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Base and go oh [ bleep ]. every time they cross this grid line, they get in contact. someone extend the security bubble, because wherever i can place troops and provide security is where i have an influence on the populous. the hard part is that theyre so deeply rooted down here because of family ties and because of religious ideals that getting these people to push out of insurgency and basically push out their family members is going to be the hard part. right now the road ends at the korengal...

Every time they cross the 60 grid line they get in contact. >> i want to extend the security bubble. because whenever i can place troops and wherever i can provide security is where im going to be able to have an input on the populace. the hard part is that theyre so deeply rooted down here because of family ties and because of religious ideals that getting these people to push out of insurgency and basically push out their family members is going to be the hard part. right now the road ends at ...

Days ago, i gave a press release and stated it will get harder before it gets easier. when you take away the safe havens, theyre going to fight back. weve already long since commenced the operations in kandahar. we probably shouldnt have even used the word, operation, because it implies some kind of d-day event that will kick this off. this is not going to be an operation like pha loonfalluja u start your way on one side of the city and go to the other. its going to be a rising tide of security ...

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Their behavior, was, i think, the biggest thing. these guys were sent down there to lookout for the younger guys and yet they were alleged to be just as involved. we talk about strip clubs and people going out and going there and also bringing women back to the hotel, checking them in. you know, really compromising potentially their positions as the protectors of the presidents security bubble. and i think the more we learn about exactly what happened that night, the worse it has been getting. r...

Youre right, they say it is going to be low key. so far the president sticking to that. we had a brief glimpse of him yesterday. a very brief glimpse as the press people traveling with him wherever he goes. he was out at the golf course on the marine base. in the morning he also had a workout at the gym at the very same marine base. you mentioned it, richard, while he was golfing yesterday, richard, away from the home, a gentleman man driving a nissan truck had five warrants and blundered upon a...

Meeting with tribal elders and the governor, the generals visit was interrupted by rocket fire. apache helicopters scrambled in response to the fired round. security immediately tightened. the meeting gets interrupted by rocket fire and gets people nervous. >> i didnt see anybody in there nervous. clearly this is what it is about. its about pushing the security bubble out. its about rooting out every last guy so theres not even somebody who can fire a single solitary rpg round. >> the fight in a...

Veteran, of course from vietnam, questioning general petraeus. >> that is something we are largely doing with our a.i.d. comrades and others. but again, the question there is to get to something that is sustainable, thats enduring, thats self-sustaining over the long-term. and then theres really a fourth phase to the clear hold and build. theres the transition phase, and the phase we begin to thin out, we begin to hand off tasks. and of course, you dont merely need to do this so that ultimately ...