Keep 400 Illinoisans from departing to senseless, failed, murderous Afghan war

What of waste of Illinois' finest. That's what Gov. Pritzker called the 400 National Guard reservists being sent to our trillion dollar lost war in Afghanistan that has already killed 2,382 troops since its October, 2001 start. But Pritzker omitted that obvious truth about the Afghan war which should never have been fought, has cost over a trillion and maimed tens of thousands in body and mind to going along with the 2,382 dead. Now, while the US war party negotiates furiously with the Taliban for a face saving exit to get the remaining 14,000 US soldiers out from another failed US involvement in the Middle East, 400 of Illinois' best are needlessly, foolishly sentenced to a year trying to avoid being the last US soldier to die for a lost, worthless cause. What a waste of Illinois' finest, indeed.