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2022-04-30 Afghanistan

Ex-Army General Sees War Against Taliban Only Way Out

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 Lt Gen Sami Sadat said that eight months of the Taliban rule has convinced him and many other Afghans that military action is the only way to move forward towards stability in Afghanistan.

Like, 20 years too late.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-04-30 05:54|| 2022-04-30 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Knock yourself out.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-04-30 10:15|| 2022-04-30 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 General Sadat appeared in Panjshir, home of the Northern Alliance v.2, last August. This is a very odd statement — what has he been doing there all this time?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-30 14:22|| 2022-04-30 14:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Waiting for someone else to do the fighting.

Posted by Chris 2022-04-30 14:34|| 2022-04-30 14:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The good general was the head of the Afghan army’s special forces — should fighting not be his imperative?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-30 16:12|| 2022-04-30 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I suspect some people see boodle going to Ukraine and want some to come their way too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-30 16:15|| 2022-04-30 16:15|| Front Page Top

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