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2013-03-05 Afghanistan

U.S. dismantles Afghan outposts as it pulls back

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Posted by ryuge 2013-03-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If we were to do that you'd spend all your time, energy and money figuring out what to do with this stuff and how to run it and how to maintain it because you don't have the capacity to do that."

Rolex wearing American Yorkshires comes to mind.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-05 01:25|| 2013-03-05 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 "I was against dismantling it. It would have been better to hand it over to the Afghan army ~~to keep the border area safe~~.for further hand off to the Taliban."

Posted by USN,Ret. 2013-03-05 01:26|| 2013-03-05 01:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Mark the locations GPS coordinates and prepare explosives in any 'bunker' type areas that might allow bad guys to hide from bombs. Then let them take it.

I suspect a lot of Aghans are thinking 'good thing we didn't really take sides so now the Taliban won't be pissed at us' when they should be thinking 'if we took sides the Taliban might be gone and the Yankees might be building schools instead of ignoring our begging to convert sand-bag bases into schools. Indecisive, should have learned the lesson from the Vietnamese.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-03-05 14:40|| 2013-03-05 14:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Another good reason to leave NOTHING behind is that it minimizes the possibility of some sort of asinine "I got hurt playing in the abandoned outpost" lawsuit...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-03-05 16:36|| 2013-03-05 16:36|| Front Page Top

#5 This will not end well for the women of Afghanistan.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2013-03-05 17:04|| 2013-03-05 17:04|| Front Page Top

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