Just like CNN and MSNBC’s 24/7 image of Humvee’s burning helped and encouraged the insurgency in Iraq, Michael Yon’s reporting of the surge helped and encouraged it to succeed.
What can we do besides yell and scream bloddy murder??? If you are PRO-Military and PRO AMERICAN ARMED FORCES, you are considered an enemy of the state.
McChrystal’s first jump out of the box was that the ROE in Afghanistan were too skewed to the PROTECTION OF AMERICAN TROOPS. He has put them at HIGH risk and some of his orders were so insane they had to be rescinded because no one would obey them and the field commanders went nuts on him.
He wanted OUR TROOPS to patrol without body armor to show the Afghans that we “trusted” them, so they should “trust” us. Holy GOD!!! Sending guys on patrol without body armor...and the body count for Americans is higher this year than it was for the whole freaking war!