Taliban turn down Political Appointments in Afghanistan

[Gunz]

...they are scrambling to keep us and even commit more troops. Their army couldn't beat an entire stadium of soccer hooligans much less the TB.

I knew it was bad. I didn't know it was that bad.

My concern is a spike in Green on blue attacks as the Afghans look for "street creds" to keep the TB from lopping their heads off when they realise the Bamster is serious about leaving.

It will happen. They'll be bitter that you're bugging out and trying to build street cred with the enemy. I've seen it happen in a very personal way. About three months prior to my Group standing down, and even before we ourselves got the official word, our counterparts were aware of our plan to unass the AO and relations with them began to turn sour. They became sullen, uncooperative and undependable. At the same time, the enemy began stepping up attacks, because they too got the word and wanted to give us a parting kick out the door. So life became difficult. We were operating at high stress levels constantly, looking over our shoulders at our "allies" while trying to conduct combat operations against a motivationally rejuvenated enemy. It eventually led to a Green on Blue murder and a very hairy Mexican standoff that I will continue to have nightmares about for the rest of my life...but it will happen.

 

[pardus]

I knew it was bad. I didn't know it was that bad.



It will happen. They'll be bitter that you're bugging out and trying to build street cred with the enemy. I've seen it happen in a very personal way. About three months prior to my Group standing down, and even before we ourselves got the official word, our counterparts were aware of our plan to unass the AO and relations with them began to turn sour. They became sullen, uncooperative and undependable. At the same time, the enemy began stepping up attacks, because they too got the word and wanted to give us a parting kick out the door. So life became difficult. We were operating at high stress levels constantly, looking over our shoulders at our "allies" while trying to conduct combat operations against a motivationally rejuvenated enemy. It eventually led to a Green on Blue murder and a very hairy Mexican standoff that I will continue to have nightmares about for the rest of my life...but it will happen.

I'm not sure if was in the book Chickenhawk or another, but I recall reading that when American Hueys dropped off ARVN troops, the door gunners would train their guns on the ARVN Soldiers until it was all clear.

 

[DA SWO]

I'm not sure if was in the book Chickenhawk or another, but I recall reading that when American Hueys dropped off ARVN troops, the door gunners would train their guns on the ARVN Soldiers until it was all clear.

Right book, they would then check the cabin for grenades with pulled pins wedged under seats etc.

 

[Marauder06]

Meanwhile, in Pakistan....

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...north-waziristan-militants/?intcmp=latestnews



BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I understand the nature of politics and all, but "significant" progress? BWAHAHAHAHA!!! What a clown and what an unfortunate choice of words.



Goddamnitsomuch. Another 1/4 billion? We're up to 19.25 billion (maybe more) since 2001? And these fucks are complicit in the deaths of nearly every individual in Afghanistan? First Bush, now Obama, I can't wait for 2017...

...and he wants Pakistan to get after the Haqqani Network now too. "We'll get right on that, Johnny!"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/world/asia/john-kerry-pakistan-talks.html?_r=0

 

[AWP]

...and he wants Pakistan to get after the Haqqani Network now too. "We'll get right on that, Johnny!"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/world/asia/john-kerry-pakistan-talks.html?_r=0

PK cracking down on the HQN would be like the mob targeting Teamsters or Starbucks banning white women between 30 and 40 years of age...

 

[Gunz]

I'm not sure if was in the book Chickenhawk or another, but I recall reading that when American Hueys dropped off ARVN troops, the door gunners would train their guns on the ARVN Soldiers until it was all clear.

There were good ARVN units and bad. I worked with both. As you might expect it usually depended on the quality of their NCOs and junior officers. I suspect that's also true of Iraqi and Afghan units.

 

[Etype]

The supreme idiocy to me is why they're being offered government positions in the first place. What kind of twisted logic is at work here? They're gunning down school-children in Pak one day and being offered governorships of Afghan provinces the next? :wall::wall:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30737664

I'll tell you exactly why- it's because there are still a large portion of Afghans who support (passively or otherwise) the Taliban. Don't believe the lie that the overwhelming majority of Afghans didn't/don't want the Taliban. If that was the case, they wouldn't have endured 14 years of relentless pursuit. It's a twisted region.

 

[Rapid]

Turn down for what?

 

[BloodStripe]