U.S. Marines battled Taliban fighters Wednesday for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in next week’s presidential election.
Insurgents appeared to dig in for a fight, firing volleys of rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds and even missiles from the back of a truck at the Marines, who were surprised at the intense resistance. By sunset, Marines had made little progress into Dahaneh beyond the gains of the initial pre-dawn assault.
And how many armies have been broken on the battle grounds of Afganistan? Where is the outrage from liberals as the body count rises. We have a President who stated publicly that victory was not an objective in this war that we had more practical objectives.
We must never ever committ our troops to a battle where we are not ready to wage all out war in overwhelming proportions to achieve a swift and total victory. To do otherwise is to defame their highest sacrifices on the field of battle.
Mark my words, this is not going to go well.
A tip of the padre’s beret to KSH for making space on this blog for military news. Afghanistan and Iraq seem so far away, and are easily forgotten, as are our troops there. Also, as a member of a NATO military, I’m so grateful for the numbers of US troops committed to Afghanistan and for their professionalism – it may not end well, but it will end worse without your country’s help.
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And by whom are the Streets of Heaven guarded?
God bless these patriots in battle, give them strength
and courage. They represent the best of America and
are, without any doubt, the finest military service in
the world.