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Re: Well, about that winning hearts and minds thing in Astan

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:12 am
by callmeslick
Darkhorse wrote:For any of you that might be interested I found an article that discusses the Afghanistan issue, a very good read.
http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryRev ... art014.pdf

thanks for the article. A good read, as advertised. I fear he might be in error in his first paragraph in that the warrior spirit might be diverted, but not lessened. Time will tell. Thanks again.

Re: Well, about that winning hearts and minds thing in Astan

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:42 pm
by Soapy
Darkhorse wrote:
callmeslick wrote:before moving to Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda was in Sudan, then, briefly, Yemen. After we attacked Afghanistan, they moved to friendly turf in Pakistan. This can keep up for years, and us hanging around pissing off the locals in Afghanistan does little to change things.
Again, what other course is there?
We can stop fighting them offensively and wait to be attacked. Do you think this is just going to go away once we leave Afghanistan? Do you think Obama can make this all better and we will never have a problem? Seriously, I would like to know how you think this should be played out?
Cleverly would be an idea. A bit like chess 8-)