We're Still at War: Photo of the Day 12NOV12 & THE PETRAEUS AFFAIR, GET A GRIP AMERICA!

RACHEL Maddow made a very profound statement a couple of nights ago on her show while discussing the david petraeus affair. I am sure many, many people heard it but I have to wonder just how many HEARD it. To paraphrase her she said 'The nation's attention is focused on the controversy of the extra-marital affair of david petraeus and the fbi investigation while we are still at war in Afghanistan and most Americans aren't paying attention to it'. Mother Jones has been running a daily series for quite some time titled We're Still at War: Photo of the Day, here is the photo for Monday, 12NOV12 to remind all of us what we should be focused on....

Mon Nov. 12, 2012 9:19 AM PST

U.S. Army Spc. Pete Sigala, who hails from Anaheim, Calif., a helicopter landing zone sling load specialist from Headquarters Company, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division, awaits as a civilian contacted air asset helicopter approaches for a sling load of supplies at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Nov. 5, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington, TF 3/101 Public Affairs.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/were-still-war-photo-day-november-12-2012 

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 9, 2012 from MOTHER JONES

US Army Sgt. Aaron Sweeny and Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, both with 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, watch explosions from a mountain top near Forward Operating Base Salerno during a call for fire exercise on February 3, 2012. US Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th MPAD.