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2007-06-15 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 So much good news on the Burg today! And, it's Friday.

Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-06-15 08:32|| 2007-06-15 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Talibs are losing the equivalent of a 100 man company of fighters a week in Afghanistan, with no appreciable gains of any kind. Those would be punitive losses to a major nation. To small organizations like the Taliban and al-Qaeda, that is like arterial bleeding.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-15 08:46|| 2007-06-15 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Good news indeed, but can we please lose the Rosie group hug graphic???

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-06-15 13:35|| 2007-06-15 13:35|| Front Page Top

#4 'moose-
There are tens of thousands of madrassas in Pakiland turning out replacements at well above the ~100 per week they are losing in action. If I take low-side numbers of 10 'students' per class and 10,000 'schools', we are looking at potentially 100,000 new cannon fodder per year (which is largely who we are killing). At 100 killed per week, our opposition is still growing at 50,000 per year. WE can't lose half our recruits per year in battle, but maybe they CAN?
(I just realized I neglected the wounded opposition - no clue on their wounded/killed ratio; though certainly a lot higher than ours, there are survivors, One-eye Omar, One-leg Dadullah (for a while), etc.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-15 13:37|| 2007-06-15 13:37|| Front Page Top

#5 USN, they're lots better looking than O'Rosie; they look fat and happy, which beats the heck out of fat and miserable.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-15 13:40|| 2007-06-15 13:40|| Front Page Top

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