[Constitutionalist Conservative]

It endangers our troops because towns/villages currently considered to be ‘friendly’ will likely become considerably less so after this stunt. The villagers don’t need to join al Qaeda to make life more difficult for our guys; they just need to stop cooperating.

[DonaldC]

“It endangers our troops because towns/villages currently considered to be ‘friendly’ will likely become considerably less so after this stunt. The villagers don’t need to join al Qaeda to make life more difficult for our guys; they just need to stop cooperating.”

When this happens, we should just leave.

[SuziQ]

The villagers don’t need to join al Qaeda to make life more difficult for our guys; they just need to stop cooperating.

Exactly, and they hear the news, as well, even if it's from Al Jazeera, so they know what's going on.