Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
To quote the article,

That is garbage. The job of an Army is to destroy the armed opponent. That may include conducting "Security Operations" and "good" Patrolling (as opposed to stupid) is essential to that.
Standing still, doing nothing, is always bad.
You might want to look up the real, official mission of ISAF.

The whole concept of ISAF was Afghanisation from the beginning. The foreign forces are merely temporary substitutes till the Afghans take over. They shall provide security till the Afghans can do it, no victory over TB is required to declare mission success and leave (many seem to have forgotten this fact).


Standing still, doing nothing, is NOT always bad.
Exhibit A: Nukes.