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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2009 -- Embedded above is a video package of a 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment counter IED presence patrol along Route 1, the only paved road in Afghanistan. The video discusses the importance the route has for ground transportation throughout the country. (Produced by Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter; American Forces Network Afghanistan. Length: 3:31. Part 1 of 3.)
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You can see from this video why Obama's idea of a surge in Afghanistan is stupid. There's nothing there, no infrastructure, nothing but rocks, goats, locals, and a few Taliban that run in from Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteDumping 50,000 US troops in Afghanistan would be like threading a needle with a sledgehammer.