What happens when you start late...:
The events provided another example of how fragile relations between Afghans and Americans have become, and how ready Afghans angered over civilian casualties are to blame American forces in virtually any circumstance.
While the first reaction to the explosion was shock, within a few hours an angry crowd gathered, chanting anti-American slogans. The crowd blocked the road to the border for several hours to protest the episode.
-NYT
If this can be generalized, then "long, hard, slog" was just a prelude to "long, hard, slog"...
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