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2011-10-16 India-Pakistan

All talk of US leaving Afghanistan is premature

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Everyone knows the US will never vacate bases in Bagram, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Shindand, Mazar-e-Sharif and so on.

"Never" is a very, very long time. Especially when B1 rockets are falling around one's neck. Airfields seldom defend themselves. Ground troops are needed. Airfields in Iraq are being turned over to the host nation as we speak.

Posted by Sofa-Soldier 2011-10-16 03:53|| 2011-10-16 03:53|| Front Page Top

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