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Politics : The Donkey's Inn

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To: Mephisto who wrote (3125)3/4/2002 12:58:22 AM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (2) of 15516
 
War in Afghanistan is a disaster:

Uncle Sam Gets Soviet

'' "They made a big mistake," Said Mohammed Isshaq, the Afghan security chief in the provincial capital of Gardez, said of the American commanders at Shahikot. "They went ahead without making trenches, without reinforcing their positions. And then they were cut off. They retreated really badly."
The assessment was shared by Afghan soldiers on the battlefield. "Our command was really bad. The American command was really bad," said Khial Mohammed, a 22-year-old soldier who was wounded. "We didn't think about all the aspects of the battle before we attacked."
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