Comments on: Afghan Interior Ministry Defends Auxiliary Security Force http://washingtonindependent.com/31824/afghan-interior-ministry-defends-auxiliary-security-force National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cannoneer No. 4 http://washingtonindependent.com/31824/afghan-interior-ministry-defends-auxiliary-security-force/comment-page-1#comment-36756 Cannoneer No. 4 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:42:57 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=31824#comment-36756 <a href="http://purpleslog.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-their-country-surge-them%e2%80%9d/" rel="nofollow">It's <i>their</i> country, surge <i>them</i></a>.<br>Name a <i>sucessful</i> counterinsurgency that did not mobilize indigenous irregulars.<br>Why tie down Focused Districtly Developed ANP in static guard missions if trustworthy <i>local</i> men can be recruited as a Home Guard? It's their country, surge them.
Name a sucessful counterinsurgency that did not mobilize indigenous irregulars.
Why tie down Focused Districtly Developed ANP in static guard missions if trustworthy local men can be recruited as a Home Guard?

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://washingtonindependent.com/31824/afghan-interior-ministry-defends-auxiliary-security-force/comment-page-1#comment-36757 Joshua Foust Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:48:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=31824#comment-36757 Holy moly. So the purpose of these guys is to perform "community policing," but they don't have a mandate for law enforcement, but they're meant to be later integrated into the police and Army, but they're all about disarming more militias?<br><br>None of that makes any sense. They sound like either dead weight on the police force -- little more than security guards with who-knows-what rules of force -- and without the normal accountability structures that actually keep informal forces like Arbakai and Lashkars in line with their specific communities' interests.<br><br>Each new detail makes the plan sound worse, not better. Holy moly. So the purpose of these guys is to perform “community policing,” but they don't have a mandate for law enforcement, but they're meant to be later integrated into the police and Army, but they're all about disarming more militias?

None of that makes any sense. They sound like either dead weight on the police force — little more than security guards with who-knows-what rules of force — and without the normal accountability structures that actually keep informal forces like Arbakai and Lashkars in line with their specific communities' interests.

Each new detail makes the plan sound worse, not better.

]]> By: Cannoneer No. 4 http://washingtonindependent.com/31824/afghan-interior-ministry-defends-auxiliary-security-force/comment-page-1#comment-19498 Cannoneer No. 4 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:42:57 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=31824#comment-19498 <a href="http://purpleslog.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-their-country-surge-them%e2%80%9d/" rel="nofollow">It's <i>their</i> country, surge <i>them</i></a>.<br>Name a <i>sucessful</i> counterinsurgency that did not mobilize indigenous irregulars.<br>Why tie down Focused Districtly Developed ANP in static guard missions if trustworthy <i>local</i> men can be recruited as a Home Guard? It's their country, surge them.
Name a sucessful counterinsurgency that did not mobilize indigenous irregulars.
Why tie down Focused Districtly Developed ANP in static guard missions if trustworthy local men can be recruited as a Home Guard?

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://washingtonindependent.com/31824/afghan-interior-ministry-defends-auxiliary-security-force/comment-page-1#comment-19421 Joshua Foust Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:48:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=31824#comment-19421 Holy moly. So the purpose of these guys is to perform "community policing," but they don't have a mandate for law enforcement, but they're meant to be later integrated into the police and Army, but they're all about disarming more militias?<br><br>None of that makes any sense. They sound like either dead weight on the police force -- little more than security guards with who-knows-what rules of force -- and without the normal accountability structures that actually keep informal forces like Arbakai and Lashkars in line with their specific communities' interests.<br><br>Each new detail makes the plan sound worse, not better. Holy moly. So the purpose of these guys is to perform “community policing,” but they don't have a mandate for law enforcement, but they're meant to be later integrated into the police and Army, but they're all about disarming more militias?

None of that makes any sense. They sound like either dead weight on the police force — little more than security guards with who-knows-what rules of force — and without the normal accountability structures that actually keep informal forces like Arbakai and Lashkars in line with their specific communities' interests.

Each new detail makes the plan sound worse, not better.

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