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| Afghanistan |
| StrategyPage: Taliban Taken Over By Bean Counters |
| 2006-01-16 |
| The Taliban in Afghanistan is apparently suffering from money problems, as a result of both bad PR and Western attacks on their sources of revenue from the outside world. One result of this is that the Taliban is reportedly restructuring its funding of operations. Hitherto, regional commanders in Afghanistan have been given blocks of money to use as they though most wisely. Apparently some of these regional commanders decided that the wisest course was to a goodly portion of the money away for a rainy day, rather than use it to fund operations against the government and the Coalition forces. The new operational funding policy uses âperformance basedâ criteria likely to warm to cockles of any fiscal conservativeâs heart. In effect, regional commanders will now receive money on the basis of the number of attacks they make against government and Coalition forces. This may be one reason for the recent rise in attacks, particularly suicide attacks, in Afghanistan. It may also lead some of the less ardent Taliban commanders to decide that peace is preferable to continuing the struggle, since only in peace will they be able to enjoy the benefit of the money theyâve been stashing away for some time. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #8 Perhaps we have some surplus PPBS manuals we can send them. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-16 11:22 |
| #7 What happens after a bad performance review? "Terminated" take on a new resonance... |
| Posted by: Faith 2006-01-16 10:56 |
| #6 abu Arthur Anderson is on the job. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-16 10:48 |
| #5 The new operational funding policy uses âperformance basedâ criteria likely to warm to cockles of any fiscal conservativeâs heart Now only if the governors of our states can figure out the same concept for our miseducational system... |
| Posted by: Thruling Thimble1239 2006-01-16 10:48 |
| #4 Kind of like an IRA for terrorists. (no pun intended) |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-01-16 09:05 |
| #3 Hitherto, regional commanders in Afghanistan have been given blocks of money to use as they though most wisely. Apparently some of these regional commanders decided that the wisest course was to a goodly portion of the money away for a rainy day... A rainy day in Switzerland maybe? Or the Caymans? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-01-16 09:04 |
| #2 I'm sure the U.N., France, or Soros will be willing to arrange for a loan. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-01-16 08:42 |
| #1 The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Terrorists will be coming to a bookstore near you. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2006-01-16 07:16 |