition in Afghanistan in four years were Americans, the Pentagon has confirmed without providing further information on why the aircraft carrying Navy special forces went down.

NATO said there were no reports of enemy fire in a rugged area in the Daychopan district of Zabul province, where Tuesday's crash took place. But Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi told The Associated Press by telephone that insurgents shot down the helicopter.

The Taliban often exaggerate their claims and sometimes take credit for accidents.
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Tuesday's crash was the deadliest since May 2006, when a Chinook helicopter went down while attempting a nighttime landing on a small mountaintop in eastern Kunar province, killing 10 U.S. troops.

One step closer to a U.S. victory then? These fellows, dying as heroes over there, to protect us all from the burqa over here...

Now did anybody happen to see who got voted off Survivor or American Idol last night?*
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*Yep, mocking the short-term-attention-span of the verbal W.arriors who have no skin in the game but are determined that somebody else's sons stay and fight on the taxpayer dime, until "victory" is achieved.

I want to know more about the dead men: who they were, when they enlisted, who they left behind. I want us all to FEEL these deaths, the losses. Turn off the boob tube for a bit and actually look at the cost of these silly missions, preserving pride over being honest and acknowledging, any gains in Afghanistan are temporary, and the guerillas will always outlast us on their own territory.

Defense, Defense, Defense.
in the American Homeland.

Something tells me, like with this health insurance makeover, we're all going to continue paying more for less and less basic coverage and security. I wish these non-military W.arriors would just take up paintball in the woods or something. Or send their own to fight, over there.

Those 9 are dead, not coming back. Somebody's sons...

So who got voted off Survivor again?