Grim Milestone: Today the War in Afghhanistan surpasses the American Revolutionary War in length

[victoryparty]

The War in Afghanistan is now the second-longest war in American history.

Full report:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5275861-afghanistan-war-passes-grim-milestone-poised-to-pass-another

[asdjrocky]

1. Can't call it a war any more.

Wars end.

[victoryparty]

2. Depending on how one defines the timeline for the Vietnam War...

... the War in Afghanistan could be on schedule to become the longest war in U.S. history in late March of this year.

Full report at:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5275861-afghanistan-war-passes-grim-milestone-poised-to-pass-another

Please, let's do our best to make this common knowledge by the end of the day. So far as I can tell, no one else on the Web seems to have bothered to notice this grim milestone.

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[ixion]

3. Afghanistan, like Iraq, was never a 'war'

- see my sig line.

[Mari333]

4. Indeed. we are oppressers occupying a country for corporate profits

thats all.

[Tailormyst]

5. Sadly Afghanistan has been in a state of war for decades

There are not many left there who remember a real time of peace.

[G_j]

6. seems like it's just getting started

unfortunately

[victoryparty]

7. war society

Sadly, it does seem like it's 'just getting started.' How strange that the corporate press is not reporting this milestone.

[spanone]

8. and we probably ain't seen nothing yet