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Afghanistan
Video: Afghanistan - "The Coldest Winter" (Mar.2008) (82nd)
2008-03-15
Posted by:3dc

#8  LOL~! thanks ed!
Posted by: RD   2008-03-15 23:54  

#7  That's assumed RD. No longer comment worthy.
Posted by: ed   2008-03-15 22:29  

#6  no body else picked up the snobish narrative slant in the video? oh well...:)
Posted by: RD   2008-03-15 17:52  

#5  I took this reporter was Australian. Cold to him is the temperature Foster's is served at.

Demographically, I see Afghanistan as nearly an ideal place (if it had a friendly port then 100% ideal) for a proxy war where 60% of the population hates the Pashtuns bigots for the atrocities they have committed. The west doesn't need to do the fighting in Afghanistan. Trainers and supply troops equipping the Tajk, Uzbeks, Hazaras etc to wage traditional warfare and carry off loot and women would subdue our enemies much more quickly and inexpensively.
Posted by: ed   2008-03-15 16:33  

#4  in watching this it seemed obvious to me that a warning before the search (especially given to the women) that if anything is found the forces will blow the house followed with the destruction of the property after the discoveries would go a long way.

a clear understanding that hiding weapons will cause the house to be leveled would put a lot of internal pressure on the people to come out with it. what i saw was people lying and lying and lying and no consequences for their lying leads them to repeat the process over again.
Posted by: Abu do you love   2008-03-15 15:53  

#3  Looks mighty chilly, like blue bone cold with razor blades aflyin.
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My take:

Another anti- American hack job by the Socialist Brit Media.

So predictable, a Twerp Brit Reporter cum-Guru who knows nothing but his brain washed Socialist biases twists up a piece which could have been done by any of his clones going back 50 years.

This Brit "reporter" couldn't park a bicycle let alone strip a Ma Duce or search a Vil.

why American Commanders even talk give these guys the time of day I'll never understand.

If he asked me for a good story, I would recommend that he travel to some thick Talib country with only an interpreter for a sure Pulitzer win.
Posted by: RD   2008-03-15 15:10  

#2  I watched the video. The young people enlisting in the services now are brave, patriotic and idealistic. However, the people they are trying to save, especially the Pashtuns in eastern Afghanistan are not worth saving.
Posted by: Penguin   2008-03-15 11:54  

#1  Afghanistan is Hell on a bad day.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-03-15 11:29  

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