The new deployment comes at a critical moment for the increasingly unpopular war. The Obama administration deployed 30,000 new U.S. forces to Afghanistan in 2009 as part of the surge and wants to begin bringing some of them home this July. Senior military officials are working to lessen the impact of the looming drawdown by keeping as many elite troops there as possible.
Although it is rarely discussed in Washington, the Afghan conflict has morphed into a shadow war that pits small teams of so-called “hunter-killers” from the Rangers, the Army’s Operational Detachment-Delta, the Navy’s Seal Team Six, and other secretive U.S. units against plain-clothed militants from the Taliban, the Haqqani network, and other Islamist fighting organizations…
Petraeus sees the elite troops as a critical part of his effort to reverse the Taliban’s battlefield momentum and kill enough of the militants to bring the armed group to the negotiating table. It is an approach modeled on Iraq, where Petraeus worked with then-Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal—who headed the Special Operations Command there—to bring the country back from the brink of civil war by killing or capturing thousands of Shiite and Sunni extremists.
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Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
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Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
RS Class 5-82
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
Re: Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
Thanks for the post Chiron.
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Re: Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
A war of attrition.
That always works.
That always works.
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2/325, 82nd Airborne 1979-1984
F Company, 51st LRSU 1986-1988
5th Special Forces Group 1989-1995
3rd Special Forces Group 1997-1999
RS - DHG 5-85
Re: Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
.....“What we’re finding now is that the guys who are doing the fighting on the ground in Afghanistan are questioning the leaders living comfortably in Pakistan,” Dressler said. “You’re seeing tensions emerge between the different echelons of the insurgency, and the Special Operations raids are a key reason why.”
A bit more
A bit more
RS Class 5-82
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
---------
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
Re: Army Ranger Elite Force to Afghanistan as Drawdown Looms
This is hardly a new development (ie news). Personally, I'd prefer to never hear about the Regiment in the news. Until they get home and we're reading about an awards ceremony.