Afghanistan, more troops?

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by fsstnotch

jamo,

ACTUALLY, you'd be surprised. there was/is ALOT of border crossing in Iraq also. 90% of the people fighting in both countries don't even belong to either. the difference in Iraq is that they were already prepared to rebuild their Military and Police and we spent ALOT of time training them. In Afghanistan, the Taliban still owns so many people that corruption is still a serious problem.

Pakistan.... oh Pakistan..... it's funny becuase we seen 1000's killed here, 1000's killed there when they first started. But those numbers were surely inflated. Then they would call for our support but if a single civilian was killed at the coordinates they requested... it's the US fault.

AfghanisNam is never ending IMO. They will always be fighting in this region as they always have. I think our GOAL/MISSION should be to train local military/Police to be able to defend themselves. Right now, that's an impossible mission. Between the lack of manning keeping us from being the aggressor and to setup QUALITY training facilities, and the MASSIVE corruption issues.... it's Lose, lose.

OH, I'd also like to say.... I think this stuff should be kept under lock and key. They should NOT be releasing to the press IF and WHEN or HOW MANY troops are sent. This causes more problems for us over here. The media needs to be removed from the decisions of the country, yet they seem to have more say than anyone! All they have to do is report half truths, this sways the public opinion and thus forcing unthought out decisions.

Thanks...it's good to hear real facts every now and then.

As for the press, the Brits seem to be able to rely on their media to keep their mouths shut on sensitive info better than anyone...a good balance. I wished our own press would understand their responsibility.