all those in Uniform from 2001 - 2014 are culpable in some way shape or form for the loss of TELIC and HERRICK.
Does anyone remember the lead exercise 'Bad Trip' at IOT. Seemed that was the trg!
Anyway, define "loss" in context of these Ops. We lost a lot of people but less than the EFs, we stopped the Taliban from trg/executing a major global terrorist nightmare during our 8 years of 'peace keeping', many of the children (including a massive amount of girls) are now being educated, the ANSF are now capable of holding a semblance of order, etc... Alright, the Taliban were not defeated, but neither were we - so at worst it is a 'score draw' in my opinion. If we knew the desired end-states of TELIC and HERRICK at the start then we might be able to claim loss, draw or victory!
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