Quote Originally Posted by George L. Singleton View Post
The problem remains that it is very difficult to build and run schools, to be specific, when the terrorists are blowing schools up at an almost equal pace as you build them and then the terrorists murder the teachers as well.

There has to be a concurrent and effective, acceptible to the locals, too, law and order security presence where such activity is going on...construction, reconstruciton, etc, which needs to be manned by locals and Afghan national Army forces who are based in communities permannetly, not just "passing through."
It amazes me that folks can't get this logic into their heads. I was at a UK pre-deployment A'Stan workshop last year and no one really wanted to talk about the elephant in the corner

Very stormy, rainy, and 70s to low 80s temperatues over here rest of this week. Europe seems much cooler than here just now.
You're blessed. Mid-80s and a full blown sand storm yesterday. At least we don't get snow... well Jerusalem does, but that's Jerusalem for you!