The Taliban ascendant
Proven provider John McCreary concludes that over the last year, the Taliban has dramatically increased its military effectiveness. This is today’s bad news, or at least the first installment of it. A year ago, he said, for every one Allied soldier killed, wounded or captured, some six Taliban were. Now the ratio is 1:1. “This ...
Proven provider John McCreary concludes that over the last year, the Taliban has dramatically increased its military effectiveness. This is today’s bad news, or at least the first installment of it.
A year ago, he said, for every one Allied soldier killed, wounded or captured, some six Taliban were. Now the ratio is 1:1. “This means the Taliban gave as good as they got,” he observes. “During all of 2008 the kill ratio never was so close. This should be unacceptably embarrassing news for the Coalition.”
This is going to get harder before it gets easier. If it does.
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