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2006-10-06 Afghanistan

The New-Taliban Is Qualitatively Different

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Posted by Thrineque Glorong3348 2006-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pashtos will never accept subordination to other Afghan ethnics. Their ancient Pashtun-Code is supremacist. They are the mirror image of Pakistan Punjabis, who are programed to dominate.

As for our conduct of battle - which Karzai (Pashto) has condemned - I would advocate a scorched earth policy. Locals invite Baluchistan and Waziri exiles to restore Talibanism. That invites the type of destruction that Israel inflicted on Hizbollah-Lebanon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-06 02:33|| 2006-10-06 02:33|| Front Page Top

#2 "The suicide attacks have killed more Afghans than members of the NATO forces."

Seeing that US State Dept. wont designate the Taliban as a Terrorist org. maybe they can designate the Neo-Taliban as such.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-10-06 09:32|| 2006-10-06 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 This entire article requires a fisking.
"cadres with a capability for conventional as well as unconventional operations against the NATO forces and the Afghan Security forces."

See yesterday's post about 40 Gurkhas fighting against 1200 Taliban. Hint: the score was 100 Taliban KIA, 3 Gurkhas wounded.

"Its conventional capability, remarkably acquired over a short period of three years, . . ."

For comparison, the US Army went from 5 divisions in 1940 to 6 million troops in 1943. The Germans were taking draftees and turning them into panzer grenediers in less than a year. Do you think the Taliban is as good as American draftees?

"is demonstrated by its knowledge of military craft and tactics and its ability to use them effectively against the NATO forces."

Which is why the kill ratio is something like 70 to 1 against the Taliban.

I don't know why this guy is spending so much effort praising the Taliban. Maybe it's because people are noticing how easily NATO is handling the supposedly elite Pashtuns

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-10-06 11:46|| 2006-10-06 11:46|| Front Page Top

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