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2009-12-27 Afghanistan

US Special Forces step up operations in Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 commandos from the Army's Delta Force

Mission creep? I hope we've got enough JSOC resources within the stockade to react to extremis requirements both domestic and overseas. The original intent, etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-27 08:38|| 2009-12-27 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 This article obliquely refers to an advantage we have in Afghanistan versus Vietnam. The Phoenix program was villified for conducting a similarly effective assassination program (despite it being less wide-scale, long-lasting, and brutal than Viet Cong tactics), but there is barely a peep about us doing it now. I think there are two main factors. First, the Communists had a worldwide propaganda machine including reporters imbedded in the West. The Islamicists lack that and get only weaker echos of support from the former Communist network. Second, deaths in Viet Nam were localized, so the public could feel withdrawal would stop the killing and turn an apathetic blind eye to what would happen to South Vietnamese after we left. But even a lethargic public is aware that Islamacists are targeting us and will continue to target us on our own soil. Therefore, there is very little ruckus about us using tough and effective tactics.

Posted by Odysseus 2009-12-27 09:41|| 2009-12-27 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Lest we forget, democrats are sometimes a good fulcrum for national defense as they are not challenged in their methods as harshly as Republicans are in such matters.

Posted by newc 2009-12-27 14:53|| 2009-12-27 14:53|| Front Page Top

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