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2006-09-15 Afghanistan

Canada to send more troops and tanks to Afghanistan

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Posted by Al Coholic 2006-09-15 18:29|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 shame on the French, Germans and Spanish. Kick them out of NATO

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-15 19:52|| 2006-09-15 19:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you Brothers. Right track you are on. Bless you.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-09-15 20:36|| 2006-09-15 20:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't it nice that our neighbor is an Ally once again? Been about 40 years.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-09-15 21:52|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-09-15 21:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Amazing how much Canada under Steven Harper makes you forget the Paul Martin days. I worked with the RCAF (never really felt comfortable saying Canadian Forces-Air) in the 70's and 80's and found them to be solid troops, the kind you can count on when you need to count on someone.

Posted by RWV 2006-09-15 22:41|| 2006-09-15 22:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Can someone help me out here?
I'm not from a military background, so maybe I'm missing something.
When we first went into Afghanistan after 9/11, it seemed to me that most of the fighting was done by the Northern Alliance and we supplied logistic and air support. These guys knew the terrain like the back of their hands and knew who was who in the zoo, so they could go straight to where the Taliban were.
I'm not hearing much about their use these days, it's mainly what the Western allies are doing.
Any reason why this is so?

Posted by tipper 2006-09-15 23:00|| 2006-09-15 23:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Not an expert either...but the screw up at Tora Bora could have something to do with it. They let Binny get away.

Posted by Rafael 2006-09-15 23:15|| 2006-09-15 23:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Northern Alliance?

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-15 23:19|| 2006-09-15 23:19|| Front Page Top

#8 This "Northern Alliance"

Posted by tipper 2006-09-15 23:24|| 2006-09-15 23:24|| Front Page Top

#9 I've always assumed it was the Northern Alliance. Could be wrong. Certainly they pushed as far south as Kandahar, in the early days.

Posted by Rafael 2006-09-15 23:36|| 2006-09-15 23:36|| Front Page Top

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