A Canadian soldier walks past a pile of destroyed patrol cars which were blown up, at an Afghan police station in the center of Kandahar city, June 9 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)From Yahoo News/AP:
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a "game changer" in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.
Col. George Amland spoke to journalists at Camp Leatherneck, a rapidly expanding base now home to around 7,000 U.S. Marines preparing to push deeper into Helmand province, an insurgent stronghold and a haven for violent criminals controlling a massive opium-poppy industry. Some 3,000 Marines are already deployed elsewhere in the province.
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My Comment: Afghanistan is a huge country .... I am not as confident as some of the American commanders that a few thousand marines can hold down and control such a territory. But I guess they have to try