Afghans disappointed with Taliban gains
A year ago, most US forces withdrew from the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Afghans are disappointed that they haven’t been able to fight off the resulting Taliban surge in their country, according to the Washington Post;
As of last month, about 7,000 members of the Afghan security forces had been killed this year, with 12,000 injured, a 26 percent increase over the total number of dead and wounded in all of 2014, said a Western official with access to the most recent NATO statistics. Attrition rates are soaring. Deserters and injured Afghan soldiers say they are fighting a more sophisticated and well-armed insurgency than they have seen in years.
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U.S. Special Operations troops are increasingly being deployed into harm’s way to assist their Afghan counterparts. Since Nov. 4, four members of the U.S.-led coalition have been wounded in Helmand, said U.S. Army Col. Michael Lawhorn, a military spokesman. Officially, U.S. military personnel have a mandate only “to train, advise and assist” Afghan forces.
It should be no surprise that the Taliban limited their contact with US troops over the last few years as they waited for the scheduled withdrawal last year. Now with fewer US troops in the theater, the Taliban can use their fresh troops against the Afghan government which still suffers from corruption and deceit. The government misspent millions of dollars earmarked for defense to instead line their own pockets and now the Taliban chickens are coming home to roost.
Any more leftist ideas we want to try out that we know will fail, but we’ll do it anyway?
Category: Terror War
There’s little that is more disrespectful to the US Armed forces personnel than putting them into harm’s way with no intention of winning.
“Any more leftist ideas we want to try out that we know will fail, but we’ll do it anyway?” Alex, I’ll try socialized healthcare for $200
More like “socialized healthcare for $1.2T – annually.”
Disappointed? I’m sure they are.
When do we pull our people out of that hellhole?
We were winning when I left, what happened?
Same thing that happened when I left Iraq in 2009.
We were winning when I left in 68.
I’m seeing a pattern here
Maybe they just need a few more gas stations.
Perhaps they need more “Hope” in the plan.
I blame the Insha’Allah mindset. Until they pull their collective head out of their ass and take responsibility for SOMETHING it will be nothing but bullshit excuses and lost ground. Expressing disappointment is just part of their long game I think.
Disappointed with the gains the Taliban is making? Fuckers better get used to it.
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