Posted on 04/14/2010 10:55:18 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
KABUL U.S. troops are pulling out of Afghanistan's perilous Korengal Valley as part of a new focus on protecting population centers, NATO said Wednesday, ending a mission that saw some of the most intense fighting of the nearly nine-year American presence in the country.
The isolated mountainous region of caves and canyons on the eastern border with Pakistan has been the scene of near daily exchanges of fire between NATO and insurgents, who use it as a route for infiltrating weapons and fighters into Afghanistan.
While militants will likely portray the withdrawal as a defeat for foreign forces in Afghanistan, NATO termed the move a "realignment" resulting from changing strategies to deal with a Taliban-led insurgency that has strengthened and gripped once stable parts of the country.
The shift reflects new thinking among commanders that forces are best used to protect the civilian population rather than placed in scattered outposts highly exposed to militant activity and difficult to resupply and reinforce.
"This repositioning, in partnership with the Afghan National Security Forces, responds to the requirements of the new population-centric counterinsurgency strategy," Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, joint commander of international forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement e-mailed to media. "The move does not prevent forces from rapidly responding, as necessary, to crises there in Korengal and in other parts of the region, as well."
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Ah...no, it wasn't an argument but an observation.
The above comment was made by maine-iac7, not me. In my post #10 I stated that Obozo is a traitorous B@st@rd!.
I’m thinking that it would be against the best interests of the country to engage in such action. Vote them out in 2010 and 2012.
I remember his Mama on FOX & Friends. :-)
We are sooo screwed.
5.56mm
read through these links. The Taliban told ‘em to take their money and pound sand.
and the media kept it low profile - but it was out there - and the sheeple were too busy watching Idol and Survivor
That about says it
The gist of this report seems to be- we are losing!
STAY THE HELL OUT OF >VALLEYS<,,,DUH!!!
WTF did they think was gunna happen when they gave the
bad guys the high ground and would not give our guys
any fire-support!?,,,
We learned these hard lessons way back in the 60’s...
It is a start that would have to be seen through for the next 30 yrs. You are dealing with a population that is 90% illiterate, they are tribal and the tribes bow to the war lords. What you are talking about is changing their entire culture, that would take generations.
Great Granny;
Like you, I find that the one thing Obama did bring to us as promised is HOPE!
I now have HOPE that I did not have before Obama.
Everyday I have HOPE that I live long enough to see this illegal, racist, air-headed, socialistic America-hater out of office and that I see a real American back in the White House.
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