On the Offensive
AS U.S. MARINES launched a major offensive in Afghanistan's Taliban-infested Helmand province yesterday, one problem was already apparent: There are not enough troops to properly carry out the Pentagon's new counterinsurgency strategy. The force is "a little light," Marine Brig. Gen. Lawrence D....
(The Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com Sound familiar?? As I recall, there were some who tried to tell Obama that Afghanistan would be his Viet Nam if he were foolish enough to believe he had "the right stuff" for this job. This is going to make Iraq look like a birthday party.