Attack or a green on blue. it appears to be an apparent green on blue. we don t know for certain whether this individual was an afghan commando or someone who was in an afghan commando uniform. officials are confirming it was an apparent green on blue insider attack. three u.s. soldiers were killed. you mentioned this happened in nangarhar province in an area called the achin district. there s been a continued isis presence there. the u.s. dropped the largest bomb that they ve dropped in the history of warfare several months ago. and then just about a month ago, in late april, two u.s. army rangers were killed during a nighttime raid in that area. so it s certainly been a very busy and very kinetic and dangerous part of afghanistan for u.s. troops who, as you mentioned, have been partnering with afghan soldiers and commandos there for some time. courtney, you and i have
We left in december of 2011. some of the people in washington, i think it s still the same. they still have the same connections. it s not the same. you think our guys and gals could really be targets now? absolutely. they just said that. if we send them over there, we re going to make them targets. who do we know in the iraqi army that isn t going to flip on them and you have the green on blue. and even if that doesn t happen, i don t think what they re going to do is going to make any difference because we had a failed strategy. and that s what worries me. what makes it even more difficult is that al maliki got rid of all the people there in the shia government and the sunnis and also said he didn t want anything to do with them. they have taken to the streets, they have armed themselves and are getting others to join in this fight to help them in this march towards baghdad. do you think that s going to happen, that they re actually going to be able to take control of that city