"...I recognize that the carefully controlled and disciplined employment of force entails risks to our troops..."
Nicely written by some paper pushing Pentagon arm chairer most likely.
"...The Taliban cannot militarily defeat us - but we can defeat ourselves..."
WT.......!!!!!
"We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. We've lost today," Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latter's repeated demands for helicopters.
"'We're pinned down:' 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335142/posts
From the same article:
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.”
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I repeat, they suspected that the insurgents had been tipped off by sympathizers in the local Afghan security forces or by the village elders...
The same “civilians” and the “loyal” Afghan Army McChrystal wants to “protect” and build.
Right.