SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Military Strategy Board
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: unclewest who wrote (2150)5/25/2014 8:37:29 AM
From: LindyBill2 Recommendations

Recommended By
Hawkmoon
unclewest

   of 20438
 
JPADS fascinate me

I bet they do. You were the first thing I thought about when I read that, and precisely because I knew you had been in that kind of position.

You know my predilections for "if only's." If we had put a battalion of light Infantry (Rangers) in the NE mountains of Afghanistan in November of 2001 and supplied and giving them CAS support We would have trapped Osama and his supporters there when they bugged out to Pakistan in December. Same thing with a platoon of female MPs backed up with some local Northern Alliance types on the road into Pakistan from the South East where the Taliban leader got out dressed in a Hijab. It should have been obvious that these were the only two ways out of there.

It's obvious now that the State Dept wanted to back the Pakistani ISI at the end of the first conflict and leave them to run Afghanistan. Big mistake. If we had left the Northern Alliance in charge and backed them with CAS, we could have got out of there in 02. One form of Gov that works for Muslims is to leave a minority tribe in charge of the area. They have to get along with the majority or they lose out. This is how Syria and Iraq worked for decades. That would have been what we would have left Afghanistan with.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News