Boots on the Ground

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(05-24-2015, 06:31 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No.

I could travel through Alabama and talk to the locals today and learn that black people really didn't have it that bad under slavery or in the Jim Crow era.

He was there as a member of the US military.  People probably told him what he wanted to hear.

…and this answer just shows your ignorance. When we were tasked to travel to the northern part of the Ghor province and be the first Americans to speak with a former highly ranked member of the Northern Alliance you think we were not briefed on the history and culture of the area into which we were venturing.

When we were the first foreigners to occupy the Shindad Airfield since the soviet invasion, you think we did not attend intelligence briefing and learn the history and the culture of the area.

These are just 2 examples of many and I freely share these with you and others because they are well over a 10 years old and are no longer of use to anyone. To suggest military leaders tasked to operate in a specific region are not versed in the history and culture of that region shows your absolute ignorance of military operations and intelligence. It is imperative that we have a vast knowledge of the area and its history; in some cases it can mean life and death.