{"id":18026,"date":"2010-03-16T06:29:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18026"},"modified":"2010-03-16T06:29:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:29:45","slug":"mcchrystal-reins-in-robot-zombie-ninjas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18026","title":{"rendered":"McChrystal reins in robot zombie ninjas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cortillaen sends us a link from the New York Times<\/a> in which General McChrystal announces that he’s taking control of the Special Operation forces in Afghanistan because the locals and the UN claim that they’re responsible for the most civilian casualties;<\/p>\n

\u201cIn most of the cases of civilian casualties, special forces are involved,\u201d said Mohammed Iqbal Safi, head of the defense committee in the Afghan Parliament, who participated in joint United States-Afghan investigations of civilian casualties last year. \u201cWe\u2019re always finding out they are not obeying the rules that other forces have to in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese forces often operate with little or no accountability and exacerbate the anger and resentment felt by communities,\u201d the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan wrote in its report on protection of civilians for 2009.<\/p>\n

Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, General McChrystal\u2019s deputy chief of staff for communications, cautioned against putting undue blame on Special Operations forces. Since night raids are dangerous, and most missions take place at night, most of them are carried out by the more highly trained special groups. In January, General McChrystal issued restrictions on night raids. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’m beginning to see a pattern here – the Afghan government complained when our drones were being too successful, and now the special operations are being too successful, as well apparently. Maybe we should ask the Taliban for our op-plans. At least, the Taliban can help direct our forces to targets that are far from any potential civilian targets.<\/p>\n

So where is Joe Biden who claimed that the whole war could be won with robot zombie ninjas. Doesn’t this kind of cut off at the knees his whole masterful idea?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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