Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
Or The Washington Post, by retired General Keane after a two week visit:

Link:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-afghan-surge/
Gen. Keane states the blindingly obvious (quote below) and one is left wondering why it has taken years for this action to be taken?

"Support zones are up in the mountains, where they use villagers to help hide their weapons caches. Safe havens are up there, too, usually away from everybody, and we are denying them the use of those. We are interdicting and disrupting their operating areas, which had a tendency to focus on the roads quite a bit, and we're interdicting what they're doing there."