U.S. Commander: U.S. Will Be Fighting in Afghanistan in 2014

(CNSNews.com) – U.S. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, the commander of the NATO training mission in Afghanistan, indicated Tuesday that U.S. forces will still be fighting in Afghanistan in 2014. He said current plans aim to have "Afghan security forces in the lead" and U.S. forces in supporting roles by Dec. 31, 2014--more than four years from now...

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[Webmaster - The "Neverending War" continues. We need to stay over there to protect the poppy fields so that the CIA can import their drugs back stateside.]

A Third Of All U.S. Casualties In Eight-Year Afghan War Have Occured Since Obama Ordered Escalation

(CNSNews.com) -- More than 300 U.S. soldiers have died in the war in Afghanistan since May 15, 2009, the day when the first major wave of new troops ordered by President Barack Obama arrived in the country.

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war...