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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (27300)6/1/2004 1:14:19 AM
From: zonkieRead Replies (1) of 81568
 
<..rely on Afghanistani nationals to do some fighting .. To do otherwise would have delayed action many months. Months in which the Northern Alliance would have likely been finished off. Note that the 911 attack didn't go forward till the charismatic leader of the Northern Alliance had been assassinated. They thought they'd have time to finish the NA off. They didn't anticipate the effect of SF troops backed by American air power working with the remaining NA forces. Bush did the absolute right thing here. >

Junior allowed the Afghanistani's to do the fighting at Tora Bora. These are the same fighters who would change sides every time the other side would offer them more money in the times previous to that battle. This one instance is probably the biggest mistake we made after invading the country. It would not have delayed anything if we had had our troops up close at Tora Bora.
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