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**Lt_Apple** · 04-18-2008, 02:56 PM

"They can no more stop the modern world from transforming the Arab World then they could stop US warplanes from destroying their little Arab terror army they brought to Afghanistan."

Hate to burst your bubble, but in what alternate universe have we won the war in A-stan?
Hint: winning every pitched battle /= winning the conflict over time.

Aircraft don't hold terrain. Boots on the ground control terrain, and all the Military Channel BS weapon system porn we are inundated with doesn't change that.

The first US strikes were very nicely done, but the Taliban are alive, self-sustaining, and we haven't cut off their logistics or their popular support. Al Qaeda was only a small part of the problem, and they aren't gone either. All the "Tal-Qaeda" folks need to do is duplicate their past success against the Soviets by "not losing". As Operation Medusa shows, the Taliban can even fight conventional battles using Warsaw Pact tactics. They have the guts to face some serious firepower, and the demonstrated will to stay in the game for many years.

http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/C...ngMayJun08.pdf

04-18-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	"They can no more stop the modern world from transforming the Arab World then they could stop US warplanes from destroying their little Arab terror army they brought to Afghanistan." Hate to burst your bubble, but in what alternate universe have we won the war in A-stan? Hint: winning every pitched battle /= winning the conflict over time. Aircraft don't hold terrain. Boots on the ground control terrain, and all the Military Channel BS weapon system porn we are inundated with doesn't change that. The first US strikes were very nicely done, but the Taliban are alive, self-sustaining, and we haven't cut off their logistics or their popular support. Al Qaeda was only a small part of the problem, and they aren't gone either. All the "Tal-Qaeda" folks need to do is duplicate their past success against the Soviets by "not losing". As Operation Medusa shows, the Taliban can even fight conventional battles using Warsaw Pact tactics. They have the guts to face some serious firepower, and the demonstrated will to stay in the game for many years. http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/C...ngMayJun08.pdf
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