Now let me understand this. 1 squad of Americans, 1 platoon of Afghanis in a temporary patrol base, they get attacked by 200+ talibs suffering 9 dead and 15 wounded, hold the OP, win the day, and we want to turn it in to a defeat.
Yeah, ok. RIP Sky Soldiers, Airborne All The Way!!! Larry Lyons wrote: >> Yeah but they are not as prevalent as they are in Iraq. >> >> Larry Lyons wrote: >>> You haven't been paying attention to what's been happening there >> lately, most of the casualties lately have been from suicide bombings >> and IED's. > > Until recently the taliban and the drug lords have discovered that they > cannot stand up to the US and NATO forces directly. So they've trying the > same tactics as was used in Iraq. Not surprising since according to what I've > read the many of the taliban's operational cadre went over to Iraq for > training over the last 3 years. It was only recently that they've again been > trying to attack forward bases, with that recent mostly successful assault on > that US base in one of the eastern provinces. Perhaps there should be an > equivalant to the surge in Afghanistan. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264251 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
