“Amateurs talk strategy.
Professionals talk logistics.”
Professionals talk logistics.”
What’s really important in war is to keep the troops supplied with ammo, food and fuel.The modern US Army uses about 10 times as much fuel as did Gen. Patton’s troops in World War II. And Patton’s army used about 10 times as much fuel per capita as did the American Expeditionary Force in France under Gen. Pershing in World War I.
Fuel logistics is critical when the campaign is in distant Afghanistan.
The enemies of our International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) now titrate truck traffic into Afghanistan.
Obama's War/Occupation in Afghanistan is far from over in terms of years. But the result? That's been decided.
The results are in.
Our nuts are caught between a brick and a hard place.
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That's the quote I was looking for the other day.