From the Jargon Log: “strategically inconsequential”

Pfc. Paul Landenberger, a soldier in Viper Company, on patrol in the Korengal Valley in April 2009. CreditTyler Hicks The New York Times

Pfc. Paul Landenberger, a soldier in Viper Company, on patrol in the Korengal Valley in April 2009. Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

ABC News, 8-10-18 — “Another failed attempt by Taliban to seize terrain, while creating strategically inconsequential headlines,” U.S. Forces-Afghanistan tweeted.

[Footnote: More than 2,200 Americans have died in Afghanistan since 2001.]

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