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2014-01-23 Afghanistan

U.S. Weighs 10,000 Troops in Afghanistan, or None

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Posted by Fred 2014-01-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "Joined by 2-3000 troops from other NATO countries" > Whom may or may NOT be the Brits.

To wit,

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > BRITAIN TELLS US: "WE CAN'T [militarily] FIGHT ANOTHER WAR LIKE AFGHANISTAN" -TELEGRAPH.

Seems the Brits [minus Scotland?] will now only have enough resources to unilaterally fight or support a "ONE WAR" mil strategy, one where not more than 6000 Brit troops are comitted at any one time agz a "sole" enemy.

IDEALLY, THE UK PREFERS THAT THE UNO + THE USA-N-ONLY-THE-USA BE IN THE LEAD FOR ANY SINGLE OR MULTI-FRONT CAMPAIGN.

More bad news for US Allies in East Asia + Pacific - ditto also for the USA = Bammer Amerika as it may NOT have its single most reliable ally [NATO-EU?] in support of its defense + intervention on behalf of Japan, etc.

FRANCE???

* FYI WORLD NEWS > [Khaleej Times] CAN CHINA BE CHALLENGED"? WASHINGTON HAS NO RECOURSE BUT TO SHARE POWER WID BEIJING.

* RELATED SAME > [Business Insider] SOMEONE JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE JAPAN-CHINA CONFLICT THAT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF EVERYONE, recently at the 2014 World Econ Forum in Davos, Indonesia.

China = ...
> China + Japan increasingly hate the other???
> Has never formally or finally settled wid Japan its various war + related issues.
> Believes that war may be the only real or pragmatic way to achieve its ambitions = geopol agendas.
> Believes that a mil conflict agz Japan can be EFFEC LIMITED = RESTRICTED TO ONLY THE TWO COUNTRIES.
> That China will be sucessful in any war agz Japan no matter how long or short.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-01-23 01:11|| 2014-01-23 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 (1) Sounds like they're working towards the endgame scenario we refer to as 'Vietnam'. (Enough that they can bleed you, not enough to stop it. It's the return of 'cost-effective' warfighting, ala McNamara.) I suppose it beats option 'Alamo', but not by much.
(2) Joe Biden can count, or at least somebody explained the concept of big numbers to him.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-01-23 07:27|| 2014-01-23 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Is it possible to choose "none?"

I hope Karzai has been keeping up on his restaurant skills. He's going to need them when we leave.

P.S.(oes anybody need a new busboy?

Posted by No Longer Frozen Al 2014-01-23 11:12|| 2014-01-23 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Al? No longer frozen?

Posted by Bobby 2014-01-23 14:07|| 2014-01-23 14:07|| Front Page Top

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