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Originally posted by Dragonlich
If I'm not mistaken, the US army is still (very) active in Afghanistan, and has recently started a new offensive against Taliban fighters. Just because you don't see it on the daily news, doesn't mean nothing is happening.
By the way, the can of worms was already open; the US merely exposed it, and is now trying to shut it again.
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Operation Avalanche is the name of their new strike. Here is a link regarding the operation:
SUNTIMES NEWSPAPER LINK
Sadly they're biggest news so far is killing nine innocent children in an air strike, but this is a very large operation.
The article goes on to explain that there are still 11,700 soldiers in Afghanistan. I wouldn't call that forgetting. The Operation Avalanche consists of 2,000 soldiers.
The media has latched on to Iraq because of its controversy. If there was as much griping over Afghanistan as their was with Iraq, they would still be talking about it. Just because the media doesn't care, doesn't mean the US doesn't care.