Crappy End To The Year

With the announcement of 4 Slain Soldiers Identified the count for killed military members in Afghanistan rises to 138. This time there is also the additional death of a journalist to be reported on.

It is sad enough that our military members are being killed. They are serving their country and doing what their government tells them to do and go where they are told. However, the journalist personally chose to travel to Afghanistan and put herself in harms way. Lang's intentions were great and noble as she wanted to get the soldiers story out, however, Afghanistan is still a war zone and no place for civilians to be outside of the wire, journalist or not.

For myself, 2011 can't come soon enough. I don't really see that in 10 years time we in the West are going to see any difference in Afghanistan than there was prior to the start of this war. As soon as all the military leave, the Taliban will be right back in power and reverting to their revolting practices and way of living. I guess we in the West didn't learn anything from the Russians attempt to 'take control' of Afghanistan in the past.