Why Obama's Afghan War is Different

So far, so good in the first major offensive of President Barack Obama's war in Afghanistan. For the past four days, 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan soldiers have been fighting their way into the southern reaches of Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley, hoping to clear out insurgents there. But other than one limited area of fierce resistance, the fighting has generally been limited to small-scale skirmishes in which few Taliban have been killed, because ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Jul 5, 2009 - 8:46 AM PDT
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Edited by: Leo Romero - Jul 5, 2009 - 8:46 AM PDT

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 5, 2009

The big picture is a huge one. That are brave marines have their hands tied to prevent civilian deaths is a big big danger in my thoughts if the death counts start to raise as I fear they will we must re look at this because most of the civilians are not civilians but Taliban thugs.

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