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Old 07-25-2009, 08:34 AM
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I can't speak for this forum, but there has been a lot of coverage about the war in Afghanistan both locally and nationally. It's not going well and IMO will ontinue drag on like Iraq.
Tactics necessary to succeed in Afghanistan require a lot of public support. The Russians learned the hard way that conventional military approaches don't work there. It's a "special operations" environment, and that often is a many-year, consensus-building effort in which mega-force operations can hinder results.

I hope this White House doesn't want to "play soldier" with military operations as the Clinton administration did in Somalia and a couple other spots. When amateurs go from setting goals to trying to run the show, there are always more casualties.