Shit

And it’s only going to get worse.

Two more goddamn years.

Twenty-one U.S. troops killed in costly day in Iraq | News One | Reuters.com

U.S. forces had one of their costliest days in Iraq on Saturday when 21 troops 25 troops were killed, including 13 in a helicopter and five in a clash in a Shi’ite holy city the U.S. military said was triggered by militiamen.

The battle at a government building in Kerbala was the bloodiest for U.S. troops in the Shi’ite south in two years and occurred as President George W. Bush presses leaders of the Shi’ite majority to crack down on militias from their community.

Hours after reporting three deaths in separate incidents and the loss of all 13 passengers and crew aboard a Blackhawk transport helicopter, the U.S. military said five soldiers were killed and three wounded in the Kerbala clash.

If only.