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2011-03-13 Afghanistan

Karzai asks US to end Ops in Afghanistan

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-03-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 We can stop cooperating with Karzai without stopping operations in Afghanistan. It would be harder, but we could launch operations from bases and ships/subs that are outside of Afghanistan. But before we go, dump herbicide on all of Karzai's brother's poppy fields.

Has the US learned nothing? Don't fight a defensive war. If the locus of the fight is in Pakistan, take the war to Pakistan.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2011-03-13 10:28|| 2011-03-13 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 W. Bush had some real winning ideas, but the Afghanistan occupation was not among them. Iraq was done right and is benefiting well from our nation building there, despite the inevitable glitches.

But the US seemed utterly indifferent to setting up a real government in Afghanistan, which is virtually a tabula rasa as far as having any kind of government at all.

Even if we wrote off southern Afghanistan entirely, we should have screwed up the Pushtun's little arrangement by partitioning North and South Afghanistan and turning the South over to Pakistan for administration.

Then we could put all our efforts into much more amiable North Afghanistan, while Pakistan would be just more of the unmanageable chaos it is today.

We could have encouraged Perv to flood southern Afghanistan with Pakistanis as a "new frontier", putting them and the Pushtun against each other. The Paks would outnumber the Pushtun 7 to 1, and would overwhelm them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-03-13 10:51|| 2011-03-13 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Put some iron bombs on Chaman and Quetta and a few other select grids in Pakistan, lift UAS flight restrictions along the border, establish a border Mobile Strike Force Command (MIKE Force) or two of shooters, resume night operations and tell NATO and the Afghan Army and Border Patrol to take a 30 day vacation or go back to sleep. (Except for the Albanian Army... More Albanians needed) Do it QUICKLY and have it coincide with the end of the poppie picking season just as Haji digs up his AK-47 for the Spring Offensive and his leadership begin their journey back into country from Pakistan.......AND GO KILL THE BASTIDS!

Posted by Besoeker 2011-03-13 12:23|| 2011-03-13 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Paging General Dostum, General Dostum to the White courtesy phone please.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-03-13 15:12|| 2011-03-13 15:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Dear Hamid,

We're not doing it for you. Get over yourself.
Love,

America

Posted by SteveS 2011-03-13 19:29|| 2011-03-13 19:29|| Front Page Top

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