Author Topic: UK sending 1400 more troops (Read 1340 times)

Pei · « **on:** February 27, 2007, 03:13:14 AM »

to Afghanistan

There are rumours of a Spring offensive already.

thrila · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2007, 04:25:31 AM »

My brother is headed there for 6 months in March. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them went around that time too.

Nilsen · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2007, 06:52:04 AM »

We are sending more too.

There is a rumor that the Taliban has a huge number of fairly well trained and equipped fighters waiting for the snow to melt. It is supposed to be a bloodbath.

Hope the rumors are false this time.

lazs2 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2007, 08:38:30 AM »

That's because it is a good war against bad muslims not a bad war against good muslims like iraq..

They are not backward and beyond hope like the iraqui people and.. the real terrorists are hidden there...

and it needs to be done because.. well... because ah.. you know.

lazs

Saintaw · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2007, 08:41:13 AM »

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They are not backward and beyond hope...

I understand you are somewhat an expert at that as well as muslim demography? wow.

Eagler · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2007, 08:41:24 AM »

hope we deplete our inventory of MOAB's before anyone is within firearms range ...

lazs2 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2007, 08:51:46 AM »

saint.. I do not profess to be an expert.. I have been told that it is hopeless in iraq because the people are so backward... I, was naive enough to believe that anyone would want freedom in their lives... but.. that is not what I have been told...

I have to assume that since the same people that told me that are now telling me that they feel that the afghans are worth fighting for....

lazs

storch · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2007, 09:35:20 AM »

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Originally posted by Saintaw
I understand you are somewhat an expert at that as well as muslim demography? wow.

he's from American we know everything. you are from france you know nothing. back to your corner don't type until you are addressed.

Saintaw · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2007, 09:49:32 AM »

That's what i thought too

I also have a hint that lazs's source doesn't hold an ethnology degree...

Hawco · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2007, 10:45:26 AM »

I think Afghanistan will become the new Northern Ireland for the UK, it will drain resources, need a constant prescence there and will slowlly but surely drain moral and then that's the end game.

Dowding · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2007, 04:26:42 PM »

Afghanistan will never become Northern Ireland. There isn't a large section of populace wanting to stay British and there is no great feeling of empathy with the plight of your average Afghani.

It will end in some phased pullout in a couple of years - the country was too much trouble to hold a couple of hundred years ago and not much has changed.

Hawco · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2007, 05:01:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Afghanistan will never become Northern Ireland. There isn't a large section of populace wanting to stay British and there is no great feeling of empathy with the plight of your average Afghani.

It will end in some phased pullout in a couple of years - the country was too much trouble to hold a couple of hundred years ago and not much has changed.

Well of course there's not a large section wanting to remain Britsh as they are Afghani, Actually there is a great feeling of empathy with the plight of your average Afghani, Just not in the places that matter to the International force that is there now.

-tronski- · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:27:30 AM »

Hrmmm...perhaps we should've finished the job there instead of siphoning off our forces elsewhere?

Tronsky

Torque · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:54:14 AM »

we have the moral obligation to make an honest attempt to stabilize the region, considering the quagmire curious george and company have fostered to iraqi, it's the least we can do.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2007, 07:19:18 AM »

They're not doing much of a job governing the area - the opium harvesting has doubled since Al-qaeda was ruling the country.

Author Topic: UK sending 1400 more troops (Read 1340 times)

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