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Barack Obama's war: Afghanistan's failing army

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As Barack Obama announces more US troops to train the Afghanistan army, John D McHugh reports on how US soldiers view their Afghan counterparts as ill-disciplined, badly led and with a crippling taste for hashish

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  • @conservativo "These Gentlemen are the moral equivelent of America's founding fathers." (speaking about the Taliban visiting in the White House) Ronald Reagan 1985

  • @Coupal1 why would they have initiative and ambition to fight someone elses enemy. Its all tribal in Afghanistan. The trouble is that the largest tribe is Pashtus who incidently make up the majority of the Taliban. They dont care and why the fuck should they? They are a 3rd world country whos only everyday commodity is drugs. If your poor and starving and someone offers you food and money youll take it until someone offers you something better. You cant make Afghans patriotic its impossible.

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  • Hang on Marines !

  • its a backward country with a  backward population , all the help in the world will not change this , it never has . sad but true .

  • @Coupal1 Agreed?

  • @grimblebrumble17889 -Agreed.

  • @Coupal1 why would they have initiative and ambition to fight someone elses enemy. Its all tribal in Afghanistan. The trouble is that the largest tribe is Pashtus who incidently make up the majority of the Taliban. They dont care and why the fuck should they? They are a 3rd world country whos only everyday commodity is drugs. If your poor and starving and someone offers you food and money youll take it until someone offers you something better. You cant make Afghans patriotic its impossible.

  • Hahaha hash wtf them tallyban afgans dont want to shoot their own people THATS why they dont look ready they are just pheasants there for the cash. The REAL afgans are all around the hills just waiting fkn crazy ass U.S. gov fkn over my armed forces like they do. Just like the soldier that comes home and has to pay out of pocket for military duty recieved wounds WTF )o,,,NUTz

  • I really believe this Afghan army is hopeless, especially if they smoke drugs. Drugs take away any initiative and all ambition. A sense of discipline must be instilled in childhood. It is highly doubtful they will ever develop any. What a waste of time, money and energy for the US Army.

  • @723398216

    and unfortunately it is probably true...

  • @helix4811 Fair Point ;-)

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