Quote Originally Posted by Aenlic
Speaking of inattention to Afghanistan...

65 U.S. service personnel have lost their lives in Afghanistan so far this year. That is more than at any time since the initial invasion of Afghanistan. I wonder if that would be true if we were still looking for bin Laden and seeking out Taliban rather than off adventuring in Iraq for some nebulous and often-changing raison d'jour.
That doesnt even make sense. 65 Americans died in Afghanistan because they weren't looking for bin Laden or fighting the Taliban? What were they doing then?