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To: jessduntno
And why is our mission “protecting Afghan civilians” instead of killing these nasty little b*strds dead?

You're referring to the major difference between COIN (counterinsurgency) and counterguerilla. The Army is fully invested in COIN, especially after Iraq.

78 posted on 09/06/2010 10:07:29 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Future Snake Eater

You’re referring to the major difference between COIN (counterinsurgency) and counterguerilla. The Army is fully invested in COIN, especially after Iraq.”

Not at all. We are not at war and we are not doing what we did in Iraq. We are in limbo. We are not clearing, holding, building forces or handing authority over to the government that doesn’t exist there. Nobody wants it. We are policing. Policing should be done by cops. If we win a war there, we can rebuild the country from scratch. We can not nation build with the existing structure and we all know it. What we are doing is insanity.

Petreaus knows this. Why not stand up and say so.

Worrying about bible burning in FL should say all that needs to be said about this situation.


88 posted on 09/06/2010 10:17:17 AM PDT by jessduntno (Flush the Grand Old Potty. Change it top to bottom. Conservatives only.)
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