4 US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: npr

A Pentagon official says all four of the service members killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan were Americans.

The NATO international military command in Kabul provided no details on Monday's attack, including the nationalities of the dead.

But in Washington a defense official said they were American, and they were hit by an improvised explosive device.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136364527

[Poll_Blind]

1. And now I am more hard-pressed than ever to try to understand what, exactly, they died for.

I would much rather that such precious national treasure as they be put to some better use than whatever the fuck it was out in that godforsaken ancient meat grinder.

PB

[Hubert Flottz]

2. I think they died for two 48" pipelines and the opium crop.

[KG]

3. light at end of the tunnel!

[w8liftinglady]

4. ...and how much will be mentioned on the news?

My heart bleeds for their families.
Bless them.

[PuffedMica]

5. Bin Laden is dead. The mission is over. It is time to get out of Afghanistan

[theHandpuppet]

6. Amen to that!

The sooner the better!