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Last year, Barry, the US lost 418 soldiers in 'Ghan. The year before 499, the year before that 317. Each year before then the figure gets lower, the reason being, the US started off with 5,000 troops deployed in Af'stan, to go gradually up to well over 100,000.
Have ye not noticed, Barry, that the West began in that honourable country with well under 10,000 soldiers, to then gradually increase their military presence by tenfold?
The clue: the situation got year by year worse, not better, so this actually disproves the idea that they are winning hearts and minds!
Too many hearts have been broken, judging by the fatalities lists of Ours, the Americans and other allies. That does not include the wounded, who are a story apart. A very heartbreaking one.