207 British soldiers have died in Afghanistan. 4 troopers were killed in a firefight to protect the voting power of 151 Afghanis and the US forces are doing no better. July and August have been the deadliest month of this second war in Asia, yet no one in the USA or UK seems to notice that troops are being killed by the dozens or that our troops are killing hundreds of civilians. Instead the newspapers and TV report about 10 Taliban killed here and another car bomb until the public's eyes have collectively been glazed over with boredom.
President Obama pledged to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
We are still there.
No one gives a shit.
Except for people like Melvin Sterne, editor of CARVE.
He's there teaching English at the university.
Or my Friends in the service and their families, but the rested of the USA and UK couldn't give a flying fuck.
The answer is not more troops.
The answer is no troops.
The dead have faces.
Bring the boys home.
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