10-06-2009, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Chaplain
The War on Terror and the War in Afghanistan are two different things while the first is global, the second is regional. We have to destroy Al Qaeda we have to defeat the Taliban. The problem is the Taliban are intermixed with the population and only come out to plant an IED or launch an attack when they think the outcome will make a political statement without any regard as to how many casualties they receive. It is a classical gorilla type insurgency. If we want to win, we're going to have to after them and sorry to say the people that are protecting them. Lastly, when you start to hear Kabul compared to Saigon (hasn't happened yet), meaning the fight has collapsed to protecting the capital it's over.
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Chaplain,
Go read MacChrystals report.
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