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You posted the article because why? Plus rush to defend so called "civilians".

You then weasel with "I don't think anyone has a good answer as to what to do in Afghanistan." then when someone talks about the "leveling of civilians" you go back to the article's topic of somehow the civivs who support the Taliban by the way, are "sacred".

Well they are not, in fact they are the enemy when they give false intel, plant IEDs, help load weapons when "their" men/fathers are in a fire fight, play dumb when they get caught with munitions (And most get released), and many other types of behavior that says, "where is the innocence of a good hearted civilian in Afghanistan." "I don't think anyone has a good answer as to what to do in Afghanistan." has an easy answer, by doing the opposite of COIN and using our might as an advantage. Either impose our own will and not cater to the opium trade, pro-Islam ideology or get out, there is your "good answer."

The US does not need to carpet bomb cities, just "perform" enough to the draw the lines and make "our stay" as uncomfortable to the "civilians" as possible. The civis are using the US as a cash cow and then going rogue. COIN is useless because the population is comprised of deceiving "welfare cases" that trickle supplies/info to the enemy. Great strategy...

I posted this article because it’s news. I have responded to people who posted to me and I have tried to have a reasonable, intelligent discussion with some of them. You, on the other hand, seem to have a great desire to vilify me with false opinions that I do not have and then use me as a scapegoat for your rants. No thank you.