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2009-10-29 Afghanistan

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Posted by Beavis 2009-10-29 08:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 As each Tribe IS a nation Whereas Afghanistan IS NOT, this could even work.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-29 10:14|| 2009-10-29 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 We cannot make progress in Afghanistan through
a war of attrition or a war of exhaustion. As I have
said and will continue to say, time is on their side. In an insurgency, all the insurgents have to do is not lose.

The concern should be that this apparently an insight not generally shared.

Posted by phil_b 2009-10-29 20:55|| 2009-10-29 20:55|| Front Page Top

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