>>>>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124986154654218153.html
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>>>>SNIPPET:
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>>>>The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas like the volatile southern city of Kandahar, the insurgency's spiritual home.
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>>>>Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that means U.S. casualties, already running at record levels, will remain high for months to come.
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>>>Defeat from the jaws of Victory.
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>>>Obama the Worthless really inspires our enemies.
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>>Oh, for goodness sakes. We were never winning in Afghanistan. There was just less publicity and fewer troops while we were quagmired in Iraq.
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>Is that why deaths in Iraq have skyrocketed this year too?

Do you just make this stuff up?

http://icasualties.org/Iraq/index.aspx