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Troops in Afghanistan Seeing Toughest Battles Since the War Began! 2/24/2010
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BLOODY AFGHANISTAN:
U.S. TROOPS EXPERIENCE WORST MONTHS SINCE THE WAR BEGAN |
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TROOPS NEED OUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER, THEY NEED TO KNOW WE WILL HAVE THEIR BACKS 
Folks, for weeks now we have been hearing about the operation our troops are undertaking in Marjeh, southern Afghanistan, in an effort to root out the last remaining vestiges of Taliban power in Helmand province. We knew it would be a tough operation, we knew Marjeh was a stronghold of the Taliban, and we knew there would be casualties, but now that we are over a week into the operation, it’s becoming clear just how tough this fight is!
News accounts are reporting that over January and February we have already had 54 deaths in Afghanistan. During the same 2 month period last year, U.S. forces lost 30 troops. That’s almost twice as many casualties as last year, after one year of an increasingly hostile war in Afghanistan that promises to continue heating up in the months to come.
We need to show our troops that we haven’t forgotten them during this troubling time. The news media is talking a lot more about Obama’s healthcare proposals and not enough about our troops and the battles they are facing! Send a care package
Admiral Mike Mullen said "We must steel ourselves, no matter how successful we are on any given day, for harder days yet to come."
In an operational update, Nato said: "Afghan and combined forces continue to encounter small but determined pockets of resistance, often from bunkers or other fortified positions."
-Telegraph UK
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Petraeus, Hero of Iraq, Reminds
Us Why Afghanistan is Important
As our troops are locked in this epic battle for supremacy on the ground in Afghanistan, as they are taking heavy losses and paying a high price for every village they expel the Taliban from, sometimes we ask ourselves, is it all worth it?
Think of our troops. They are the ones putting their lives on the line. Do you think they question whether this backwater country of Afghanistan is worth their blood and sweat? It is the blood and sweat of their friends and comrads -- some of whom sacrificed their very lives for it?
General David H. Petraeus, the hero who turned around the war in Iraq and implemented the strategy that created security there, reminds us why Afghanistan is an important war that is vital for America to WIN:
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"We are there for a very, very important reason and we can't forget that," Petraeus emphasized. "We are in Afghanistan to ensure that it cannot once again be a sanctuary for the kind of attacks that were carried out on 9/11, which were planned initially in Kandahar, first training done in eastern Afghanistan before the attackers moved to Hamburg and then on to U.S. flight schools."
- Office of Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
2/22/201
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Our troops can take heart in having the support and leadership of such visionary men like General Petraeus. His legacy of applying the right intelligence, the right strategy, and the right mix of the awesome might of the U.S. armed forces, will live on for years for its brilliant implementation.
But General Petreaeus is ALWAYS quick to point out that those who TRULY deserve the credit are our American troops. They fought a tough battle to turn the corner in Iraq, taking heavy losses, and they are doing the same right now in Afghanistan.
They need our support! We were there for them when they fought to win the war in Iraq! We did NOT allow defeat to be snatched from the jaws of victory!
Support our troops now in Afghanistan and they will win there too! But to give our troops that support we need your help!
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