Posted on 07/31/2009 12:29:36 AM PDT by Cindy
Task Force Chosin, Afghanistan
SNIPPET: "More coalition soldiers have died in July than in any previous month in the nine-year war in Afghanistan." L
SNIPPET: "Strangely, our military leaders rarely talk about the battles here. They urge shooting less and drinking more cups of tea with village elders. This is the new face of war—counterinsurgency defined as nation-building, an idealistic blend of development aid and John Locke philosophy. Our generals say that the war is “80% non-kinetic.”"
SNIPPET: "War is not complicated. You have to separate the guerrilla forces from the population and kill them until they no longer want to continue."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
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"War is not complicated. You have to separate the guerrilla forces from the population and kill them until they no longer want to continue."
Thank you for the bump Jet Jaguar.
But, but, but...
I thought Obama decided winning isn’t on the agenda....
great article , but frankly I think we should highly relax the ROE’s in some hot areas ,rather than tighten them down .
If Karsai has a problem with that , just threaten to pull his security . Furthermore we need to fill the skies with ever manner of UAV , especially at night .
A rabbit should have trouble hopping on the Af-Pak border without being noticed . Maybe the new Predator C with silent jet propulsion will be even more sneaky to get in their and zap them . This entire deal needs to be pressed much harder in Pakistan (by us not them) There should be nearly zero supplies reaching any Taliban anywhere . All al Qaeda should be shot on the spot and not ‘detained’ .
> All al Qaeda should be shot on the spot and not ‘detained’ .
Absolutely right, Cindy!
Wars are won by killing the enemy, not by arresting them and reading them their rights.
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