It was just twelve years ago today that we were forced to watch as nineteen al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. And if you’re a patriotic American you remember exactly where you were that day, as well as what you were doing at the very moment you saw those planes fly into the twin towers. And in the war that Congress authorized against al Qaeda just three days later, we are witness to another tragedy. That of course, being the fact that the vast majority of the U.S. casualties from that war, have occurred in just the last four and a half years or, in other words, under the horribly misguided leadership of our current Commander-in-Chief, Barry "Almighty".
In fact, according to a database, recently put together, of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan, we now kow that 73 percent of all U.S. Afghan War casualties have occurred since Jan. 20, 2009 when Barry was inaugurated. And the 91 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan thus far in 2013 are more than those that occurred in the first two full calendar years of the war (2002 and 2003) combined, when 30 and 31 U.S. troops were killed there. On Sept. 14, 2001, Congress approved a resolution authorizing the president "to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons."
By October 2001, U.S. forces were engaged in Afghanistan, seeking to remove al Qaeda from the sanctuary that had been made available to it and from which it had been able to launch the Sept. 11, 2001 attack. Since then, most of the leaders and participants in the 9/11 terrorist attacks have been either killed or captured. But the United States not only remains at war in Afghanistan, it continues to suffer significant casualties there. In total, 2,144 U.S. military personnel have given their lives fighting in and around Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom*. And a total of 1,575 of the U.S. military personnel have been killed during the presidency of Barry "Almighty". That means 73 percent of the casualties in the Afghan War have happened on Barry’s watch.
Under President George W. Bush, from 2001 until Jan. 20, 2009, 569 U.S. military personnel were killed in and around Afghanistan fighting in Operation Enduring Freedom*. So far this year, during the twelfth year of the Afghan War, 91 U.S. military personnel have given their lives in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense reported 17 casualties in May and 18 in June--the two deadliest months for U.S. troops in Afghanistan so far this year. Typically, the summer months from June to September are the deadliest for U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. Among the 91 U.S. casualties reported so far this year, all but 9 have been combat-related. During the now 12-year-long Afghan War, the four deadliest years for U.S. troops were also the four years of Barry’s first term.
Total U.S. Combat Deaths in Afghanistan:
George W. Bush era:
2001: 5
2002: 30
2003: 31
2004: 49
2005: 94
2006: 87
2007: 111
2008: 151
The Barry "Almighty" era:
2009: 303
2010: 497
2011: 494
2012: 294
2013: 91 (From Jan. 1, 2013 to Sept. 10, 2013)
Barry "Almighty" also has had the distinction of presiding over the top five deadliest months of the war, which include: August 2011, when there were 71 deaths; July 2010, when there were 65 deaths; June 2010, when there were 60 deaths; October 2009, when there were 58 deaths; and August 2010, when there were 55 deaths. On Feb. 17, 2009, less than a month after taking office, Barry announced the deployment of 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, fulfilling his campaign promise to shift U.S. military forces to Afghanistan. During a speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, on Dec. 1, 2009, Barry announced an additional increase of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, stating that "it is in our vital interest" to send those additional troops.
Barry is just the most recent, in a long string of disastrous commanders in chief, with other disasters being "BJ" Clinton and Jimmy "The Moron" Carter. Democrats simply do not possess the skill set, nor the necessary aptitude, for the position. They tend to be rather reckless in throwing our troops into harms way with there, very seldom, ever being a stated mission or clear objective, nor with rules of engagement that minimize the danger that our troops are made to face. And whenever you place someone in charge of our military who has absolutely no concept of what's involved, what you have is nothing more than a recipe for disaster. And you can very plainly see the adverse effect that has on the battlefield. That being the dramatic increase of casualties, after Barry assumed his new role as commander in chief.
*Operation Enduring Freedom’s main battlefield is in Afghanistan but it includes smaller military operations in the Philippines, the Horn of Africa, Caribbean, and Trans Sahara, as well as support operations from aircraft carriers and other U.S. vessels.
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