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2007-03-12 Afghanistan

A catalogue of errors in Afghanistan (Michael Scheuer)

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Posted by Brett 2007-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And we have a significant amount of allies in the tribes.

Rudyard Kipling Feh

This right here

"Making matters worse was the fact that many of the actions the coalition did successfully undertake - especially elections and women's rights - added to the misery of rural Afghans by appearing to be attacks on millennia-old social, tribal and religious mores"

Posted by Flolumble Elmuling1667 2007-03-12 01:45|| 2007-03-12 01:45|| Front Page Top

#2 That quote above , shows were he is coming from..."the millennia-old social, tribal and religious mores" was the Taliban. Apparently they are the ideal we shouldn't mess with or we are doomed.

Too much time in country, he started to believe their crap.

Posted by Flolumble Elmuling1667 2007-03-12 01:53|| 2007-03-12 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Let us not forget, this guy actually headed up the OBL unit at one time. Hard to believe guys like this can get any intel work at all, much less important work. Confidence in non-technical analytic work at that outfit remains extremely low.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-12 02:12|| 2007-03-12 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 V: Let us not forget, this guy actually headed up the OBL unit at one time. Hard to believe guys like this can get any intel work at all, much less important work. Confidence in non-technical analytic work at that outfit remains extremely low.

Maybe they picked him because he is an expert on failure, being one himself.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-03-12 03:39|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-03-12 03:39|| Front Page Top

#5 NATO is barely fighting the Taliban. They have surrounded most towns where the terrorists have support, and are aiding Afghan troops in pacification. Allied combat deaths have been minimal. The Asian Times shouldn't be printing propaganda. Rural Pashtos want us out so that they can run their drug operations without being impeded. Again, over 90% of opium production is cultivated in Helmond and Pashto districts. Most of the rendering operations are being conducted there.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-12 04:13|| 2007-03-12 04:13|| Front Page Top

#6 The more I read from the Asian Times, the more I think the Asian Times is all about propaganda. Might be over-generalizing.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-03-12 10:02|| 2007-03-12 10:02|| Front Page Top

#7 I actually just got this quote in an e-mail, and it seems to fit quite nicely here:

"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I'll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
-Robert E. Lee, 1863

Posted by BA 2007-03-12 11:22|| 2007-03-12 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 No mention of the Brutal Afghan Winter(tm)? How disappointing.

Posted by SteveS 2007-03-12 12:37|| 2007-03-12 12:37|| Front Page Top

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