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2012-02-09 Afghanistan

CIA to Remain in Afghanistan after Withdrawal of Troops

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Posted by 2012-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 >"We can lose the countryside, but I don't think we are going to lose Kabul and Bagram," a former CIA officer said.

BS flag down on this one. They don't have enough SOF operators NOW! Where are even more going to come from?

Suicide bombers and Chinese 103's will be raining down on both. Notice he did NOT mention Kandahar. The Taliban ~~Shadow Government~~ Government in Exile is waiting just across the border in Pakland. The fall of Saigon will look like a well organized withdrawl compared to what is likely to happen in Afghanistan.

Embassy bovine bravado not based on reality.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-02-09 03:01|| 2012-02-09 03:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Who will stop the orcs when they cross from Pakistan?

Posted by Paul D 2012-02-09 07:07|| 2012-02-09 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I think a Congo War solution is in order. The US could snap its fingers and the place would be up to its eyebrows in mercenaries overnight. Then just pay the mercenaries a bounty for Taliban penises.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-02-09 08:28|| 2012-02-09 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Just need to provide CIA/SF assistance to the tribes and clans that have reliably killed Taliban and their allies. Keep the buggers busy enough that they don't have the time and resources to do anything meaningful outside of the next village again.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-02-09 08:43|| 2012-02-09 08:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Procopius2k,
You are assuming the Barack Obama wants to win this thing. I see a Laos solution whereby the CIA and a bunch of "sheep dipped" military conduct a shadow war until the Pak army moves in and takes over.

Posted by Frozen Al 2012-02-09 12:29|| 2012-02-09 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't go there, Moose. Steven Pressfield already did in The Profession, and how that ends ain't pretty...

Posted by Steve White 2012-02-09 12:43|| 2012-02-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

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