04-07-2013, 06:26 PM
Lemon Drop wrote:
Hopefully we'll have diplomats in Afghanistan long after the troops have left. I admire this young woman and what she was trying to do and how she wanted to represent our country.
I was making a dig at the Benghazi nuts, who will no doubt barely take notice of this latest death in the middle east, since there is no looming election.
A case could be made (or not) that this shows the President is right not to withdraw troops too hastily, as this country is obviously still unstable and violent.
Then there's this, to make the heart sink even more...
At least 10 Afghan children were killed Saturday in a joint military operation by Afghan and NATO forces, according to two Afghan officials.
Not sure what this thread is about-- the link in the top post only goes to a story about the children being killed.