Afghanistan: Killing the Kids that Don’t Need to Die by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/10-0



Matt Sitton knew the war in Afghanistan was going badly. He knew it because he was fighting it. He could see for himself. Twenty-six years old, with a wife and child back home, Staff Sergeant Sitton was on his third combat tour there.


Time and again, he and his men were sent through what he called “a minefield on a daily basis.” His comrades were being blown apart — at least one amputee a day, he said, “Because we are walking around aimlessly through grape rows and compounds that are littered with explosives.”

Morale was low; the men struggled to remain alert. Sitton said he asked his officers to give them a break but was told to stop complaining.

“I am all for getting on the ground and fighting for my country when there is a desired endstate and we have clear guidance of what needs to be done,” he wrote. “But when we are told basically to just walk around for a certain amount of time is not sitting well with me.”

[sad sally]

1. And what will two more years bring? More dead, more physically and mentally wounded - and for

what? Tell us again why we're at war in Afghanistan. Hasn't "Enduring Freedom" killed and wounded enough? If our government says no, then tell us how many will it take to satisfy their blood lust so at least we'll know.

"There are two more presidential debates. They will be yet another hoax unless someone puts to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney the same question asked by Congressman Young: “Why are we killing the kids that don’t need to die?” And then asks it again and again to each of them until we get an honest answer."