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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCue Joe Scum et al - Five American troops killed in Afghanistan last night
Watch the spin from Scummy et al - here he goes - it's Obama's foreign policy.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)It was an accident....friendly fire.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)However, despite Karmals attempts at conciliation, the Muslim rebels, known collectively as the mujahideen, obtained aid from the Westparticularly from the United Statesand persisted in attacking the communist regime. The area became a Cold War battleground....
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312510/Babrak-Karmal#ref750144
malaise
(269,257 posts)Since the new line is about the wicked five (ex-friends) who are now enemies.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)in Iraq?
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)When did they die by the thousands or do you mean cumulatively?
malaise
(269,257 posts)That said he should have waited for details - this was a friendly fire accident gone horribly wrong.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)bigtree
(86,015 posts). . . no matter, we don't belong there.
malaise
(269,257 posts)Sad indeed