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2009-06-03 Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan Is Winnable, General Says
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Posted by Beavis 2009-06-03 09:09|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 I hold far fewer hopes. Afghanistan currently has an army of about 80,000. Most experts say that just to maintain some degree of relatively stability without serious external pressure, would require over 200,000.

To make matters worse, the vast majority of soldiers are illiterate, and culturally hard to train on top of that. A great deal of their inherited knowledge has been wiped out as well.

Then, having half their country bordered by Pakistan, with overlapping Pushtun tribes on both sides, *and* widespread poppy growing

Even their own geography works against them, the lowlands being the easiest thing in the world to capture and police, and the highlands near impenetrable.

It is the worst place in the world to be the government, and the easiest to fight against the government.
Posted by Anonymoose 2009-06-03 11:08||   2009-06-03 11:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It is the worst place in the world to be the government, and the easiest to fight against the government. You make it sound like the best possible terrain for terrorist groups.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-06-03 16:10||   2009-06-03 16:10|| Front Page Top

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