We're Just THAT Good??!?!

Insurgents who squared off with U.S. soldiers in a major battle in eastern Afghanistan overran a military observation point just outside a coalition outpost, but failed to take the base, a U.S. military official told CNN.

U.S.-led coalition, Afghan and NATO officials were attempting to piece together details about the confrontation which occurred Sunday in Kunar province, a location close to the Pakistan border.

"It was heroic fighting," said another official, NATO spokesman Mark Laity, describing the U.S.-led troop performance.

"They wanted to overrun that base," he added, referring to the militants. "They failed."

The fighting left nine U.S. soldiers dead and 15 wounded. It marked the most fatalities in an attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years. An Afghan official estimated that 100 militants died or were wounded in the fighting.

A U.S. official told CNN that as many as 200 insurgents were involved in the strike, which NATO said occurred at an outpost in Dara-I-Pech. However, other officials could not put a figure on the number of insurgent casualties at this time.

Make no mistake, 9 is too many in my book, but 9 vs. 100??!?!?  Jesus, either our guys are some of the best in the world, or the Taliban should just give up now, or both.

When I read about this, then hear about how Pakistan doesn't want our guys over there, it makes my blood boil.  I want Bin Laden's head on a fucking pike, and if Pakistan can't get the job done, then perhaps we should launch a massive offensive into Pakistan to go get him, covert or not.

Let's not forget WHY we're there people:

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com