AfPak strategy double whammy

The common deficiency of new counterinsurgency and counternarcotics strategies is the fixation on the effect, not the root cause of the problems: Al-Qaeda & the Taliban in Pakistan and poppy & cannabis fields in Afghanistan. They should be the main target of a comprehensive strategy against Afpak narcoterrorists.

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[NonMasonOrder]

Its a war for drugs and oil... These Cave dwellers didn't fly invisible planes in to the WTC. Sorry but I'm not that dumb to much proof to show that its an inside job.

They don't want to get rid of it they want to exploit off it and make money off it...

The Heroin deaths are on a rise here in the USA. Now that we have so much control in Afghanistan wonder why hmmm.

[Ryaguas]

the goal is: wipe out the taliban... and that is impossible... so that ocupation is going to be eternal =D Soviets failed... US have already failed too =D

[Mattc23q]

"it's a war for drugs and oils"

Yeah, 22 trillion dollar's wasted of Nato / Blufor money for oil wells that are run by BP and Shell, both private countries.

grow the fuck up children, get off the internets.

[Nitrorus]

>You are a complete moron.

Goodbye, bitch from Pindostan! ;-)

[ticklemegangrene]

@Nitrorus

You are a complete moron. So you're telling me the millions of people forcibly displaced and murdered didn't happen?

They burned down peoples places of worship, their holy books and forbid them from worshiping whatever religion they pleased or face severe retribution

I never sided with Europe but the end of Communism was a great thing - Communism resulted in more death and misery than probably every other government system (and possibly war) in the last 100 - 200 years combined.

[Nitrorus]

>The USSR was a hotbed of intolerance tra-la-la.

Hear me, ignoramus. The Union (as well as the Russian empire and modern Russia) was the most tolerant country in the world, that's why tatars, for example, could speak on their own language even 500 years after Kazan''s taking. Now look at Europe -- "No entry for dogs and irishmen" -- or to the New world -- wage slavery for non-"whites" or even total annihilation for natives. Russia -- no genocides for being "not white". Remember it, ignoramus

[ticklemegangrene]

@Nitrorus

The USSR was a hotbed of intolerance and why it broke up (ppl. were forced to abandon their culture/religions or die).

There are few people on this Earth who aren't happy it's done with. Even China abandoned Communism and is now trying to reform their society (you can say it's a police state but it's getting and will get better).

Russia's "life level" (I don't really know what that means but I assume you're talking about life expectancy) is much lower than Frances.

[ticklemegangrene]

@Nitrorus

I never said the US hasn't committed it's share of war crimes and is guilty of horrendous acts that continue today (including torture, murder, illegal detention, etc...)

However, Communism was terrible and in truth the concept can't work.

[Nitrorus]

>When foreign nations seeing the horror of the USSR intervened and provided military assistance to the oppressed...

Pfff, "foreign nations" (you mean western ones as i guess) commited much more crimes and killed much more people. I even don't talking about the number of aggressive wars started be these foreign nations and by Russia. Enough to say that for the last 100 years just one US has started more wars than Russia for all 1000-year history. But US is "the leader in human rights", right?

[Nitrorus]

>The Russians were hated by almost every group that's why they fell apart.

The reason is Eltzin's treason, who wished to have power. There was the referendum in 1991th, 72% of votes were for stying in the Union (of SSR). Hatred was among small groups of narrow-minded fools tricked by anti-rus. sentiments promoted with western help. Brightest example -- posters of that time in Kiev: "Without Moscow we will be living like France". Now Russia's life level 2-3 times higher than in that "France".

[ticklemegangrene]

@Nitrorus

The Russians were hated by almost every group that's why they fell apart.

No matter where you go you'll find a few people who are willing to sell out for money. However, most do not and so to control those people you will need to use violence and make sure the ones you've oppressed don't have/get the means to take you down

When foreign nations seeing the horror of the USSR intervened and provided military assistance to the oppressed it led to the "empires" rather quick downfall.

[weedyak]

1:29 was that all the poppy yo