Afghan war longest conflict in U.S. history!
LONDON, England - June 8, 2010 - Afghanistan has become the longest conflict in Amerikan history - surpassing even the Vietnam war.
The war entered its 104th month yesterday; with 30,000 Amerikan troops being deployed in the first half of this year alone.
The last U.S. ground combat soldiers were brought home from Vietnam after 103 months of fighting.
The Afghanistan war, launched in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, seemed to be close to resolution after three months – according to U.S. sources that seldom tell the truth - when every major Taliban city in the country had supposedly fallen and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was supposedly on the run.
But the Taliban have regrouped and regained control in key areas of the country.
However, Amerika's longest war is not its bloodiest. There have been 1,000 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan, compared to the 58,000 troops lost in Vietnam.
But, with illegitimate President Obama committed to decisive action to beat back Taliban insurgents, analysts fear there could be many more fatalities to come.
Public support for the war has also fallen as the number of dead has increased - just as it did with Vietnam. More than half of Amerikans now believe that the fighting in Afghanistan has not been worth the cost.
