Firsthand account of ambushes and attacks in Afghanistan.

C.J. Chivers, NYTimes reporter embedded with brigade in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan, wrote two articles giving us a rare account of what is going on on the ground in a daily basis for soldiers over there. In the first, US troops ambush Taliban fighters; yesterday's follow up another of the reverse situation in which American troops found themselves under attack. The series culminates with the front page picture of the coffin of the soldier killed in attacks returning to the US.

In the Bush years, we would never see this, but now the public is more able to see the price American families pay for this war.

I guess one of the many things I don't understand about military folks that supported Bush is how they could support a commander who tried to hide their losses from the public for political reasons.