[Dean's World] Dean: Report from Afghanistan

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Report from Afghanistan
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1152253714.shtml


   Michael Yon:

     From the ground in Iraq, my perception over time was that the
     Coalition and Iraqis were committed to their mission and making
     tremendous progress, despite ongoing violence. I believe Iraq will
     become a success. We went there with too few troops and an
     imprecise plan to maintain the peace, errors that a smart and
     determined enemy exploited fully. Despite delays and setbacks,
     there is a new government in place, democratically elected by
     Iraqis whose staggering turn-out numbers testify to their
     commitment to the process. The Iraqi Security Forces are
     increasingly competent, a learning curve I witnessed first hand. A
     first dispatch about the ISF was titled âPlease Donât Shoot Us,â
     but ten months later, I was writing about raids the US Army
     conducted using intelligence developed by the ISF. The fact that a
     US Army general recently invited me back to Iraq to see the
     situation is indicative of Army confidence that the progress is
     ongoing and substantial. By now the military knows what readers
     sometimes chide me about: if invited to a mess, I will report the
     mess.

     My foray into Afghanistan was less positive.

   Read the rest [1]right here.

References

   1. http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/there-be-dragons.htm