How many people died in Afghanistan?

I was born in the soul of misery

Never had me a name

They just gave me the number 

When I was young - Thirteen, Johnny Cash

First and foremost, Nobody gives a shit about Afghanistan.  But, when it comes to the dead the only number conservatives care about is 13. 

As with everything from the right these days, it's a shoddy shameless scam designed with a very specific goal in mind; to Place the entire blame for 20 years of Afghanistan onto Joe Biden.  

Conservatives have since the end of Vietnam claimed the mantle of superior Troop Lovers and Uber-Patriots.  Fortunately, the reality of the GWoT and social media have undercut that lie.  Coupled with Rightwing Chickenhawk governance the military is no longer overwhelmingly Republican but, in fact, broke for President Biden in 2020.  But, conservatives have long ago jettisoned their so-called principles, morals, ethics, and values; the only principle conservatives adhere to today is to #OwnTheLibs or #FJB...

So since it's been 2 months since the end of the Afghanistan drawdown, fake patriot conservatives have moved onto their next cause celebre of "Let's Go Brandon" and the 13 of Afghanistan have receded into the shorthand of deeply held "sincere" reasons right-wingers hate President Joe Biden.  Certainly, criminals like Representative Major Traitor Greene make disgusting mouth-noises about the 13, but, like the faded 13 bumper stickers and gaudy shrines set up along roadsides "honoring" the 13 right-wingers have moved on to their next phony outrage.

As with President Obama, the rightwing plan is to throw a non-stop tantrum and invent any number of rightwing Biden outrage stories with the expectation that the American people will throw up their hands and just let the Republicans have the Presidency again.  It worked in 2016 as the ultimate rightwing American buffoon was awarded the White House.

It might work again... And if it doesn't... well Republicans already tried one attempt to overthrow the U.S. Government on January 6th the next Golpe de Estado will be more violent and more organized.