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| Afghanistan |
| Turn the tables on the Taliban |
| 2008-12-19 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Wishful thinking. Winning a guerilla war against a rural population in a mountainous country is very hard, without wholesale slaughter of the population (Russian tactic) or herding the population into camps (Many examples, started by the Brits in SA). Theory is that you have to separate the population from the terrs. You either do that by removing the population, removing (generally killing) the terrs, or putting a physical barrier between the 2 (only possible in camps or urban areas). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-12-19 21:28 |
| #2 Until the Pakland border is given the same respect (i.e. none) as the taliban give it, then we shall continue to waste time. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-12-19 20:11 |
| #1 Good analysis. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-12-19 14:42 |