U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009. The Marines are assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, which is attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. BurksFrom The Armchair Generalist:
When you read accounts from Afghan tribal leaders such as this, it makes you wonder if the US force strategy has been more like that used during World War II - that is, attrition warfare. But of course we know better - Gen Petraeus told us that the fashion of the day is counterinsurgency.
As the conflict enters its eighth summer Nato is hoping that it can exploit such popular disillusion. Mullah Mansoor (not his real name), however, is simply looking for a way out. “Local people do not like the Taleban or the Western forces, they even don’t like us local Taleban” he conceded. “They say to us, ‘if you want to go to Paradise fight in the desert, fight in the mountains but don’t fight in my house’. My wish is just to have peace and security in my area.”
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My Comment: This is a good post .... and also very true. Attrition warfare has been with mankind since the dawn of time .... and even though strategists, generals, politicians have all looked for alternatives and new ideas .... we always come back to outlasting and killing off the enemy before they kill us.
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