Yes, and it’s a lose-lose situation.
Use more force - kill more civilians - create more resistance.
Use less force so as not to kill a lot of civilians - increase losses for our own troops - increase the power of the enemy.
We should have bombed the mountainous border regions flat and then left. Once the troops were on the ground, the outcome was predictable. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan were the dumbest military moves since Custer decided to pimp with some Indians.
What is a win now? Keeping the crook Karzai in power? Does anyone really think we can turn this place into a civilized country?
“We should have bombed the mountainous border regions flat and then left. Once the troops were on the ground, the outcome was predictable. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan were the dumbest military moves since Custer decided to pimp with some Indians.
What is a win now? Keeping the crook Karzai in power? Does anyone really think we can turn this place into a civilized country?”
Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Well said!
Use more force - kill more civilians - create more resistance.
THIS IS NOT CORRECT. If it were true the Taliban would have won long ago, since they kill more civilians than anyone.