Saturday, June 24, 2006
Afghanistan Summer Offensive
The good guys in Afghanistan, to steal Rowdy Roddy Piper's phrase in They Live, have decided to chew bubblegum and kick Taliban ass; and they are all out of bubblegum. Recent fighting has resulted in 65 Taliban dead. Coalition forces' casualties have been light to non-existent.
The Taliban started their dreaded Spring offensive with vows "to drive foreign forces out of the country." It hasn't actually worked out just as they planed, as the Taliban has been coming in a distant second in nearly every clash since.
All is not rosy in Afghanistan, as recent riots over traffic accident deaths have exposed (as if we had really forgotten) the hatred the Afghans feel for most non-Afghan (and many fellow Afghans).
The Soviets invaded in December 1979, stayed just over 8 years and suffered 43,000 casualties, including more than 15,000 killed; and the union never recovered. We've been there coming up on 5 years and our casualties number in the low hundreds. Dreaded Taliban Spring offensive my left butt cheek.
The Taliban started their dreaded Spring offensive with vows "to drive foreign forces out of the country." It hasn't actually worked out just as they planed, as the Taliban has been coming in a distant second in nearly every clash since.
All is not rosy in Afghanistan, as recent riots over traffic accident deaths have exposed (as if we had really forgotten) the hatred the Afghans feel for most non-Afghan (and many fellow Afghans).
The Soviets invaded in December 1979, stayed just over 8 years and suffered 43,000 casualties, including more than 15,000 killed; and the union never recovered. We've been there coming up on 5 years and our casualties number in the low hundreds. Dreaded Taliban Spring offensive my left butt cheek.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 11:06 AM 
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Query! Query!
Given the tribal nature of Afghanistan, what happens when the U.S. pulls out?
Shouldn't we be shoring up the monarchy more? I haven't heard much about the King lately.
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Given the tribal nature of Afghanistan, what happens when the U.S. pulls out?
Shouldn't we be shoring up the monarchy more? I haven't heard much about the King lately.
Loop
# posted by 
: 8:47 AM
: 8:47 AM
I think the king is 80; what would be the point of shoring him up? Besides, Karzai has the hat. He's the ruler now.
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