[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

A military briefer told McChrystal that NATO forces locked in battle
with Taliban militants had called in an airstrike after the insurgents
had retreated into a mud-brick compound. The bomb destroyed the
compound, killing the fighters, the briefer said.

McChrystal turned on his microphone and asked a question he hopes is
now on the mind of every military commander in Afghanistan: How did
the troops know there were no civilians in the compound?

"They could have stopped at any compound," McChrystal said. "It could
have been filled with kids."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31764129...d_central_asia

I can hear it now: "How do you know the Taliban wasn't endangering our
troops and cutting off our logistics chain as they retreated into that
compound?" "What if the Taliban had a squadron of attack helicopters?"
"What if there were 10,000 Taliban fighters retreating and we only had
25 soldiers on the ground?" "It should be left up to the captain who's
leading the assault." "Our gov't has gone too soft."

Oh well. As usual the senior military leadership agrees with what I've
said for over three years and not with dum-dum. His lack of service
has increased our military readiness. 2pid should get a medal for his
non-service. LoL.