From Opednews.com, October 7, 2011 By Eric Walberg (about the author)
The choice of US ambassadors to Central Asia and the Middle East gives one pause for thought.
The 711 coalition deaths in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan
last year made 2010 the deadliest one for foreign troops since the US
invasion in 2001, continuing the upward trend since 2003. 2011 promises
to be even
