Title: Mcgowanjm Wire 2012 Source:
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Another Afghan soldier has shot and wounded five US soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the latest sign that the training mission in Afghanistan is an utter failure.
The attack took place at a NATI base in Wardak province, east of Kabul. The NATO officials called these “green-on-blue” attacks, where Afghans in the police or army attack their supposedly allied international forces. More than 20 foreign personnel have been killed in such shootings in Afghanistan this year."
Betting it's worse.
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-05 9:28:15 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #441. To: Robin, All (#440) (Edited)
Now wait a minute.....
Latest: 191 enemy personnel killed and wounded in Gulistan, 25 vehicles destroyed Qari Yousuf Ahmadi E-mail Print PDF Thursday, 15 Sya'ban 1433 Thursday, 05 July 2012 10:23
FARAH, Jul. 04 – 138 hireling troops and governmental officials have been killed, 35 others wounded as well as 25 enemy vehicles and tanks eliminated in IED, rocket and armed attacks over the past few days in Gulistan district where the enemy has mounted an offensive, according to officials reporting from Farah province.
Reports add that a heavy clash was taking place between Mujahideen and hireling ANA in the area last night when airpower of foreign troops carried out airstrikes in the battle ground and adjacent areas, hitting the hirelings and killing 80 enemy personnel as well as wounding countless others, officials in charge from the district said adding that 15 Mujahideen were also martyred (may Allah grant them the highest ranks in Jannah) and 6 others were injured.
It is said that despite the large scale enemy operation and heavy airstrikes for the past few days, they still have not managed to reach the district center."
191 ANA killed is a MAJOR battle.
And still taking place.
And the Offensive has still not reached it's target?
Yes, children, before "wealth creators" and other masters of the universe were held up as worthy models for their 80-hour weeks and unstinting dedication to squeezing every single minute ever more tightly for a few more bucks -- before those of us who serve the creators and masters were supposed to be supinely grateful for working ever harder and longer to swell the bosses' private coffers -- there once existed the notion that there might actually be more to human life than the treadmill and the ant hill. And that we might even use the amazing technological advances that our species has produced to make life easier, richer, deeper, more engaging and humane for all of us.
All of this is long gone now, of course. As Owen Hatherly notes in the Guardian, both Right and Left have combined, for many decades, to advance the idea that pointless labor is our lot, and that we should be happy with it:"
As Religion can do Nothing to ease Human Suffering, Religion now must radically change into something else.
