Good example of how to “Hit ‘em where they ain’t.”
Meanwhile on July 2 these events took place in Kabul:
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 13 on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying military personnel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said.
The explosion happened in the heavily secured downtown area near Kabul University at a time of increasing attacks by the Taliban and other insurgents around Afghanistan, where the outcome of a presidential election is still not known.
At least five of the dead were air force personnel, said Hashmat Stanekzai, a spokesman for Kabul’s police chief. Stanekzai said the bus had been the bomber’s target.
Heavy fighting is still underway in the strategically important Sangin district of southern Helmand province. Many Afghans fear overall security is deteriorating.
When one side has restriction on how to fight a war, and the other side has no restrictions, guess which side wins in the end.
The Allies won WWII because it was total war. Whole cities were carpet bombed both as a way to destroy the means to prosecute the war, but also as a way to destroy the morale of the enemy.
If we had fought WWII using the rules in place today, we would have lost.
The sad part is, just because we pick up our marbles and go home does not mean the war is over. Muslims will continue to fight until they either win, or we destroy them. Thanks to our political elites (and their friends in the media) our best chance to win has been tossed away. The next time we engage them in combat it will be winner take all, and a lot more people will die.
At least that is my opinion.
Parked all in a row - like battleships at Pearl Harbor in 1942.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
— George Santayana:
Ping
400 is a lot
US taxpayers are always being asked for money
400???
Afghanistan is on the verge of returning to the dark ages — as if it ever left.
Some General should be looking for a new job.How in the hell do you manage to lose 400 Fuel tanker truck?
What the hell kind of Security do they have there?
I realise that the Clown Prince is cutting troop levals there but there should be some security protecting resources of that type.
Just how the hell do they plan to operate vehicles without fuel?or the means to transport it?
this story reminds me of why I turned against George W Bush.
in 2004 or so, Bush decided it was a good idea to supply
JAM and everyone else in Iraq with gasoline at 5 cents a gallon.
don’t believe me? read here.
http://www.rense.com/general53/tedx.htm
the reason Bush did that, IMO, is that at the time, Bush did not
like the term ‘civil war’ applied to the conflict,
he preferred ‘insurgency’. so —>
the enemy was well supplied.
for several reasons, I did not like that.
On Cheney’s involvement, I will comment some other time.
attn Bush:
thanks a lot for losses in 2006 and 2008.
what do others Freepers think?
Supply chain management.
“Security forces should pay for the losses because they have failed to protect the tankers.”
Security forces are not obligated to protect _you_. Or your property.