We Are Certifiably Insane

In today’s NYT:

KABUL, Afghanistan — After months of military leaders’ attempts to tamp down worries over the killings of American and NATO troops by the Afghan forces serving beside them, Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, called an urgent meeting of his generals last Wednesday to address the escalating death toll.

The new polices include:

…the [US] military decreed that American and NATO service members should always carry a loaded magazine in their weapons, to save precious moments if attacked by Afghan forces. (Our “allies”)

and,

Another initiative, now a priority, is a program named “Guardian Angel” that calls for one or two soldiers to monitor the Afghans (our allies) during every mission or meeting, officials say.

The perversity of our position is that we are fighting a war on two fronts. Our enemy on the second front has been trained and armed by us at great expense of lives and material.

The article concludes with the following bit of insanity…

…despite intensified efforts to thwart attacks, some officials say the military is realizing that it ultimately does not fully understand what is driving the attacks, said one American security official in Washington.

OMG!!! Can there be any doubt that we Americans are completely delusional!

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