Whether or not you believe in the cause of the Iraq war, I’m so tired of hearing that we can simply move resources away from Iraq and into Afghanistan and 1) Find OBL 2) Crush the Taliban for good and 3) Cure cancer.
I hope some of you military folk will correct me if I’m out of line but it seems to me that you don’t simply drop numbers into mountainous places like where Taliban and extremist Muslim insurgents dwell. I believe that’s what the Soviet Union did to some extent and we know how that turned out.
You need a good plan, with troops trained for mountainous duty. I think the current troops, along with our allies, have done a hell of a job in Afghanistan which isn’t a conventional war.
Nobody has ever successfully occupied Afghanistan. Nobody.
Talked to a National Guard Staff Sergeant who’d just rotated back from Afghanistan. He sez lots of the country is rough enough that the Talis who are able to run can usually hide, and that the villagers seem to be often sheltering Taliban and such and lying to GIs and interpreters.
I agree. At this point in the game, we should take about a week and carpet bomb the mountains where these jerks are and then leave. It’s time these people stand up and take care of themselves. Our military are fantastic, but it’s time to get out of there and bring our men and women home in victory.