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2008-08-24 Afghanistan

France weighing Afghanistan role - Vichy solution with Taliban?

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-24 08:54|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Great Title. This is the way I see it, even though they have an article for allience, most of the European expect NATO defense in Europe.

There's not enough men in Afghanistan yet to bring authority. We're depending on locals and young SF guys to be the eyes ordering airstrikes.

Even the largest army in the World like China have trouble controling an insurgency. Pakistan needs to be dealt with either diplomatically or coverty. Maybe that's what's been happening now with the political shakeups in Pakistan?

This season the Taliban have just moved up from the entire bottom half of afghanistan from pakistan, the US is sending more but what about the rest of NATO?

French soldiers can fight but the media influences the will of the politians.

I'm sure the shock of the loss of their country during WWII/Vietnam/Algeria makes them tred even softer in the world however they have a foriegn legion which should be there cleaning up shop with the rest of NATO, but they aren't yet.

The French debate resonates in Canada, which has lost 93 soldiers in Afghanistan since the war began. Canada agreed to keep its 2,500 troops in southern Kandahar province only on the condition -- partially met by France's new commitment -- that NATO deploy reinforcements.

Posted by Pliny Sleash8027 2008-08-24 12:22|| 2008-08-24 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The French are beginning to understand the facts on the ground in Afghanistan. It is the West Virginia of South Asia. Land locked. Mountainous. Tough guys with little better to do than fight and sure not ready to be told what to do by lowlanders. Would you invade WVa. and try to occupy it?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-08-24 12:27|| 2008-08-24 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Would you invade WVa. and try to occupy it?

well, if we could get rid of all the Robert KKK Byrd names from any and all sundry facilities, and depose that lying traitorous POS Rockefeller, well then I'm all for a brutal occupation of W. Va.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-24 12:42|| 2008-08-24 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 "The word "quagmire" has popped up repeatedly when Afghanistan is discussed in Paris political circles"

Why do these words sound familiar?

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-08-24 14:04|| 2008-08-24 14:04|| Front Page Top

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