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Why is Afghanistan so difficult?
Posted by tigerpawl on 8/21/17 at 8:16 pm20
Besides the terrain, why haven't we sealed the deal? I shuttter to think the Taliban have the upper hand in any way - other than being the home team.
This post was edited on 8/21 at 8:19 pm
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by Pettifogger on 8/21/17 at 8:18 pm to tigerpawl
Because like 80% of the people there don't know or don't care what "Afghanistan" is and don't want to be a part of it.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by Taxing Authority on 8/21/17 at 8:21 pm to tigerpawl
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Why is Afghanistan so difficult?
It's a shite culture with no desire to change form that.
Ultimately it's a culture problem, not a military problem.
Where I was.... The Pakistani border was within 25 miles. The enemy would drive across to fight during the day and drive home at night. we weren't allowed to kill anyone not actively engaging us or actively planting an IED even if we knew they were enemy.
THAT WILL CHANGE.
THAT WILL CHANGE.
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re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by Lima Whiskey on 8/21/17 at 8:26 pm to tigerpawl
They're the organic expression of Pashtun nationalism.
Or tribalism, that's a better word.
They're Afghanistan.
Or tribalism, that's a better word.
They're Afghanistan.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by IAmReality on 8/21/17 at 8:27 pm to tigerpawl
Because the people who live there all follow a backwards, hateful religion straight out of 600 AD.
And that twisted belief system is the cornerstone of everything they do.
And that twisted belief system is the cornerstone of everything they do.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by RogerTheShrubber on 8/21/17 at 8:36 pm to tigerpawl
It's an easy place to blow up stuff and kill people because no one in the world cares
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by Lima Whiskey on 8/21/17 at 8:40 pm to member12
The war in the 80s destroyed the traditional tribal structure, the one force that really constrained their capacity for violence.
That was perhaps the worst legacy of the war. We enfranchised violent gangsters, just as we undermined the wise old men.
That was perhaps the worst legacy of the war. We enfranchised violent gangsters, just as we undermined the wise old men.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by LSUAlum2001 on 8/21/17 at 9:13 pm to tigerpawl
It's a war ravaged 3rd world hell hole controlled by warring clans.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by TigerMikeAtl on 8/21/17 at 9:22 pm to upgrayedd
A lot of similarities with Nam.
Terrain, indigenous people, and a government who doesn't have it's heart into winning.
Terrain, indigenous people, and a government who doesn't have it's heart into winning.
re: Why is Afghanistan so difficult?Posted by upgrayedd on 8/21/17 at 9:31 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Yeah, you've got a large majority of the population that's just trying to survive but they're constantly being caught between the hammer and the anvil. They get held hostage by the Taliban then get shite from coalition forces for "aiding" the Taliban. As soon as we leave, they'll either be terrorized or exploited by the Taliban or some local drug lord. It's a shitty existence where they lose either way.
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