Kabul, Afghanistan - An Afghan soldier turned and killed four French troops and wounded 15 others on Friday.  The unarmed troops were shot during a physical training exercise.  The deadly shooting is the second occurrence in the last 30 days, whereby Afghan security forces have turned their guns on coalition forces.  Within the last 24 hours, six US Marines were killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, as reported by the Associated Press.  French President Nicolas Sarkozy was furious and issued this statement, "The French Army is not in Afghanistan so that Afghan soldiers can shoot at them.  From now on, all the operations in training and combat help by the French Army are suspended."  This is a major setback to the Obama administration-led efforts to build a national army force.   

 Afghan security forces have attacked and killed international troops and civilian trainers more than a dozen times (why not the actual number - too alarming?) within the last two years, according to the Associated Press.  US Navy Captain John Kirby said, "We believe they appear to be increasing in frequency in recent months."  German Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson called the shooting "traumatic" and said it would have a negative affect on the level of trust between the 300,000 Afghan and 130,000 coalition forces.  So far, 28 troops have been killed in the last month in Afghanistan. 

This entire situation is absurd.  In May 2005, Afghan President Hamid Karzai stated, "I don't think there is a big need for military activity in Afghanistan anymore."  He went on to say in June 2007, "Several times in the last year, the Afghan government tried to prevent civilian casualties, but our innocent people are becoming victims of 'careless' operations of NATO and international forces." (en.wikipedia.org/Civilian_Casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan)  What does he have to do, shoot a bomb in our face and say, "GET OUT!"  Afghans don't want us there - most of them hate Americans!  Now that US troops are leaving Iraq, the Afghans are just "picking off" remaining coalition forces as much as they can.  For the Muslims, it is the "honorable" thing to do for Islam.  The only purpose US forces serve in Iraq or Afghanistan is to get themselves killed.  Jesus said, "What king (or president) who makes war against another king, does not first sit down to consult whether he is able with ten thousand to go  against him who has twenty thousand?" Luke 14:31.  Anyone with half a brain can see that this NINE-year war has accomplished nothing, but loss of life.  The Afghans haven't changed.  They will go back to being the same nation of raving, decapitating, blowing up people Muslims as soon as NATO is out of there.  Our presidents have had an agenda all along, but it isn't really about fighting wars, so much as it is the monies spent on war.  Bankrupt America in order to bring in a Socialist government is what it's all about.  That's what American young men and women are dying for today.