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NATO has had 11 years and still can't beat these guys. That's embarrassing.
Posted by Glomoting Ghibelline9643 2012-11-09 03:09||
2012-11-09 03:09||
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#2 I do suppose it would be easier if we accelerated the strategy and blew up anyone we chose.
Posted by Skidmark 2012-11-09 04:28||
2012-11-09 04:28||
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#3 I'd say just let Ismail (and Dostum and the others) round up their boyz, give them arms, ammunition, and a few tanks, and let them clean out the Talibs. It's pretty obvious the ANA isn't going to do it.
Posted by Fred 2012-11-09 11:22||
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#4 Give 'em everything we can leave behind. Makes it easier and quicker to leave that place; Dostum and the others will make better use of it anyway.
Posted by Pappy 2012-11-09 12:38||
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#5 We beat them with special forces - the failure was that we tried to nation build from a culture that is not college educated, is majoritily illiterate, number one export is heroin, does not respect women's rights, and is trapped in a 800AD theocracy mentality.
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