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2009-10-23 Afghanistan

Problems with counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-10-23 01:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 They talk of the cost of being in Afghanistan but have nothing to say about the cost of leaving. FTA: "Dorronsoro was a professor of political science at the Sorbonne, Paris and the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes. He also served as the scientific coordinator at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies in Istanbul, Turkey"

And Pournelle has never been if favor of Iraq or Afghanistan.

I thinks we can see where these folks are coming from....

Posted by tipover 2009-10-23 11:46|| 2009-10-23 11:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Leaving will give us a Taliban government pretty quickly.

If you look at what kept pre-invasion iraq stable is was that a well armed and organized minority group kept the rest of the population in line.

We should emulate this, effectively creating our own afganistan saddam. One group keeping the others supressed.

Posted by flash91 2009-10-23 12:06|| 2009-10-23 12:06|| Front Page Top

#3 --- I thinks we can see where these folks are coming from....
--- Leaving will give us a Taliban government pretty quickly... a well armed and organized minority group ... keeping the others supressed.
I'm looking for better ideas. I do agree with Pournelle that the US electorate will not put up with the 20+ years of counterinsurgency efforts that seem to be necessary to prevent Afghanistan from serving as the base for jihad. But a policy of containment is almost as difficult to sustain.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-10-23 12:19|| 2009-10-23 12:19|| Front Page Top

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