today a u.s. black hawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan with four u.s. troops aboard. neither the casualties associated with the crash or cause of the crash is clear at this point. it s not known if the blackhawk crashed due to weather or mechanical failure or shot down by enemy fire. yesterday, the news from afghanistan was dominated by this revelation from the las angeles times. a u.s. soldier reportedly a member of the 82nd combat team turned over to the l.a. times 18 photos of his fellow soldiers in afghanistan. they said he was a whistle-blower who wanted to show a breakdown in leadership that compromised discipline of the troops and safety. and it showed soldiers disposing of body parts and described other similar photos it chose not publish. on the heels of the massacre
other similar photos it chose not publish. on the heels of the massacre of 17 civilians by a soldier last month and accidentally burning a religious book before that and the video surfacing of u.s. troops urinating on the corpses of dead taliban fighters a month before that, the further revelation of these l.a. times images a couple years after they were taken is yielding a new round of attention and criticism what we are doing in afghanistan on the longest ever u.s. war. two things not getting as much attention i think may end up being more important. the first one concerns money. at the big nato meeting this week to talk about who s going to pay the estimated $4 billion a year it will take to run the afghan security forces after the war the country that has the second largest force in
today a u.s. brack hawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan with four u.s. troops aboard. neither the casualties associated with the crash or cause of the crash is clear at this point. it s not known if the blackhawk crashed due to weather or mechanical failure or shot down by enemy fire. yesterday, the news from afghanistan was dominated by this revelation from the las angeles times. a u.s. soldier reportedly a member of the 82nd combat team turned over to the l.a. times 18 photos of his fellow soldiers in afghanistan. they said he was a whistle-blower who want ed ed t show a breakdown in leadership that compromised discipline of the troops and safety. and it show ed soldiers disposig of body parts and described
of 17 civilians by a soldier last month and accidentally burning a religious book before that and the video surfacing of u.s. troops urinating on the corpses of dead taliban fighters a month before that, the further revelation of these l.a. times images a couple years after they were taken is yielding a new round of attention and criticism what we are doing in afghanistan on the longest ever u.s. war. two things not getting as much attention i think may end up being more important. the first one concerns money. at the big nato meeting this week to talk about who s going to pay the estimated $4 billion a year it will take to run the afghan security forces after the war the country that has the second largest force in afghanistan after us, our allies the british, they declared their
other similar photos it chose not publish. on the heels of the massacre of 17 civilians by a soldier last month and accidentally burning a religious book before that and the video surfacing of u.s. troops urinating on the corpses of dead taliban fighters a month before that, the further revelation of these l.a. times images a couple years after they were taken is yielding a new round of attention and criticism what we are doing in afghanistan on the longest ever u.s. war. two things not getting as much attention i think may end up being more important. the first one concerns money. at the big nato meeting this week to talk about who s going to pay the estimated $4 billion a year it will take to run the afghan security forces after the war the country that has the second largest force in afghanistan after us, our allies