Another Chinook in Afganistan

The Taliban

The Islamic fundamentalist who call themselves the Taliban are still causing problems. Despite incredibly prolonged military efforts of NATO and the United States, the Taliban are still a force that can inflict damage. Despite the endless resources being invested in their extermination they still manage to make it to the news with yet another item of ruthless bloodshed. Although the combined forces of today's modern super powers have been labouring in Afghanistan for a very long time we don't seem to be seeing much in the way of improvement.

Another Chinook is downed

This Wednesday, the 30th of May the Taliban have claimed another hit on American forces in Afghanistan when they shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying 5 American soldiers and 2 other military passengers. According to the report there were no survivors. This is not the first Chinook helicopter to be shot down by the Taliban and they seem to be doing it with ease and impudence. When will this stain of terror finally be exterminated permanently? One would think that in today's modern world of the 21st century we would be exempt from the involvement in such pointless conflict and bloodshed. For us the battle against terrorism is the fight to bring enlightenment to the world. This is no less a religious cause than the Islamic Taliban cause of exterminating the unbelievers (which is us!). One can only hope that all peoples will become more enlightened in the near future.