a couple of days ago. |
Airfields closer to Afghanistan would give us an advantage in trying to generate sorties, ... until they've reported out, I just don't know what the condition of those airfields are. |
and in some cases, they appear to be in active retreat. |
and they'll be able to confirm what it is we're seeing and hearing. |
Football gave me a leg up. All we had was just toughness and heart. That instills a lot. If you don't have guts, it causes you to grow them. |
I think that our forces who are there are still operating under an assumption that it's a hostile environment. And I think that the opposition groups are probably operating in the same way. |
It is a hotbed of support, |
It is certain we will defeat the Taliban, and we will do it with the Northern Alliance and other opposition forces, ... It isn't a matter of if, it is a matter of when. |
It's going to take a few days to find out what happened, |
Navy football did a lot of things for me and to me. One, it was an outlet for the pressures of being at a service academy. By being an outlet, it gave me a lot of focus. It was a demand on my time, so I had to be careful how to prioritize. |
Oftentimes, if a target presents itself, either in an engagement zone or when directed, it's possible to release an entire load of bombs at once. |
That's what the enemy here is -- time. |
The only thing I want more of is time. The onset of the severe Himalayan winter will be upon us in a month or so, |
The Pakistan army is out there in the hills. They're taking measure of where the need is, |
The reports are all over the map. And so there is not a preponderance of reports that would allow us to pinpoint a location, because if we had that, well, we'd have them. |