Good article, jaz, and, oh, so timely. Add in the TBI’s (traumatic brain injury) that many of our troops have received with IED’s being the weapon of choice, and the situation gets even worse.......
..................and obama is cutting TriCare?
The article goes on and talks about the distrust between Afghan civilians and US troops. This was news to me:
...........”Mr. Bordin also uncovered deep distrust of Afghan civilians. American soldiers, he wrote, “were repulsed by the abuse and neglect they observed in how children are treated in Afghan society. U.S. soldiers largely reported that they did not care for Afghan civilians due to these factors as well as their suspected sympathies for the insurgents.””.................
The Afghans are a much more devout Muslim country than Iraq from what I've read, they're also a more primitive people. The Taliban fighter comes from the towns and villages that our troops are in and close to, little wonder we don't trust the civilians and vice versa.