Monday, December 19, 2011

IEDs Are Bad

We tend to think of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) in terms of military casualties, and more specifically, NATO force casualties, but really, US casualties in Afghanistan.  Then I saw this anonymous quote:
On average, some 550 people are killed or experience life changing injuries every month, with Afghan civilians making up the bulk of those casualties
It would appear that the killing and maiming is not going to go away just because we pull back US forces, or the larger number of NATO forces, which includes US forces.  Does anybody remember how Cambodia evolved after the US pulled out in the Sommer of 1973?  Here in Lowell we have some 20,000 neighbors who could explain it to us.

Regards  —  Cliff
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous12/19/2011 08:54:00 AM

    You ain't seen nuthin' yet!!!! There's gonna be a HOT time in Iraq shortly.

    Some day the US might realize that the term "sovereign state" is not one reserved only for us. We need to mind our own business instead of that of everyone else. Look what a wonderful impact our "involvement" had for Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. Boy....we really helped them out. All of those Hmong tribespeople who we made solemn promises to in exchange for their support of our "efforts" support we rewarded by essentially pulling out and leaving them hanging (literally).

    Sort of gives enduring meaning to the book title...."Ugly American."

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