August deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

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August deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

August has been the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the conflict began nearly 10 years ago.

Sixty-six American troops have died this month, topping July 2010 when 65 troops died, according to a CNN tally.

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/20...onth-for-u-s-troops-in-afghanistan/?hpt=hp_t1

 

[NOVA]

Obama is rackin' up the deaths at a damn good clip, and he goes on vacation....

When Bush went to Crawford while troops were in Iraq, he was castigated on every TV channel and newspaper....

The Double Standard is alive and well

 

[Onceler]

Obama is rackin' up the deaths at a damn good clip, and he goes on vacation....

When Bush went to Crawford while troops were in Iraq, he was castigated on every TV channel and newspaper....

The Double Standard is alive and well

So is the BS. I don't know one libbie who thought that Bush shouldn't take any vacation at all while we were at war, nor do I recall one media outlet suggesting that....

 

[Onceler]

Oh - and a few of the attacks in Afghanistan this past month - which are terrible - were huge news on MSNBC, CNN & the rest. Banner headlines & lead stories, debunking another "where is the media" now claim you guys always make...

 

[Minister of Truth]

Yeah, I was thinking the was a trend with August when I clicked on the thread. In fact, I've noticed over the last several years, the Afghanistan Theater has typically overtaken Iraq in terms of danger to troops at this time of the year.

 

[Rune]

Obama is rackin' up the deaths at a damn good clip, and he goes on vacation....

When Bush went to Crawford while troops were in Iraq, he was castigated on every TV channel and newspaper....

The Double Standard is alive and well

Poor Blabo, doesn't realize that BushII has taken multiple times as many vacation days as Obama.

What a fucking liar you are.

 

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Poor Blabo, doesn't realize that BushII has taken multiple times as many vacation days as Obama.

What a fucking liar you are.

bush was president for 8 years dumbass. and you can't count every trip to crawford as a vacation. that is pure distortion of the truth.

 

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bush was president for 8 years dumbass. and you can't count every trip to crawford as a vacation. that is pure distortion of the truth.

You can't pro-rate it yurt?

You are such a lying hack.