Thursday, December 24, 2009

Marines Training the Afghans

REUTERS/Adrees Latif


There is a great gap between those that lead COIN operations and those that perform them. Leadership essentially takes the role of cheerleader when things are bad while the ground truth is buried under bureaucratic layers.

Take a look at the differences in the assessments of the situation according to the visiting general and one of the Marines taking part in the Afghan training operation.

Afghan training a challenge for US marines