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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (527953)	11/11/2009 1:10:40 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576608

I don't see that it can work...the conditions are much different than we found in Iraq....

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (527953)	11/11/2009 1:21:32 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576608

I don't know. I posted something elsewhere on Afghanistan - things seemed to go wrong there in 2005-2006: Message 26089607 Petraeus turned things around in Iraq. Can McChrystal do the same? TWT

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (527953)	11/11/2009 1:34:54 PM
From: bentway	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576608

"But the more important question is this: Will McChrystal's new strategy, to win the hearts and minds of Afghanis, work?" Of course not! Iraq was an actual nation. Iraqis MISSED that, and wanted it back. Afghanistan has NEVER been one, but a collection of squabbling tribes for thousands of years. 74% of it's people are illiterate. Tens of thousands have the "tradition" of growing opium as a way to make a living. It's just more troops and money down the rat hole. Gorbachev knows what he's talking about.