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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Video: What It Takes To Defend A Combat Outpost In Afghanistan
When I hear it from admiral Mullens I don't believe it, but when I hear it from a grunt, I do believe it. We either need to send more troops and relax the ROE to kick serious ass or get the fuck out. These are the same tactics that were used in Viet Nam and they didn't work with a shit then either. We won those battles but lost the war. I do not want to see that happen again, as our military suffered greatly after the end of Nam.
The Brits during the Boer war built posts that shut down easy travel about the country. They took away the resupply of the Boers by the local civilians by putting the civilians in concentration camps. The Boers were better marksmen and better horsemen but in the end it didn't matter. You want to win or just play at war? If you don't have the stones for all out war don't put good Americans in harms way for nothing.
I couldn't agree more with you. It's time that the U.S. and NATO lay down the law of the land with Karzai - he either lives with the fact of some civilian casualties and allows the bombing of the Taliban the way it should be done or we can vacate the place and see how long his head stays off a Taliban platter.
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When I hear it from admiral Mullens I don't believe it, but when I hear it from a grunt, I do believe it. We either need to send more troops and relax the ROE to kick serious ass or get the fuck out. These are the same tactics that were used in Viet Nam and they didn't work with a shit then either. We won those battles but lost the war. I do not want to see that happen again, as our military suffered greatly after the end of Nam.
The Brits during the Boer war built posts that shut down easy travel about the country. They took away the resupply of the Boers by the local civilians by putting the civilians in concentration camps. The Boers were better marksmen and better horsemen but in the end it didn't matter. You want to win or just play at war? If you don't have the stones for all out war don't put good Americans in harms way for nothing.
Shark,
I couldn't agree more with you. It's time that the U.S. and NATO lay down the law of the land with Karzai - he either lives with the fact of some civilian casualties and allows the bombing of the Taliban the way it should be done or we can vacate the place and see how long his head stays off a Taliban platter.
:Holger Danske
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