Posted on 09/24/2009 8:56:52 PM PDT by george76
There was an international uproar when, on Sept. 4, in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, an American fighter jet under NATO command bombed a group of Taliban fighters who had hijacked two fuel tanker trucks. The trucks exploded, the fighters were killed, and so were a still-undetermined number of Afghan civilians.
When McChrystal met with local leaders in Kunduz, a few days after the bombing, he got an earful -- but not what he expected.
McChrystal began the meeting with a show of sympathy for those who had been killed or wounded. The general didn't get very far before he was interrupted by the provincial council chairman, Ahmadullah Wardak.
The security situation has been getting worse in Kunduz, Wardak told McChrystal. American and NATO troops haven't been aggressive enough in pursuing and killing the Taliban. In Wardak's view, the bombing of the fuel tankers, rather than a mistake, was the right thing to do.
"If we do three more operations like was done the other night, stability will come to Kunduz," Wardak said, according to the Post account. "If people do not want to live in peace and harmony, that's not our fault."
Chandrasekaran reported that McChrystal "seemed caught off guard." Wardak clarified a bit more: "We've been too nice to the thugs," he said.
So instead of receiving an angry lecture on America's disregard for Afghan life, the general received an angry lecture on America's hesitance to go after the enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
This BS started under Truman back in the Korean War. “Before you can engage, you need to get approval from....your commander (he’s chicken)...his commander (he’s chicken)...eventually (4 days later) from Truman. Meanwhile the troops get massacred by an aggressive enemy which doesn’t have that sort of chickens**t command structure.
It’s gotten progressively worse since Korea. Now - No Balls Bama!
Anything else would get me banned...
The ones who lack balls are those conservatives who will give Obama a blank check to spend even more of our blood and treasure on this futile quagmire.
“The ones who lack balls are those conservatives who will give Obama a blank check to spend even more of our blood and treasure on this futile quagmire.”
But, but, but, isn’t Afghanistan what the smart people called “the good war,” Cap’n? You’ve spent time in the military, right? When/where did you serve, Cap’n?
It is amazing to see how all these know-it-alls change their story rather rapidly. First it was...”Don’t win in Iraq, find bin Laden in Assramistan”...now it is “Assramistan is quagmire”! That is the latest talking point that will be bandied about, but thanks to the internet these people get called out on their BS!
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