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Afghanistan
Afghan army to begin training
2002-02-24
  • The first units of Afghanistan's new army are due to start training Monday in a key step toward national unity after a decade of civil conflict and warlordism. The first batch of some 600 men, representing all Afghanistan's disparate ethnic groups, are scheduled to begin learning how to be professional soldiers under the guidance of Western military advisors. Offers of help have come from the United States, Britain and Russia, but many doubt the army can be trained in time to counter ethnic and tribal chiefs who pose the biggest threat to the UN-backed government.
    Ummm... Guys? Armies are for national defense. That means if you get invaded by Mexico, you fight them off. Internal security forces are for dealing with warlords and such.
    I think you forgot who were the active protagonists in our own Civil War, or for that matter any civil wars. What is missing in Afghanistan is the full recognition that these warlords are in fact rebels who should be kept captive or shot. Letting the Taliban go on parole was a mistake.
    Posted by Tom Roberts 2/24/2002 5:17:17 PM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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