Military Deaths for Oct. 17, 2010
The latest U.S. Defense Department identifications of casualties in Afghanistan:
•Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph C. Lopez, 26, of Rosamond, Calif., was killed Oct. 14 in combat operations in Helmand province.
•Army Sgt. Carlos A. Benitez, 24, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed Oct. 14 when his unit was hit with an improvised explosive device between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum.
•Army Spc. Rafael Martinez Jr., 36, of Spring Valley, Calif., also was killed in the Oct. 14 attack.
•Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley, 20, of Portsmouth, Va., also was killed in the Oct. 14 attack.
•Army Sgt. Eric C. Newman, 30, of Waynesboro, Miss., was killed Oct. 14 when his unit was hit with an improvised explosive device in Akatzai Kalay.
•Marine Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Ill., was killed Oct. 14 in Helmand combat operations.
•Marine Lance Cpl. Irvin M. Ceniceros, 21, of Clarksville, Ark., was killed Oct. 14 in Helmand combat operations.
•Army Pfc. Jordan M. Byrd, 19, of Grantsville, Utah, was killed Oct. 13 by small-arms fire in Yahya Kheyl.
•Marine Cpl. Justin J. Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wis., was killed Oct. 13 in Helmand combat operations.
•Marine Lance Cpl. Phillip D. Vinnedge, 19, of St. Charles, Mo., was killed Oct. 13 in Helmand combat operations.
•Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph E. Rodewald, 21, of Albany, Ore., was killed Oct. 13 in Helmand combat operations.
•Marine Pfc. Victor A. Dew, 20, of Granite Bay, Calif., was killed Oct. 13 in Helmand combat operations.
•Marine Lance Cpl. Raymon L. A. Johnson, 22, of Midland, Ga., was killed Oct. 13 in Helmand combat operations.
•Army Spc. Matthew C. Powell, 20, of Slidell, La., died Oct. 12 at Kandahar Airfield of wounds from an improvised explosive device suffered at Ghunday Ghar.
•Marine Sgt. Frank R. Zaehringer III, 23, of Reno, Nev., was killed Oct. 11 in Helmand combat operations.
•Army Staff Sgt. Dave J. Weigle, 29, of Philadelphia, Pa., was killed Oct. 10 after his unit was hit by a hidden explosive in Zhari province.
•Army Spc. David A. Hess, 25, of Ruskin, Fla., also was killed in the Oct. 10 incident in Zhari.
•Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, was killed Oct. 8 in Helmand combat operations.
•Navy Corpsman Edwin Gonzalez, 22, of North Miami Beach, Fla., was killed Oct. 8 by an improvised explosive in Helmand.
•Marine Cpl. Stephen C. Sockalosky, 21, of Cordele, Ga., was killed Oct. 6 in Helmand.
Link: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/16/2320693/military-deaths-for-oct-17-2010.html
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We haven't had a really clear idea of what we're supposed to be doing in Afghanistan for a very long time, probably at least seven years. Each day there is a new rationale and set of objectives, and each day the parallels to Vietnam become more starkly clear.
A 16th Century very rural society is not going to become a democracy, especially with the Karzai family and their retainers, and a feudal Muslim country with an indigenous Pashtun Taliban insurgency is not going to be defeated militarily by the US. Every outside invader over the centuries has lost, and for very good reasons.
About all we have left to witness is an evacuation by helicopter from the rooftops of Kabul and an argument over the shape of the negotiating table, and we'll all know that we're about to wrap up this latest ill-advised adventure.
Meanwhile, the lists just like that on this post, continue.
What a sensless tragedy!
I couldn't agree more---on all your points.
sad and tragic.
mr
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