The New Military I'll Never Understand

As a six year Vet, I'm just mofoing perplexed.

From the article:

U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday (<-- notice my small t as it should be reported), sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.

The precise date for the attack has been kept secret. U.S. officials have signaled for weeks they planned to seize Marjah, a town of about 80,000 people in Helmand province and the biggest community in southern Afghanistan under Taliban control.

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You're sealing off escape routes three weeks after you told them you were coming?

That's the equivalent of the police giving a murder suspect three weeks notice they are about to come after them in their house, and oh, almost forgot, they'll be watching your back door for any escape attempts when they come.

WTF has happened to us?