For new commanders in Afghanistan, a fine balance
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2011/09/for-new-commanders-in-afghanistan-fine.html
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan —Col. Edward Bohnemann leaned over the rocky bluff at the edge of his brigade's most remote outpost, staring into a valley near the Pakistan border that is peppered with mud-baked huts and is home to a sea of insurgents.
Bohnemann's subordinate officers pointed to mountain ridges in the distance, outlining a strategy to vanquish the insurgents by expanding the U.S. presence in the area. But as an incoming commander during the last years of America's 10-year-old war, Bohnemann wasn't convinced.
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