An eight-day NATO offensive this month involving 11,000 allied troops and 25,000 Afghan security forces in seven provinces in eastern Afghanistan killed or captured more than 200 Haqqani fighters and commanders, allied officials said; the pressure on the Pakistani side is being generated almost entirely by the drone strikes.
“That’s going to really deter their ability to operate probably for some time, maybe into the winter period,” Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the second-ranking allied commander in Afghanistan, said Thursday.
Oy.
Good lord.
A precocious seventh grader with some experience with a strategy video game could define a more effective military structure and budget than these pathetically transparent "grab every dollar" types.
What ever happened to the concept of the greater good? I seems to have evaporated in some weird "me first" virus that makes people unconcerned about telling patently obvious lies in order to defend indefensible positions...
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