I was sitting here at home doing a little work listening to CNN live out of New York a little while ago. Top story of the hour: U.S. forces in Afghanistan are involved in a massive buildup in Helmand province with plans to launch a major offensive within the next few days. According to the story, the objective is to take the area back from the Taliban, install "normal" Afghan people and show the government can protect their citizens in the area.
I don't know about you, and I'm certainly not privy to military plans, but it seems to me announcing a major build up of forces and plans to launch a major attack in the next few days sort of compromises that old tried-and-true military tactic called "Surprise!" Looks more and more like a play on the old children's game 'Hide and Seek', this time called: "Olly Olly Go Home Free." All you bad guys get outta here because, we sure as hell don't want to run into you out there. Go home and come back after we leave.
Five hours later
It's amazing how au currant your correspondent is. A few hours after posting the above there's a giant debate going on about whether or not they should announce their intentions.
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it sounds like the military at its prime. They are so arrogantly full of themselves that they think they can pull off anything regardless of how poorly it was planned...did I say they plan? I must be still asleep. Let me have another cup of Java.
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