Such asinine statements vastly oversimplify the situation. You've already shown yourself to be completely ignorant of the situation on the ground over there.
Creighton Abrams was also viewed as being too hard on his troops in WWII. The troops thanked him after the war.
Good for Abrams. If this was WWII, then that would mean something.
Nelson told his subordinates that they could never go wrong if they placed their ship beside the enemy to fight it out.
You insist on making these conventional war similes. Why?
11 years......2000 dead Soldiers.......billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars spent.......for what? Let me give you the straight shit .....the Army exists to fight and win our wars. Are we winning? Do we have victory after 11 years of fighting? You can build all the schools you want to in Afghanistan and what is taught when they blow up? That the enemy can blow them up. That’s what’s taught. Why do I bring up conventional wars? 11 years.....2000 dead Soldiers.....billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars spent that could have been used elsewhere. We’ve tried the SOF stuff and it hasn’t worked. God bless our SOF warriors, but it’s time to do something else. Our performance in Afghanistan emboldens our enemies. You show me those Afghan people hanging Taliban heads at the front of their villages, and then I’ll think we’re winning. 11 years.....11 years.