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2009-07-07 Afghanistan

Taliban launch operation 'Iron Net' against US Marines

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 Teaching Marines "a lesson" sounds like a real bad idea. I don't thinks theses guys can pass an IQ test.

Posted by whatadeal 2009-07-07 10:02|| 2009-07-07 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Spoken by someone who's never faced Marines in combat. I'm sure they'll do their best, and I'm sure the Marines will kill them like flies.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-07-07 12:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-07 12:41|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not an assault. It's a op aimed at attrition and wear-down.

The good thing is that there are a lot of 'lessons learned' from Iraq. The problems are that the Iraqis were a lot more sophisticated in some ways vis a vis IEDs, and the Taliban are using some tactics developed both indigenously and by Pakistanis and others.

There's gonna be a learning curve.

Posted by Pappy 2009-07-07 14:53|| 2009-07-07 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Marines can't shoot back all the Taliban have to do is dress like women and fire away.

Posted by airandee 2009-07-07 18:02|| 2009-07-07 18:02|| Front Page Top

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