As Reagan once said – some people go through life wondering if they made a difference: Marines don’t have that problem. From Instapundit:
MICHAEL YON EMAILS:
Glenn,
Tonight, I read a detailed message on a private forum from a highly experienced combat writer. Unfortunately, due to the bylaws of that forum I cannot reprint it. What I can say is that it sounds like the US Marines are waging death and destruction on the Taliban in a way the Taliban are not used to. Average patrol finds 1 IED and kills 1 Taliban and they are going night and day.
I made these photos on those battlefields.
Thanks, Michael.
I hope Yon is right – I’ve been growing more concerned about Afghanistan of late, but if the Marines (and soldiers and the rest of the magnificent men and women of our armed forces) are doing the job, then it will all work out right in the end. There won’t be a pretty end to Afghanistan, but if we can at least keep the Taliban from coming back to power and do a good job or wrecking the desire for Jihad in that area of the world, then we’ll have done enough – and as much as we’ll be able to do as long as Obama is President.
