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U.S. Marines to take up fight for Sangin as Brits Withdraw
After four bloody and frustrating years trying to secure the most dangerous town in Helmand Province, the British are pulling out with, at best, a draw. Over the coming months, U.K. forces will leave Sangin and turn it over to the U.S. to finish the job.

Neither British nor U.S. officers describe it this way aloud, but it's hard to avoid the conclusion that U.S. Marines are being sent in to complete what the undermanned British couldn't, in a province once known as Helmandshire for the U.K.'s dominance here.

Almost one-third of the 335 British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 have died in this single town of 20,000 people.
Well done Lads, you've done your best with what you had to work with.
They held it to a draw, given a certain lack of bullets, medics, and helicopters, not to mention rules of engagement that were no doubt as unwise as those they were burdened with in Iraq... Sounds pretty impressive to this little civilian housewife. Go with God, and our thanks for sticking it out despite the politicians back home.

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-09-14
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