[NorthernRight]

More wishful thinking and leftist propaganda from the Guardian.

[NorthernRight]

Ping! - FYI

[donozark]

This "research fellow" isn't fit to polish the boots of the lowest ranking private in the 82nd Abn.

[wretchard]

About six months ago, the British newspapers were heralding the imminent deployment of the Royal Marine Commandos, who unlike the fat and pudgy US troops, would lope around the mountains like gazelles and achieve more than Operation Anaconda.

The Royal Marines were excellent troops, but the British, hampered by the lack of tactical airlift, marched battalion sized units around the mountains for months. The Al-Qaeda stepped around these big columns. The Royal Marines never fired a shot in anger. They were withdrawn. An operational failure caused by using good troops in the wrong way, or perhaps in the only way the British in their mobility poverty could, but the wrong way nonetheless. If the Royal Marines could fail, albeit for reasons beyond their control, I doubt whether the Guardian's journalists could come up with a better plan, despite their sneering.

It is certainly possible that the 82nd's operations are not perfect. But I guess the Guardian's money quote must be: "Under pressure from President Karzai, the Pentagon is now considering setting up a dozen new bases around Afghanistan to liaise with local warlords and assist in delivering aid."

You don't ask for seconds if you don't like the grub.

[Darksheare]

Almost sounds like they WANT to become Dhimmi and have the muslims hordes descend upon their wives and children.. and themselves.
Don't they remember what the terror butt boys did to Pearl?
They assume that the press is safe and protected.

[ex-snook]

"Despite its power, the US has not been able to prevent its bases in Afghanistan from coming under frequent attack. Mostly, these achieve little more than keeping the troops in their dugouts"

Don't blame the 82nd. Finish this job before Iraq.

[silmaril]

Unbelievable. This guy makes a pretty accurate critique of US warfighting policy in Afghanistan (as neither sufficiently aggressive nor savvy), and you folks take it as an insult to the honor of the 82nd Airborne.

It's a fair bet that anyone who really cared about the 82nd -- or our armed forces in general -- would be interested in seeing it employed in a proper, war-winning manner rather than huddling in base camps and taking fire day after day.

Try reading for content. Not everything in the Guardian is trash.

[dighton]

For your evaluation.