unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (Righthaven LLC?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
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unhappycamper summary of this article: Remember all that "Happy days are here again crap about the Marjah offensive?"
Note: All the articles below came from military rags:
Marjah fight geared for civilian safety
Taliban, Marines trade fire as battle looms
Marjah residents blame wounds on foreign troops
Analysis: Hard part in Marjah has just begun
Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Information War
Potemkin update: 1-star: Marjah strategy has been effective
Pentagon propaganda: Marjah: Ups and downs are lessons for future
Afghan poppy harvest is next challenge for U.S. Marines
Curbing opium trade risks loss of (Afghanistan) support
Afghan soldiers way below standard, exasperated Marines say
Kabul is going to be a clusterfuck of very large proportions.
76 Marines killed in Afghanistan since May 1By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Oct 4, 2010 5:38:55 EDT
“Marjah’s in a phase where you’re not going to wake up tomorrow and say, ‘Wow.’ It’s going to be so incremental that it’s like watching grass grow,” said Brig. Gen. David Berger, director of operations at Marine Corps headquarters, during an Aug. 19 press briefing in his office. “I mean, not literally, but this is a slow progression right now.”