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2014-03-22 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 surprised Karzai didn't blame the US. Prolly this week

Posted by Frank G 2014-03-22 11:24|| 2014-03-22 11:24|| Front Page Top

Posted by 3dc 2014-03-22 12:51|| 2014-03-22 12:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Find their villages, kill everything, even the livestock. Rinse and repeat as needed.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2014-03-22 13:16|| 2014-03-22 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 ..worked for the Mongols. In the same region as a matter of fact.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-22 13:21|| 2014-03-22 13:21|| Front Page Top

#5 SAM & P2k, Just think where we would be if GWB had used your RoE starting in Dec. 2001.

Somehow I don't think Putin would be in the Crimea at the very least. My largest complaint with GWB was that he didn't have this in him.

Posted by AlanC 2014-03-22 13:31|| 2014-03-22 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember "The Great Game".

As force in control you almost never do that. You do however make sure the nearest opposition village violently takes over the village where the trouble makers came from.

This is the problem,in a nutshell. Bush tried to build a nation out of warring tribes. It would not work.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-03-22 19:19|| 2014-03-22 19:19|| Front Page Top

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