You know, I’m not military planner, but, I would think letting the enemy know where we are going to attack is really STUPID FUCKING IDEA!
NATO forces will launch a major offensive in the Afghanistan city of Kandahar in June, sources told Fox News, part of a new war strategy that began earlier this year with the offensive in Marjah.
The new strategy focuses on clearing Taliban strongholds while protecting the local populations and establishing Afghan control.
Part of the objective in Kandahar is to be done with the “clearing phase” of operations by the beginning of August, before Ramadan, two senior U.S. officials told Fox News. The U.S. and its allies already are laying the groundwork for the offensive by removing corrupt politicians from power to make way for new leaders.
This isn’t like saying “hey, we’re going to attack Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Japan, etc.” This is like telling Hitler we are coming in at Normandy, like telling Tojo Doolittle is going to bomb Tokyo, Lee telling the Union his order of battle for Maryland. Oh, wait, that last one didn’t work out too well, when Union soldiers found some cigars wrapped in Lee’s Special Orders 191, allowing the Union to whip the Confederate’s collective asses, which created a huge turning point in the Civil War.
Now, I’m not saying that telling the Taliban what we plan to do will be a turning point for them, but, hey, if they know the NATO forces (read “mostly American with janitors from other countries”) are coming, bug out, regroup, and leave plenty of snipers, suicide bombers, and booby traps around.
You don’t get it, man. Sure, we tell them we’re going to Kandahar, but actually we’re headed for Islamabad.
Shhh. Secret!
Teach ever wonder why after 8 years and training 100000Afghan soldiers THEY still can not take a small town like Marjah all by themselves ?
Here’s the deal-e-oh. The islamofacist mind can NOT abide the taunt. Any example of non-believers appearing superior (braver, stronger, etc.) to the followers of allah will not be tolerated.
All the examples you gave were of semi-equal arrays of forces. This situation is not. This is a skulker that must be drawn into open combat. You use the means necessary to do that.