9/04/18
I drove past this between Salida and Cotopaxi on State Highway 50 in Colorado. I had to turn around and tell whoever that I stood with them totally assuming I was correct. I was and got the biggest hug of appreciation for doing so.

From my understanding, there are close to 3000 children being held around this country after being seized from their parents at the border.

Many will never see their Mom and Dad again because Republicans are totally evil.

You bastards!

1/3/13

Another Year Another Number

These dead are seldom mentioned and the ones that do are few. At least no one died in Afghanistan on Xmas day. 18% of these deaths are by non-hostile means. 

iCasualties 

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
200100000000035412
20021012951301151149
2003471221324246148
200492338523457152
2005216184272151173399
20061177111189106107198
20070145811121418810116117
2008718517282022271613155
200915151361225455140591818317
2010303126203460655542505333499
2011252031463547377142311815418
2012261618354029413919181613310

6 comments:

  1. This is very sad! Absolutely no progress...
    Oooh, and are you getting excited to head back to CR???

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    1. Yes but not like the first time.

      Don't forget that we're leaving (in two years) and the 100's more that will die are just going to be a never mind.

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  2. Monday is getting closer...I miss the green

    Linda

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  3. Me too. I went for a four mile walk and saw nothing except a few small birds in the bushes. I think while in CR the focus will be photography and just plain daily life and not much else.

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  4. Fly,
    You cannot win a counter-insurgency war (Now the Brits managed to quell one in Malaya in th 50's). It is all about hearts and minds - and like Vietnam we aren't doing a good job of that.
    Ho Chi Mihn ran the French out of IndoChina then we came along and in the eyes of the Vietnamese became the new French. Bin Laden and the Mujahideen/Taliban (with our help) ran the Russians out of Afghanistan. Along came us and we became the new Russins in the Afghan people's eyes.

    It is past time to toss Karzai the keyes and see the last GI walk up the ramp to that C-17 bound for Ramstein and home.


    Sarge
    Evansville, In

    Oh, righteous blog..

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  5. Agreed Sarge. OTC has linked to you. Thanks for the visit and have a good one!!

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