Quote Originally Posted by Rank amateur View Post
I don't know. It's not easy being in a no win situation. In the ad business clients sometimes insist that you do something stupid that you know isn't going to work. Telling them they're stupid doesn't work out too well. Usually, we muddle through trying to do the best we can and when it doesn't work the client fires us for doing what they asked.

Petraeus will probably be writing a book some day about why COIN didn't produce victory either.?

Maybe but I doubt it. I would think he could very well write something on the greatness of the American soldier and how to bring out the very best in those you work with (Finger's Crossed)

Quote Originally Posted by Rank amateur View Post
I'm not trying to be antagonistic, but for sake of discussion how do you feel about NATO forces that put European interests above American interests in Afghanistan?
Wouldn't that be a little different. I mean how many countries are a part of NATO. Now how many countries are a part of the US.

Nuff Said