Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Two Sides of the Same Coin
My favorite part:
Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been clearing Taliban and foreign fighters from the district of Garmser, in southern Helmand Province, an important infiltration and drug trafficking route used by the Taliban to supply insurgents farther north.
“The insurgents, after experiencing these several weeks of pressure below Garmser, are trying to flee to the south, perhaps to go back to the sanctuaries in another country,” said the NATO commander, Gen. Dan K. McNeill.
Herschel Smith has a nearly irrefutable point, however--we don't send in the Marines when the job is done, we send them in when the job is hard and yet to be accomplished.
Labels: Afghanistan; Taliban Spring Offensive
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/06/04/are-the-taliban-really-on-the-brink-of-defeat-part-ii/
Best,
HPS
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