Ready for a war?
Two soldiers from the Polish Battle group, which operates in the area I once worked and operated in while serving in Afghanistan were killed this week in that area by an IED. There have been a number of Afghan Army and Police killed in that area, which is almost never reported, but since there is no visibility into that all we have to gauge the violence levels are the numbers of coalition forces killed.
Read the story here, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/latest-world-news/2008/02/27/nato-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-bomb-attack-91466-20529520/
That number is scary and alarming because there have been around 21 coalition forces killed so far and the 2nd month is not even over yet. This is scary because this is the quietest time of the year as the enemy is not as adept to fight in the cold winter months. They typically hibernate their operations in the winter time and want until the spring to fall months when they can move and operate more freely. To have this many killed already is nothing but an omen to me and should be to the rest of the world as to what is coming this year.
Every year has gotten worse and worse, so I fully expect this trend to continue. I have talked about this subject several times on this and other blogs since I returned last year. I was also afforded the opportunity to spend a couple of minutes talking with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about this exact subject back in December.
I have a vested interest since I spent a year away from my family living and fighting in Afghanistan, I currently have several friends over there now fighting and soon my son and hundreds more friends and fellow soldiers from my state’s National Guard Brigade will be there. I know there is a lot of concern over the rising civilian casualties in Afghanistan, but I think this (the concern) is directly attributed to the false sense of peace there right now. We are still very heavily at war there and until the government of Afghanistan, our own Government, and the people of our great country recognize and admit this fact, then our soldiers and the soldiers of our coalition forces will be held back on their abilities to take the fight to the enemy with extreme prejudice.
So my question to the American people is….are you ready for war?
Liza C
March 4th, 2008 at 5:56 pmI was not shock hearing those kinds of unlisted death. I admit, answering your question is giving me a hard time. I guess nobody’s ready for a war but we all should be ready for it. Prayers will be our first defense…so let’s all do this.