these days requires nothing but the foresight to kiss ass your entire career. Miley is pathetic . he just said we don't have the capability to protect US citizens. You think Patton would have said. he would have called the man a coward , the US military is the finest fighting force the world has ever known , our soldiers are the best trained and fearless. Somehow we now believe US service casualties must be avoided at all cost. How about this , we go with what we have right now w in the region and kill every man woman and child who supports the Taliban, regardless of casualties. we spare no cost to save even one American trapped behind enemy lines .. Miley need to get his ass over there and lead from the ground. the Taliban has a few thousand ragged ill trained militia holding Kabul. they are not a fighting force they are a street gang used to hiding in the mountains and using terrorist tactics. they cant hold ground unless we let them . we need to free up all rules of engagement. if you hide in a school or civilian area level it. that is allowed under the Geneva convention. The taliban is not a signatory nor a uniformed military so we can shoot on sight and kill prisoners. its time we played by there rules with our weapons.