Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan

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scout wrote:

exploit our children for another illegal Orwellian war.
nothing new here.

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Captain O wrote:

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Stupid Monkey boy:
There are no terrorists in Afghanistan except for ISAF and NATO troops...

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too droll to troll wrote:

This war is dumb. But leave it to the NY Times to alert the enemy.

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Monk wrote:

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You are an enemy of the US and all countries at war with Islamic terrorists.
Your support for al-Qaeda and the Taliban is dishonorable and treasonous.
The FBI has you on its No Fly List so we never have to see your treacherous
face in the US.
Your racist comments to me are duly reported to Topix by many people.

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Rico wrote:

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These leaks/articles are part of the psy-ops-war, no doubt there are teams hunting, BUT, more often than not, the mouse out-smarts the cat...

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Captain O wrote:

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Excellent point, Rico.
Most everyone forgot that the Soviets used the most advanced weaponry at that time to try and conquer Afghanistan, but to no avail. They were merely able to install a puppet regime in Kabul like we Americans have done, but that's about all. Not even the Soviets' Special Ops Forces -- the Spetsnaz -- were able to accomplish anything.
One needs to keep in mind that Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires. For example, the British invaded Afghanistan twice in the 19th century and miserably failed to occupy the country.
Also, nobody seems to be able to remember the disaster of the Vietnam war in which GUERRILLA WARRIORS (the Vietcong) defeated America's modern military and Special Ops forces with its sophisticated armor.
The same is true with regard to Afghanistan:
Our government and military elite obviously haven't grasped that they're fighting a GUERRILLA war against the Afghans and will eventually lose again.
Here's an excerpt from an article related to GUERRILLA warfare as it's been applied by the Sadrists in Iraq.
It also shows us that our troops or Special Ops forces can never win against the Afghan freedom fighters:
1. The first job of a guerrilla army is to stay alive. That's much more important than winning a Western-style victory. The Mahdi Army is intact, ready for the next round. Mao said it best: "Lose men to take land, land and men both lost; lose land and keep men, land can be retaken." In other words, play for the long term and remember that your troops are your biggest asset. Never go for broke.
2. The next most important job of a guerrilla army is to maintain and grow its support in the neighborhood.[...]
3. A guerrilla army facing occupiers with a monopoly on air power is committing suicide by going for total victory on the ground, seizing an entire city or district. Just ask the Sunni, who bunkered up in Fallujah and got slaughtered. By melting back into the civilian population, the Sadrists are now invulnerable to air attack.
4. After four straight days of failure by the Badr Brigade/Iraqi Army, the US was frustrated enough to start committing American ground troops to the assault on Sadr. That would have meant serious casualties for the Mahdi Army, as it did when they took on US forces in 2004.
Not that they're afraid to die for their neighborhood -- Shias? You kidding me?-- but because it would be stupid to die fighting the Americans when everyone in Iraq knows the US just doesn't figure much in the long term.
Sadr's not afraid of us, he and his commanders just see us as a dangerous nuisance, like a chained pit bull they have to step around. Ten years from now, every player in the current game will still be playing this slow, shady game, except one:
the Americans."
http://www.alternet.org/story/81147/...

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Captain O wrote:

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Ten years from now, every player in the current game will still be playing this slow, shady game, except one:
the Americans."

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Captain O wrote:

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Our government and military elite obviously haven't grasped that they're fighting a GUERRILLA war against the Afghans and will eventually lose again.
http://www.alternet.org/story/81147/...