Posted on 02/23/2008 1:38:32 PM PST by Stoat
What a revealing view of the war from the perspectice of the troops on the front lines. From this we could see there was absolutely no animosity by the British troops towards the USAF pilots after the friendly fire incident, just continued gratitude and respect for the allied pilots and their contributions.
It was riveting. We never see reporting like this because it takes too much effort and does not fit the PMSNBCBSFOX story line/politics or news budget. The closest we get to this type of news reporting is the fictional crap turned out by Hollywood.
Ha! I love that crest! By Strength and Guile, indeed!
You may have already seen them, but episodes one, two, three and five of this series are also available at the link you posted (each divided into five parts like the episode you posted). They are all outstanding bits of journalism I think: covering the unit from training to deployment.
Cheers,
UK
Thanks for posting this article. It looks like the Taliban are on the back foot, despite only a few NATO allies being ready to deploy their troops to this dangerous area. With the British Paras and US Marines deploying together in the region soon, progress with hopefully continue to be made!
Coincidentally, today the NYT published it’s take on US forces action Afganistan. (The NYT is, of course, most concerned that US troops are killing civilians.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24afghanistan-t.html
You're quite welcome and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile :-)
It is truly wonderful, isn't it? :-)
It's great to know that the essential tenets of warfighting are still embraced :-)
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