It’s a seasonal war. Enemy activity increases during the summer and plateaus around November/December before decreasing during the winter in much of the country. In warmer areas like Khost and out in the southwest it will remain fairly constant.
There are more friendly offensive operations than before. That means more contact, which sadly often means more friendly casualties.
In ALL of our years in Afghanistan, there have NEVER been this number of American deaths no matter what the season. And it isn’t just us. Other countries are experiencing the same thing. It IS MCCHRYSTAL and his changes to the ROE that have caused this. HIS changes.
NATO Commanders have complained bitterly about how badly they have been hamstrung.
bam could give less of a damn. He fiddles and plays at being intelligent while our Troops die!
This has been a strategic mess from start to finish and it was PLANNED. If you can get the American people to clamor for an end to this war, you can walk away and leave ANOTHER RADICAL ISLAMIC STRONGHOLD which is what obama is all about from day ONE!
McChrystal was picked for his “hearts and minds” strategy that killed millions of Vietnamese and 10s of thousands of Americans back in the day. He was HANDPICKED because he was bitter about not being promoted under the Bush Administration, therefore, in order to get his Stars, he could be COUNTED on to go along to get along.
He has done immense damage to the morale of our Troops in theatre. He is a disgrace to the uniform and should be court martialled for his malfeasance.
If you think for a second he went there for any other reason, you have not been paying attention.