Taliban fighters at an undisclosed location in Ghazni Province on Saturday. Attacks by militants in eastern Afghanistan are up 40 percent this year compared with last year. (Rahmatullah Naikzad/associated press) From AP:
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough fight.
Gen. David Petraeus, best known for coordinating the troop surge in Iraq that is credited with reducing that country's violence, cautioned that the Taliban are resilient fighters.
About 68,000 American troops will be on the ground in Afghanistan by this fall — double previous numbers. That's compared to about 2,700 Canadian soldiers.
"I think you have to recognize this is an enemy that is adaptable and at times is barbaric," he said. "(They) adjust to our tactics, techniques and procedures. We certainly do see it as an enemy that represents an ideology that does not tolerate those who do not think the way they do."
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My Comment: Taliban fighters have been fighting in wars since they were young. U.S. technology and tactics will win the day, but this is going to be a long long war. If we are to lose, it is because we just got fed up with the fighting.
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