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2011-11-27 Afghanistan

Taliban paid £100 a month to stop fighting

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-27 00:10|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Humph. Maybe I should join the Taliban.

Posted by gorb 2011-11-27 04:16|| 2011-11-27 04:16|| Front Page Top

#2 In other words the Talibunnies are being given paid vacations to rest and recoup. Paid for by NATO (Us).

Does anyone else see anything wrong with this?

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-11-27 06:46|| 2011-11-27 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 D A N E G E L D

Posted by M. Murcek 2011-11-27 07:58|| 2011-11-27 07:58|| Front Page Top

#4 There is no honor there. Those savages will take money from both sides.

Posted by Sneamp Splat8837 2011-11-27 13:48|| 2011-11-27 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Wouldn't the bullets that would be used to shoot them be cheaper?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-11-27 15:06|| 2011-11-27 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Wouldn't the bullets that would be used to shoot them be cheaper?
Sure, but you would need enough boots on the ground to pull the triggers, and NATO just doesn't have a sufficient supply. Jerry Pournelle calls this affair an attempt to create an Empire on the cheap. He never liked the attempted remaking of Afghanistan in the first place.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-27 17:42|| 2011-11-27 17:42|| Front Page Top

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