2 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan Blast

(AP)  A military spokesman says a bomb blast in Afghanistan has killed two American troops.

Tech Sgt. Chuck Marsh says the explosion happened in southern Afghanistan. Officials released no other details, including what branch the troops served in or where the blast occurred.

Southern Helmand province is the site of the largest U.S. Marine operation since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban regime. Some 4,000 Marines are taking part. They have met little resistance from Taliban fighters but have had to contend with dozens of roadside bombs hidden in the region's dirt roads.

July has been the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the almost eight-year war. Thirty-four have now died. The U.S. has close to 60,000 troops in Afghanistan, a record number.

[naj1953]

Bring our boys Home...We have lost too many young men.....

[buddha999]

OK.

So here's the facts:
Name : Obama Bin Ladin
Address : Afghanistan
Occupation : Training Camps for terrorists including those that murdered 1000s of innocent Americans in NY 2001

Name : Saddam Hussein
Address : Big Palace, Iraq
Occupation : Tormentor of GB senior and persecutor of some of his own people, as well as possessor of oil (Note to Cheney)

Make your mind up America, which is the just War? The rest of us already know.

[tautomer]

Midvale,

Obama continues to pay Halliburton and Halliburton continues to pay Obama. As to who attacked us on 9/11, it was Al Quaeda. The attack was primarily planned in Germany and the US (maybe we should attack ourselves!). There were no Afghans involved in the attack and none of the attackers survived, so they could hardly have been given "harbor".

Al Qaeda left Afghanistan years ago. In any case the majority of top Al Qaeda leaders were killed by 2004. Even if we captured a few more Obama would just put them in luxury accomodations and pardon them as fellow Muslims.

It was one thing when we were actually offing several thousand bad Muslims a month. Obama has killed more civilians than Taliban. Instead our troops are walking around playing babsitter while they get blown up. Obama thinks thats a good thing.

[noloyalisti]

The thing is that the big corporations have trained the American people that we need to have a military culture to "defend" ourselves. It is in fact imperialism in the purest sense of the world. We take what we want for our corporations.

The corporations own and run the media, the government and the military. How is Obama going to fight forces that are beyond our wildest imagination. They would bump him off in a minute if he got out of line.

[mysteriousjz]

May God ease the hellfire on crusaders who have departed and those who will soon join and those who are supporters of bombing indigenous people of the mudhouses in their own land....

...... Ding Dong... here comes the next one.....

[noloyalisti]

I guess we should not have invaded two countries for all. And kidnapped, rendered, tortured and killed people. Blowback is a b i t c h !!!!!!!!

[wyodutch]

We can kill with remote control drones or laser-guided bombs... but we can't put life back into the body of a mothers son who lies rotting in his grave because he believed the lies that his government told him about the need and glory of war.

[wyodutch]

It's always the young who die in the pointless wars started by old men and cheerleaded by those with nothing at risk.

[quickly101]

We made a mistake going into Iraq and Afghanistan. Both of these wars are remarkably similar to our disaster in viet nam. We are facing guerilla armies that can blend in easy with the civilian population. This is more prominent in the latter. The taliban are fanatics and don't care how many have to die before they attain their goal. As our casulty rates go up public support of the war will waver, and in the end, we will bring our troops home just like we did in viet nam. Why can't our leaders learn from history?

[Benton09]

Because most of them never partake in it for themselves. They just send others to do their ideological deeds. War Profiteers don't pay attention to history.

[worldcitizen1]

Wow, someone with some sense! PEACE

[TheMasses2009]

Maobama + Biden = UnAmerican

[quickly101]

Our nation is void of leaders on both sides of the aile. The republicans did no better, but Obama's bunch is not performing well either. Moral, America as a great nation is doomed, one day soon we will just be another also ran country.

[Questionews]

Why do they put that picture next to this story? I know Afghanistan is a desolate place, but I didn't think it compared to a moonscape.