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2010-08-20 Africa North

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Posted by Water Modem 2010-08-20 01:12|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Doc Fadl gives twelve reasons the Taliban will win in Afghanistan. Sadly, I agree with him. We gave it our best shot for nine years, but only the Afghan people can win this civil war against the Taliban. We can't do it for them. Nothing in Central Asia is worth American lives or treasure.

From the article:

"Dr. Fadl predicts a Taliban victory in the present struggle to retake Afghanistan from Coalition forces and the corrupt government of President Hamid Karzai. The author offers 12 reasons why a Taliban victory is inevitable:

1. A successful jihad must be accompanied by a religious reform movement. The religious motivation of the Taliban (as opposed to tribal loyalties or the pursuit of wealth) meets this criterion.

2. The Taliban cause is just, as it seeks to repel foreign occupation. Dr. Fadl points to the examples of the American Revolution, French resistance to Vichy and Nazi rule and the anti-Japanese resistance movements in Asia during World War Two.

3. Cross-border tribal bonds with Pakistani Pashtun tribesmen are vital to the jihads success; Loyalty of the Pashtu in Pakistan to the Pashtu in Afghanistan is stronger than their loyalty to their government in Islamabad.

4. Jihad has popular support from the people of Afghanistan, who provide fighters with support, shelter and intelligence.

5. The nature of the terrain in Afghanistan and the inaccessibility of Taliban refugees make it eminently suitable for guerrilla warfare; He who fights geography is a loser.

6. The backwardness of Afghanistan favors the success of jihad. The Russian experience proved that even a scorched-earth policy has little effect on people who are tolerant, patient and have little to lose in the first place. There is little in the way of cultural establishments to be destroyed Afghanistans monuments are its mountains and even atomic bombs do not affect them.

7. As the battlefield widens beyond the Taliban strongholds in the south, occupation forces must face increasing financial and personnel losses.

8. Both time and the capacity to endure losses are on the side of the Taliban, who do not have a ceiling to their losses, especially with regard to lives

9. Suicide operations make up for the shortage of modern weapons.

10. After three decades of nearly continuous warfare, Taliban fighters and leaders have the necessary experience to prevail against the occupation.

11. History is also on the Talibans side. Despite being world powers, both the British Empire and the Soviet Union failed to conquer Afghanistan.

12. Pakistans support of the Taliban provides the necessary third-party refuge and supplies to any successful guerrilla struggle. "

I hope it is okay to qoute the article like this.

Posted by Penguin 2010-08-20 10:49|| 2010-08-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Having tried many other options perhaps we can work on destroying the opium crops and undercutting that source of revenue for our enemies before we leave.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-08-20 21:13|| 2010-08-20 21:13|| Front Page Top

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