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2009-10-21 Afghanistan

Afghanistan 2011: Three Scenarios

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Posted by tipper 2009-10-21 02:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 In the worst-case and most unlikely scenario, Afghanistan returns to pre-9/11 conditions where insurgent groups again gain control of the nation, reestablish an Islamic Emirate, and grant refuge to transnational terror groups.

Won't happen, because the Soviet Union is gone and the situation that brought the Taliban to power won't happen again - once side armed by the Paks and the other by no one. Uzbeckistan and Tadjickistan will support their ethnic brothers in a civil war.

Posted by phil_b 2009-10-21 04:27|| 2009-10-21 04:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Insurgent. Uh huh.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-10-21 07:18|| 2009-10-21 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Scenario 1: end heroin-jihad connection
Scenario 2: end heroin-jihad connection
Scenario 3: end heroin-jihad connection
ad nauseum

Posted by Bugs Slath3086 2009-10-21 15:49|| 2009-10-21 15:49|| Front Page Top

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