[stylin19a]

let 'em fight and give them support, or pull 'em all out now.

Freema... pissed off ping...

Several U.S. officers said they suspected that the insurgents had been tipped off by sympathizers in the local Afghan security forces or by the village elders, who announced over the weekend that they were accepting the authority of the local government.

"Whatever we do always leaks," said Marine Lt. Ademola Fabayo, 28, a New Yorker who was born in Nigeria and is the operations officer for the trainers from the 3rd Marine Division. "You can't trust even some of their soldiers or officers."

[Smokin' Joe]

Suspicion operational security is compormised by people playing both sides, ROE which will not permit agressive pursuit and elimination of enemy assets, ROE which will not permit supporting fire to be brought in, nor air support.

Sorry, but I'm having deja vu all over again.

These are some of the complaints I heard from friends who came back from VietNam.

The Dems/Communists/Liberals/NewLeftists hung people out to dry in that one, too.

They have been calling the WOT a "quagmire" from the git-go, and they have been determined to make it that way, in spite of our troops' best efforts and commendable performance.

let 'em fight and give them support, or pull 'em all out now.

Yep.

[freema]

Thanks for the pissed off ping, stylin’. There just aren’t words.