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Helmand Province, Afghanistan
05 Sep 2008
The Af-Pak war continues to escalate. Morale among American, Aussie, British and Canadian forces is high. I cannot comment on others; to date, I have not been interfacing much with other member nations. There is no doubt that the war is escalating, but our folks are meeting it head on: Click here to view article in the Washington Post.
At this rate, 2009 will be the hardest year so far.
The War in Afghanistan has truly begun. This will be a long, difficult fight that is set to eclipse anything we’ve seen in Iraq. As 2010 unfolds, my 6th year of war coverage will unfold with it. There is relatively little interest in Afghanistan by comparison to previous interest in Iraq, and so reader interest is low. Afghanistan is serious, very deadly business. Like Iraq, however, it gets pushed around as a political brawling pit while the people fighting the war are mostly forgotten. The arguments at home seem more likely to revolve around a few words from the President than the ground realities of combat here. I can bring the ground realities, but can sustain the coverage only by the graciousness of readers. Please keep that in mind. Please click…
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