FRONTLINE | The War Briefing | Sneak Peek: Bravo Company | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/warbriefing/ FRONTLINE embeds with Bravo Company of the Army's 1st Infantry division in the Korengal River Valley, one of Afghanistan's most dangerous fronts. Attacks have reached an all-time high, now making Afghanistan a deadlier battlefield than Iraq.

The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history—an overstretched military, frayed alliances, and wars on two fronts.
In "The War Briefing," airing Tuesday, October 28 at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings), FRONTLINE gives viewers a hard, inside look at the real policy choices the next president will face. The report features harrowing on-the-ground footage, as well as strategists and diplomats giving their best advice about how to correct past failures and how to shape a realistic foreign policy approach in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Watch online following the broadcast at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/warbriefing/ .

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[GrOwTh187]

i know that e-6. the one they kept showing over again. he gave me a ride back to fob seattle at ntc when i dislocated my shoulder throwing sandbags up to a guard tower. i know that guy is a good leader because he was really getting on his soldier's asses when i was rollin with um. i pray for all their safety.

[cajunhornet60]

God Bless frontline....I served in Vietnam in a "Special Operations squadron" NO markings on our aircraft...NO uniform insignia....we flew the Special Forces LRRP teams; no one in America has a CLUE the brutality our Government is capable of...

[JoshuaDavis126]

GrowTh187- Yeah hes a great leader. He is my company.

[Patrick5009]

Jackie i think your comments are incredibly short sighted. Iraq was the ridiculous lie, Afghanistan is different. America had a legitimate reason to go there although they got side lined with Iraq and didn't finish the job. But Bush, cheeny and rumsfeld can take the blame for making such a mess of it and turning a terrible terrorist attack into a war. Since the troops are still there they are obligated , to try to defeat the horrors of the taliban. And it can be done.

[coltontd]

sir thank you for your service

[DevJoch]

Have you been to Afghanistan?

[ussuix]

Jackiebaron; Well said. I agree with you one-hundred percent.

[tallyhero]

Me three!!

[natemac79]

Your right Jackie Karzai is useless, I just get so upset about it, I've lost friends in the Korengal, they werent "twitchy" as you describe it they were guys, normal guys who never raped arab girls, or killed innocents. The taliban rule that region with an iron fist, and the locals dont have much of a choice. Cooperate with the US and you die, do what the taliban wants and you live under their thumb. And dude, I've served my time in Fallujah in 03-04 with the 10th Mtn, and we did some good.

[jackiebaron]

Don't be such a sap, natemac. The US is already negotiating with the "hated" Taliban because they can't defeat them militarily. Karzai has no influence in any tribal areas. In fact he's so impotent that they call him the mayor of Kabul. The Taliban are actually being welcomed in the tribal regions because they protect the locals from twitchy American kids who just shoot up everything because they're scared shitless. As for the good "you're" doing..don't make me laugh.