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2010-10-16 Afghanistan

SF eliminate 300 Taliban & al-Qaeda leaders, says Gen.Petraeus

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Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I admire this strategy, especially in logistically handicapped Afghanistan/Pakistan.
Kill off the troublemaker's leaders.
Rinse
Repeat
Now if we will just not trip over our johnson by setting an artificial deadline to exit before the job is finished.

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-10-16 00:18|| 2010-10-16 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 The jihadis keep saying they love death. I see no reason not to offer them big steaming helpings. Come and get it, boys!

Posted by SteveS 2010-10-16 02:09|| 2010-10-16 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 But the US general... denied that there had been a change of tactics away from trying to win over the population as part of a "counter-insurgency" strategy and towards a targeted "counter-terrorism" strategy.

With the caveat of my not being a ground-pounding expert, seems COIN is more effective if there's a closed-loop situation, i.e., no Taliban commuting from their bedroom communities in Pakistan and Iran.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-16 11:33|| 2010-10-16 11:33|| Front Page Top

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