after mountain after mountain after mountain. secure them to make room for the afghan government to extend its reach so the government, not the insurgents, controls the country ask controls the people and serves the people. that mission involves combat because the plan to set up and extend the reach of the afghan government has enemies. either people who don t like the government on its own terms or people who don t like the idea of the u.s. essentially setting that government up. there are a lot of crazed, religious, death cult radicals shooting at u.s. police right now. but you don t have to be crazed or even religious against a foreign power fighting in your country. but we are there. we are there and we are talking about our afghan partners. general petraeus s statement to the troops after taking command referenced compassion for the afghan people. we re here to help, in other words. to protect you from bad guys, to build your government in our own interests, sure, but in yours,
after valley after road after town after orchard, after city after mountain, after mountain, after mountain. secure them to make room for thç afghan government to extend its reach, so the government, not the insurgents, controls the country and controls the people and serves the people. that mission involves combat because the plan to set up and extend the reach of the afghan government has enemies. people who don t like the government on its own terms or people who don t like the idea of the u.s. essentially setting that government up. there are a lot of crazed religious death cult radicals shooting at u.s. troops and afghan soldiers and police right now but that s not everybody. you don t have to be crazed or even religious to be against a foreign power fighting in your country. but we re there. we are there, we are talking about our afghan partners, general david petraeus statement to the troops upon taking over command referenced the military s compassion for the afghan people. w