Getting Some Perspective on Afghanistan after 20 Years of War
The numbers tell the story. After 20 years in Afghanistan a total of 2448 members of the U.S. military were killed in action. I know those losses are incalculable for the families who lost a son, daughter, husband or wife. But that equals the number of U.S. soldiers who died on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
Now, let’s look at how many Americans were murdered in 2019 and 2020 in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago–2916. In other words, your son or daughter–especially if they are black or Latino–would have been safer in Afghanistan on military deployment than walking the streets of the three large American urban nightmares.
I want to be clear that I am not questioning nor disparaging the blood,
