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2008-08-25 Afghanistan

Questioning Unbeatable Insurgencies - Arnaud De Borchgrave

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Posted by 3dc 2008-08-25 04:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 And the De Borchgrave solution is?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-08-25 08:54|| 2008-08-25 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Apparently this was more a history lecture of a sort. I don't think he has a solution, except for mentioning this:

The United States and NATO are fast approaching decision time to take the war to Taliban's safe bases in FATA, with or without Pakistani consent. A larger aid package than the current $750 million for FATA's 3.5 million people also would have to be voted by the new U.S. Congress.

Then again he blows it with this observation:

Congress, in a classic case of cutting off its nose to spite its face, decided to cut off all military aid to South Vietnamese and Cambodian allies.

IMNSHO, it wasn't a matter of "cutting off its nose"; Congress knew what it was doing.

Posted by Pappy 2008-08-25 13:49|| 2008-08-25 13:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect a gentleman by the name of Petraeus has some thoughts of his own on 'unbeatable insurgencies'.

Posted by SteveS 2008-08-25 19:16|| 2008-08-25 19:16|| Front Page Top

#4 It's always the case that insurgencies are unbeatable when they have an impregnable fortress, even if its walls are visible only to lawyers.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-08-25 19:25|| 2008-08-25 19:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Despite recognizing the looming CONVENTIONAL + POTENS NUCLEAR ISLAMIST THREAT to its own national security and integrity, RUSSIA STILL DESIRES TO EMPOWER AND USE A NUCLEAR IRAN AGZ THE US-WEST/NATO-EU + MAJOR WORLD STATES vv THE "GREAT GAME". Russ is making a dangerous, potens catastrophic gamble for itself and all Asia iff its wrong, ESPEC > JAN 2009 AS PER THE POST-DUBYA NEW US NATIONAL ADMIN.

GOTTA RESPECT THE RUSS GONADS IN THEIR SITUATION.

ION Not-Necessarily-Unrelated, WAFF > THE FUTURE OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY. Return to desired NEW GREATNESS-POWER, versus FAILURE + ABSOLUTE UNSTOPPABLE GEOPOL DECLINE, IRRELEVANCE + DISAPPEARANCE???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-25 23:25|| 2008-08-25 23:25|| Front Page Top

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