Ahhhh...'The Community'.
"...McChrystal cites an anecdote involving an ISAF unit and their partnered Afghan company that were participating in a large shura [tribal council] in a previously hostile village. During the shura, which was attended by nearly the entire village, he writes, two insurgents began firing shots at one of the units observation posts. The sergeant in charge of the post could have returned fire but he chose not to over-react and ruin the meeting.
Phew!! That was close to another statistic!
"...The risk of the counterinsurgency approachwhich helps to explain why it has not been adopted in Afghanistan until now or in Iraq until 2007is that, in the short term, it will result in more casualties for coalition forces."
Thanks for putting our guys lives and asses on the line for the Taliban Obama and McChrystal!!!
Counterinsurgency Memo: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Its the ROEs Stupid fits.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT REVISITED
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346439/posts
OBAMAS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN COSTING OUR TROOPS LIVES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335891/posts
THE RULES MURDERING OUR TROOPS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347085/posts
Then there is this:
No Rush to Escalate (war kills off great reform movements)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355050/posts
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http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/official_texts/Tactical_Directive_090706.pdf
...I recognize that the carefully controlled and disciplined employment of force entails risks to our troops...
...The Taliban cannot militarily defeat us - but we can defeat ourselves...
This is all that comes to my mind when I read that:
We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. Weve lost today, Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latters repeated demands for helicopters.
Were pinned down: 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335142/posts
If your going to keep them over there Obama&Co.. NOW, can we PLEASE have some Troop-centered and protecting ROEs! And give them the equipment and manpower they need to back them up!
McChrystal just has not clue about Islam and the culture there.