Afghanistan now 2X deadlier than Iraq... and there's no OIL there. :sarcasm:

[cwcwmack]

wtf?

Still chasing ghosts in the mountains? Give me a break, gtfo.


icasualties.org

Afghanistan

January, 2009 (24)
February, 2009 (24)
first half March, 2009 (17)

65 casualties in 2009

Iraq

January, 2009 (16)
February, 2009 (17)
first half March, 2009 (5)

38 casualties in 2009.

[tekisui]

1. I don't use oil as a comfort to dying Americans in a foriegn land.

It really doesn't matter to me if there is oil or not, we should be out of both countries.

[cwcwmack]

2. yeah

I should have used the :sarcasm: thingie...

[knowbody0]

3. it;s really creepy to think about the fact that

they are now #1 supplier of opium for the world. that their crops have quadrupled since our arrival. I can google my address and see the garbage cans in my driveway. how hard would it be to find poppy fields in that barren country?

[cwcwmack]

4. yup

oh you KNOW that there's some hidden handshake deal that allows opium production in exchange for political favors and Afghan gov't cooperation.