Tuesday, July 25, 2006

No, it's not perfect

But it's a hell of a lot better than people make it out to be.

KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 600 suspected Taliban militants have been killed since a U.S.-led offensive began last month in southern Afghanistan, a coalition spokesman said Tuesday.


Dead terrorists = good thing.

More than 10,000 U.S.-led troops have been operating in former Taliban strongholds across southern Afghanistan. The region has witnessed the brunt of the deadliest upsurge in Taliban-led violence since the hard-line regime's 2001 ouster.


Not "US Troops", it's "US-led troops", meaning Afghani troops with a lil help from Uncle Sam. Notice how they still have to include the US into that paragraph? I guess "Afghani troops" or "coalition troops" doesn't strike the same emotion as including those two letters.

It ain't all bad news, folks.

No comments: