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Originally Posted by WhiplashDug
Its a very large area that we are talking about and it is difficult terrain to work in and barring a massive build up of troops - there just isn't going to be enough boots on the ground to make that happen. Believe me - the US military is very adapt at dealing with this environment and can work very effectively. Any results that fall short of ideal expectations are more limited by political limitations than military capabilities.
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i think that is true of any of the countries fighting or supporting there.
The problem with this attack is it could bring about more people to fight.. it won't be just the people on the border and sympathizers.. now you have the rest of the 120 million or so there that are now 'under attack', and the generation raised from that.
I hope this whole thing blows over.. but from the failures of organization (translators), lack of fighting forces (us tied up, other nato countries unwilling to fight), and inability to win over the population through poppy eradication etc, we're in a very bad place.
The concerning thing, to ramble a bit, is Pakistan was the talibans one and only friend..