http://washingtonindependent.com/60533/pentagon-no-mcchrystal-testimony-until-after-obama-finishes-his-strategy-review National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/60533/pentagon-no-mcchrystal-testimony-until-after-obama-finishes-his-strategy-review/comment-page-1#comment-80502 Stan Krasnoff Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:28:59 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=60533#comment-80502 Nation building in Afghanistan should be left to the Afghanis. Training of Afghani police and army are simply defensive ‘propping-up’ operations—shades of Vietnam and the Diem regime et al. Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001? To avert the real and present danger al Qaeda posed to the USA post 9/11. The danger remains. The Taliban is simply a road bump on the way. The strategy must be to conduct counter insurgency operations to crush al Qaeda. The provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika in south-eastern Afghanistan are dominated by the Taliban covering eastern Afghanistan and the tribal area of Waziristan in Pakistan. Taliban operations have struck deep into the territory controlled by Hamid Karzai's government, reaching targets in Kabul. If the US wants to end the war in Afghanistan and not become mired in a civil war, its military should deploy sufficient troops (at least 150,000) into Afghanistan to secure all borders—vital to this would be the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan—and conduct search and destroy operations against el Qaeda over a period of 90 days to achieve Enduring Freedom’s mission, after which all troops should be pulled out—in win and get out quick. With PSYOPS propaganda and construction engineers in the cleared villages following up the search and destroy missions, just watch the Taliban give up on el Qaeda—the real enemy. Nation building in Afghanistan should be left to the Afghanis. Training of Afghani police and army are simply defensive ‘propping-up’ operations—shades of Vietnam and the Diem regime et al. Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001? To avert the real and present danger al Qaeda posed to the USA post 9/11. The danger remains. The Taliban is simply a road bump on the way. The strategy must be to conduct counter insurgency operations to crush al Qaeda. The provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika in south-eastern Afghanistan are dominated by the Taliban covering eastern Afghanistan and the tribal area of Waziristan in Pakistan. Taliban operations have struck deep into the territory controlled by Hamid Karzai's government, reaching targets in Kabul. If the US wants to end the war in Afghanistan and not become mired in a civil war, its military should deploy sufficient troops (at least 150,000) into Afghanistan to secure all borders—vital to this would be the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan—and conduct search and destroy operations against el Qaeda over a period of 90 days to achieve Enduring Freedom’s mission, after which all troops should be pulled out—in win and get out quick. With PSYOPS propaganda and construction engineers in the cleared villages following up the search and destroy missions, just watch the Taliban give up on el Qaeda—the real enemy.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/60533/pentagon-no-mcchrystal-testimony-until-after-obama-finishes-his-strategy-review/comment-page-1#comment-80181 Levin Fends Off McCain, Lieberman, Graham on McChrystal Testimony | GSA Schedule Services Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:59:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=60533#comment-80181 [...] staff gave me the gist of this earlier today. He’s supported in the move by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Filed under: Government [...] [...] staff gave me the gist of this earlier today. He’s supported in the move by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Filed under: Government [...]

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