Reminder of Why the US Should not be in Afghanistan

“Kabul, Afghanistan – A roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan today, adding to the toll in what has already been the conflict’s deadliest month for Western forces. The latest deaths push the number of coalition troops killed in July to at least 55 – 30 of them American.

U.S. military officials have forecast a bloody summer in Afghanistan, in part because thousands of newly arrived American troops are pushing into areas previously controlled by the Taliban.

A major U.S.- and British-spearheaded military offensive is under way in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. But the eastern region bordering Pakistan’s volatile tribal areas has also been one of the country’s most dangerous areas in recent weeks. In addition to being the scene of Monday’s U.S. troop deaths, it is the sector from which a U.S. soldier was captured by insurgents on June 30…”via truthout.org