we had to go into Afghanistan... of course, we could've gone with CIA and JSOC guys (plus air support and cruise missiles) and left it up to the northern alliance.
Petraus apologies to the Afghan people for the killing of 9 boys by NATO attack helicopters. Boys were gathering firewood.
"Should never have happened."
These flyboys and ground controllers will cause future NATO deaths and hatred for the US for a long, long time. Some military careers are now gone. Some NATO soldiers will find guilt and have PTS.
I've never been for W's revenge Wars, but concurred that since we destabilized Afghan's politics and life and we must try to make amends. Whatever gains we got in Obama's surge, is now questionable.
edit from 14 to 9.
-- Edited by longprime on Wednesday 2nd of March 2011 07:31:29 PM
