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2018-01-31 Afghanistan

Will Security Sector Assistance Work in Afghanistan? – Free Range International

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Posted by newc 2018-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 He doubts big Army is up to the task of small sector security with the makeup of Afghanistan.

Posted by newc 2018-01-31 00:45|| 2018-01-31 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 No. Next question?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-31 05:27|| 2018-01-31 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3 To answer some of these shortfalls the US Army is developing Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFAB) that will be tailored to the mission and free up brigade combat teams. This idea, based on sound theory, will not work in practice. It won’t work for the same reasons it’s not working now; limited dwell time in country, high turnover of key personnel and the unwillingness to partner with host nation military units in combat.

SFAB is a cock-up in the making. Big Army's answer to the SF mission of 'Foreign Internal Defense' or Nation Building by another name.

An insurgency cannot be defeated if fed and protected by neighboring border sanctuaries in corrupt countries. I believe we have seen this proven out over the past 75 years in Korea, Vietnam, and throughout Central and Southern Africa.

Using satellite imagery, flying Reapers nose-to-tail up and down the Durand line, using hunter-killer teams and strategic air power to annihilate the enemy 'where two or more are gathered' could work. It worked in the Northern Alliance at the start of the conflict, but then the strategy shifted.

I'm afraid SFAB will end in disappointment.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-31 06:01|| 2018-01-31 06:01|| Front Page Top

#4 It worked in the Northern Alliance at the start of the conflict, but then the strategy shifted.
Would much appreciate more info on this topic. So far my readings indicate that only a massive asteroid strike would "work" in Afghanistan.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-01-31 06:25|| 2018-01-31 06:25|| Front Page Top

#5 It worked in the Northern Alliance at the start of the conflict, but then the strategy shifted.

I hesitate to use Hollywood as a learning tool Anguper Hupomosing9418, but spend a couple of hours and go see '12 Strong.'

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-31 06:43|| 2018-01-31 06:43|| Front Page Top

#6 We know the Taliban supporting villages.

They just "simply" have to no longer have Taliban in them.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-31 12:18|| 2018-01-31 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Vice President Dostum "likes Americans, as long as they go home" & hates the Taliban. The movie gave me a flicker of hope for Afghanistan, too.

Posted by Jeremiah Gleretle3997 2018-01-31 13:48|| 2018-01-31 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 DoD releases Afghan district data, continues to withhold other key information | FDD's Long War Journal

Posted by newc 2018-01-31 16:13|| 2018-01-31 16:13|| Front Page Top

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