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2004-11-30 Afghanistan/South Asia

U.S. Forces to Launch Winter Offensive Against Afghan Insurgents

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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-11-30 6:25:36 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is this the same Brutal Afghan Winter that has stymied us so little in the past?

I sure hope our guys keep their GPS tuned so they don't accidentally wander into the parts of Waziristan the Pak Army is no longer patrolling. Somebody might think it was a free fire zone.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-30 6:49:59 PM|| 2004-11-30 6:49:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mrs. D - you beat me to it. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-30 8:33:05 PM|| 2004-11-30 8:33:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 While General Winter will complicate operations for us, the General is neutral and will also complicate operations for the otherside too. Logistics is not our opponent's strength. It already has become harder with political developments for them to sustain local supply and remain mobile, it will become even more difficult in the winter. Time to leverage our relative strength against their weakness. Regardless of great stories about native resistance to local environments, the basic human body still requires a certain level of food consumption for strength and to ward off cold. If the enemy has learned anything, they should have learned that the US military is not the Soviet military. Our forces will not withdraw into towns and cities to hunker down for the winter.

Posted by Don 2004-11-30 9:20:19 PM|| 2004-11-30 9:20:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 One major advantage the United States forces have is mobility. We've developed insertion/extraction missions to the point where we can put people just about anywhere, let them fight, then bring them home quickly. The Taliban and Al Qaida have to depend on donkeys and shank's mares. We can hit them twenty times in ten days, and sleep quietly and warm in bed at night - or during the day, while operating at night. We'll have to wait and see, but I believe the "insurgents" are about to run into some very nasty surprises.

Posted by Snoluck Thrusing8432 2004-11-30 9:37:50 PM|| 2004-11-30 9:37:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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