MB Civic

By Eugene Robinson | Friday, April 16, 2010 | The Washington Post

“…The Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan was a transit route and occasional haven for insurgents, so U.S. commanders decided to drive out the enemy and turn the local villagers into allies. That was in 2005. By this week, after five years of intense combat that cost 42 American lives, U.S. troops had fought their way halfway down the steep-sided, heavily forested valley — which is just six miles long. That’s five years and 42 lives for three miles of terrain….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041504666_pf.html