U.S. Marines serving with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO, International Security Assistance Force cross an expansion bridge while on patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on July 1, 2008. DoD photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)A Blunder of Colossal Proportions in Afghanistan
-- Captain's Journal
-- Captain's Journal
One error made in the phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom following the invasion was the foisting of a democratic form of government on the country, and even more specifically, a parliamentary form of government. It led to the ineptitude and intransigence of the government for a protracted period of time. The position of Prime Minister, held now by Maliki, was used as much to prevent U.S. operations against rogue Shi’a elements as it was to serve the country.
Indeed, while performing a defensive political operation for Moqtada al Sadr, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and the SIIC and others, he had no problem allowing the U.S. to go after Sunni insurgents in Anbar and in and around Baghdad. Even recently Marine Maj. Gen John Kelly has complained about the lack of funding flowing from Baghdad to Anbar. Having a political authority and structure to which the U.S. was reportable hindered the progress of counterinsurgency, even if in the end a political authority was necessary for turnover of control.
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More News On Afghanistan
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Taliban Warn Obama: Leave Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor
Troops kill around 30 insurgents in Afghanistan -- AFP
Fighting in eastern Afghanistan kills 28 rebels -- International Herald Tribune
In Afghan South, Taliban Fill NATO’s Big Gaps -- New York Times
NATO chief urges greater efforts on Afghanistan -- Reuters
Afghan forces want bigger role in Taliban fight -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO: Aid needed for Afghan war -- Yahoo News/AP
Top US Commander in Afghanistan Meets President Karzai in Kabul -- Voice Of America
Taliban Target Karachi and Peshawar Links in NATO’s Afghanistan Supply-Chain -- Jamestown Foundation
Russia does not agree to military cargo transit to Afghanistan - Rogozin -- Interfax
Canada To Pull Out Of Afghanistan -- Nasdaq
Don’t Expect Europe To Change In Afghanistan -- Weekly Standard opinion
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 568 -- Yahoo News/AP
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