In a leaked report from August 30, 2009, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Stanley McChrystal “was blunt in describing the posture of U.S. and NATO troops: ‘Preoccupied with protection of our own forces, we have operated in a manner that distances us–physically and psychologically–from the people we seek to protect. …The insurgents cannot defeat us militarily, but we can defeat ourselves.’ ”
– Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Little America, Page 76