Leadership and the War on Terror

I'm organizing some pictures from my Costa Rican trip but shortly after arriving back in the states I picked up a USA Today in Denver and what did I read? I read that in that southern province in Afghanistan where the Marines are currently cleaning out the Taliban our 'leaders', the higher ups, have made a decision that we will not make any more night raids because it is upsetting the Afghan people.

Now how quick do you have to be to know that just maybe, just maybe, the enemy is putting the people up to complaining, once again using our decency and political correctness against us. Unbelievable!

I was talking to a Marine I am close to that left yesterday for Afghanistan with his unit to lead a new offensive. He is on his 5th tour over in either Iraq or Afghan ... he told me he couldn't believe the papers are reporting of the 'coming offensive' that his unit is about to lead. One more stupid decision by our so called leaders - putting our young men and women in harms way and then tying their hands behind their backs.

Why would we spend all the money on technology for night capabilities, a distinct advantage to us ... and then say 'no more night raids'? That's leadership.