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> 42 American soldiers and many more Afghans were killed in the "Valley of Death" before it was finally abandoned, written off as more trouble than it was worth
by mmirate 8y ago
> 42 American soldiers and many more Afghans were killed in the "Valley of Death" before it was finally abandoned, written off as more trouble than it was worth.
Only 42 to get that nickname? After the World Wars happened? Wow. We've gotten soft in modern times.
- saagarjha 8y agoMore like, we’ve reduced the casualty rate in armed conflict? Plus, you’re forgetting about those who were killed that were not American.
- mmirate 8y agoThe nickname was American and a symbol of fear/dread, thus I presume it was a result of the American deaths, not the Afghan deaths.
- megaman22 8y agoThe entire butcher's bill from the War on Terror and the Iraq war for the US military, over a decade and a half, would be less than a quiet day during one of the offensives on the Western Front in WW1 or the Eastern in WW2.