There really hasn’t been any significant reporting from Afghanistan, as far as I can see. Every once in a while a report of troops being killed by an IED or the like, but no sense of what is happening there, if anything.
I really get the feeling that this has turned into a meaningless war, where our troops are getting killed for nothing, and where the ROEs don’t really even permit them to defend themselves.
About all I can tell from the reports is that the body count keeps going up, and we don’t really seem to be winning anything or getting anywhere. McCrystal and Petraeus are both very capable leaders for this kind of war, but I think their hands have been tied.
About all I can tell from the reports is that the body count keeps going up, and we don’t really seem to be winning anything or getting anywhere. McCrystal and Petraeus are both very capable leaders for this kind of war, but I think their hands have been tied.
I hate to say it for the troops sake but you're likely right. The past 20 years especially the past ten have not been good years for our armed forces. PC ran war has done some very major damage to our own side. It's our own elected leadership in DC on both sides of the party aisle doing that damage.
Excellent, detailed Afghanistan coverage here.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/
Michael Yon is returning to Afghanistan this month,
so I expect his dispatches will contain ‘realistic’
news.
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God bless and protect our wonderful military
Wouldn’t want to kill the terrorists, that could offend them and hurt BHOs standing in the ME.
Obama needs to be impeached, tried for treason and sentenced by a jury of military families who lost loved ones due to Obama’s Rules of Engagement.
It is looking like the last man to leave Vietnam to me. Dangerous, forgotten and futile.
Our troops aren't allowed to "offend" the enemy in any way. There's no way we can win a politically correct war. Political correctness sees the enemy as the "victim."