31 US Troops Killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44043847/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

Thirty-one U.S. troops and 7 Afghan soldiers were killed when a NATO helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday.

It was the highest number of casualties recorded in a single incident in Afghanistan.

Karzai said in a statement on Saturday that he has sent condolences to President Barack Obama for the victims of the overnight crash.

He said the dead American soldiers were members of the special forces.

A military official told The New York Times that the Chinook helicopter had been shot down by insurgents. The paper said the official spoke on condition of anonymity because the crash was still being investigated.

If confirmed, it would be one of the worst losses of life for coalition forces since the war began.
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Jesus...:(

[w8liftinglady]

1. this makes me so sad. When will it ever end?

[xchrom]

2. it's sad -- but all this talk of money, budgets, debts, deficits -- we forget --

we are still 'there'.

may Peace be with their families.

[cordelia]

19. Thank you. This needed to be said

and you presented it with clarity and eloquence.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. How unspeakably tragic.

Someone remind me why we're still there. When the Russians were there, we boycotted the Moscow Olympics and talked about how foolish and futile their efforts were. :(

[KewlKat]

4. Stop all the actions in Iraq and Afghanistan

B R I N G T H E M H O M E N O W!

[Stuart G]

17. Yes.

[midnight]

5. K&R

[malaise]

6. It was confirmed

31 USA troops - seven Afghan troops
Bring the troops home :cry: :cry:

Special Ops - looks like a crash but the Taliban are claiming they brought it down.

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. Damn. So many.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Damn it

[pinboy3niner]

9. Damn. In a few hours, we'll be seeing off more NG troops heading there

This news will make the sendoff ceremonies even tougher for the families this morning...

[Warren Stupidity]

10. Where did they get the rocket?

If this was not an incredibly lucky shot with an rpg, then the taliban has gained access to more sophisticated weapons and that could seriously complicate our efforts there, as it did for the Russians in the 80s.

It would also be interesting to know who is supplying them.

[alphafemale]

11. enough

I doubt that it just "crashed."

I'm so fucking sick of those dark ages little boy fuckers with missile launchers I could fucking scream.

Oh excuse me?

Did I just fucking swear?

Well fucking excuse me.

[Stuart G]

12. K and R...sad..very sad..for what??

[pettypace]

13. How big are these copters anyway

How the hell did they fit nearly 40 men on one of those things?

[trumad]

18. Big

It was a slow moving Chinook......

[NightWatcher]

14. Another Black Hawk Down, for what grand purpose?

Guarding oil pipelines and guaranteeing more lucrative military contracts for the war pigs back home

[pwb]

15. We are waiting for the Generals to end the War.

Fat fucking chance that will ever happen. They never met a war they did not like. My major problem with Obama is not ending these wars.

[Stuart G]

16. Generals like war, that is how they get promotions..Obama,

is the only one who could end this.

[malaise]

20. If I were Obama I would end it today

This is fugging madness

[coalition_unwilling]

23. But, but, but . . . we have to stay in Afghanistan or those who have

already died will have died in vain :sarcasm:

Just read your history of the Vietnam War and you'll see every excuse we used to justify our occupation there trotted out almost verbatim to justify our continuing occupation in the AfPak and Iraq theaters.

[malaise]

21. 18 of the 31 are Navy seals

:cry: :cry:

Bring the fucking troops home

[coalition_unwilling]

24. Last time I checked Afghanistan is a land-locked country. So what,

pray tell, were Navy SEALs doing there in the first fucking place? Paging Admiral Mullen. Earth to Admiral Mullen.

[laruemtt]

22. so pointless -

ENOUGH ALREADY - STOP THIS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!