The Wars That America Forgot About

[WestVirginiaRebel]

NY Times:

IN what promises to be the most contentious midterm election since 1994, there is no shortage of passion about big issues facing the country: the place and nature of the federal government in America’s future; public debt; jobs; health care; the influence of special interests; and the role of populist movements like the Tea Party.

In nearly every Congressional and Senate race, these are the issues that explode into attack ads, score points in debates and light up cable talk shows. In poll after poll, these are the issues that voters say are most important to them this year.

Notice anything missing on the campaign landscape?

How about war? The United States is now in its ninth year of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the longest wars in American history. Almost 5,000 men and women have been killed. More than 30,000 have been wounded, some so gravely they’re returning home to become, effectively, wards of their families and communities.

In those nine years, the United States has spent more than $1 trillion on combat operations and other parts of the war effort, including foreign aid, reconstruction projects, embassy costs and veterans’ health care. And the end is not in sight.

So why aren’t the wars and their human and economic consequences front and center in this campaign, right up there with jobs and taxes?
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Maybe because your friends in the media only pay attention to wars when a Republican president is in office?

[Argyle58]

Funny how the libs never mention that we STILL have troops in Bosnia, Serbia and other former Yugoslavian territories. Those were Clinton wars, and violence is still ongoing, yet we never hear of the fate of those troops.

[Valin]

Funny how the libs never mention that we STILL have troops in Bosnia, Serbia and other former Yugoslavian territories. Those were Clinton wars, and violence is still ongoing, yet we never hear of the fate of those troops.

 

 

Well put.

 

 

This may sound strange given my obsession with gwot, but I think it is a good thing that "The War" has left the front pages. I say this because we are going to have to deal with some very unsavory people, and do some very unsavory things before this war is over. What is going on in Afghanistan with the Taliban right now is a good case in point. What many people don't seem to understand is there are Taliban, and then there are Taliban....if you know what I mean.

[Casino67]

An aside.

 

 

What kind of weapon does the guy in the foreground have?