You only need to read the headline to know that this situation is only to get worse. If you can’t settle your scores via the ballot box, then what are your options? And again, not a peep or any happy talk coming from US/NATO in Kabul. So everyone continues to hold their collective breath to see what happens next, but sadly we know which direction ...
Continue Reading →In a revealing article published today (October 20, 2010) in the Washington Examiner, Sara A. Carter, National Security Correspondent reports that “Troops Chafe at Restrictive Rules of Engagement” and reported talks with the Taliban.
As reported earlier, frontline troops in Afghanistan have not been entirely pleased (read “pissed off”) at current Rules of Engagement which govern military action by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. As readers of SFTT are aware, retired General McChrystal, then commander of military forces in Afghanistan, radically modified the ...
Continue Reading →A young officer I once served with recently changed command and is now attending the Army’s Intermediate Level Education course for field grade officers; when he graduates he’ll report to a new unit and redeploy. His tedious ride from the east coast to Kansas coincided with the sacking of McChrystal. Remember him? After the storm broke and his pension was paid, follow up analysis of the “crisis” revealed that the majority of attributable quotes and “off-the-record” background was provided by ...
Continue Reading →There appears to be a bit of a backlash within military circles and families of men and women currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan over the “suggestion” that our troops should leave their body armor behind to ingratiate themselves with local civilians. This “new” strategy to win the “hearts and minds” of the local populace first came to my attention during an airing of a 60 minute special on General McChrystal some months ago.
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