The United States Marines, America’s best and bravest, are about to land in the Town of Marja, southern Afghanistan. The news is already out. Meetings have gone on for weeks to alert the Marja townspeople. The tribal elders know about it. It’s in the Los Angeles Times. It’s all over Afghanistan. Hell and the entire World know it. And the Taliban Soldiers of Allah know it.
The Marines have been instructed not to shoot back if there are civilians in the line of fire. Protecting Afghanistan civilians’ lives must count for more than American lives. It’s CIC Barack Obama and General Stanley McChrystal’s standing order. The Taliban will probably position themselves among civilians. Or they may just run away, re-group and come back later. Knowing the invasion is coming they’ve had months to mine the terrain with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), like the one that sent my nephew home from his first Iraq tour with a Purple Heart. This is no way to win a War – not any War I ever heard of.
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