US Marines check their gear at a company operation base in Helmand province on February 8. NATO commanders have urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in for a major assault on a key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing. (AFP/Patrick Baz)
US Marines carry their equipment during a sandstorm in Helmand province. NATO commanders have urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in for a major assault on a key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing. (AFP/Patrick Baz)
These goatherders with AK-47’s don't have a clue what is about to hit them.
If they had a clue, they'd be scattering instead of massing.
Well, maybe they’re just imagining the offensive because of the drugs. I mean, WTH, the Massachusetts Democrat Coakley stated a month ago that there weren’t any terrorists in Afghanistan. Thanks NormsRevenge.
"McChrystal said the focus would be on an area stretching from the Helmand River valley, where more than 10,000 U.S. Marines are deployed." -- McChrystal Sees victory ahead in Afghanistan
Whatever. What a tremendous waste of blood and treasure. Afghanistan will be full af Afghani's long after we finally leave, just like the Russians, British, Persians and Greeks before us. They will still have their little book to set order to their pathetic lives. They will still prefer sex with little boys, grow opium, sell 12 year old girls to old men as 3rd wives, herd goats and whatever else their 3rd world culture takes as normal.
What does "delousing" mean to you, exactly. The idea that there is some mass of "good" Afghani's just waiting to turn Kandahar into the next Omaha or Eugene is absurd. We picked our favorite dope-dealing warlord from among a short list and are now helping him kick ass on the others. Didn't the American's just acquiese to negotiations with the Taliban recently? So this week we'll shell some hovel, drive out the impoverished Pushtans living there, and then next week Karzi will sit down with their leaders and cut a deal.
Pointless. Quagmire.
This is going to be a BIG ONE —very unusual there. The afgh version of Fallujah, which went on for...like a week or so.
Hoping for a high bodycount, and lots of enemy anguish, screaming, and agony before they die.