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Post #16,394
by Brandioch
11/3/01 9:02:58 PM
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New The Afghan airforce.
I don't think time matters in this instance.

We're fighting a country that has trouble mustering anything above AK-47's.

Their tanks are from the 60's and 70's.

We already own their airspace.

There's no reason we couldn't achieve any military objective in that country at any time we want.

But you're right. We haven't built the coalition that we had before.

Which is why this is a POLITICAL issue and not a MILITARY issue.

And when you send troops in on political issues, our people get killed.
Post #16,448
by Simon_Jester
11/4/01 9:57:51 AM
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New Maybe
But I think we've got the political pull at the moment. I still see it simply as a logistics problem at this point. Trying to move large amounts of men and equipment takes time. 30 days isn't enough (imo) except for extremely small operation. (And this, imo, should be more than a small operation)
Post #16,499
by tablizer
11/4/01 7:25:55 PM
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New That is what the Soviets thought also
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     Delta Force has a bad day - (marlowe) - (27) - Nov. 3, 2001, 12:19:57 PM EST
         Happens to everyone? - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 3, 2001, 12:47:28 PM EST
         Unpleasent realization - (JayMehaffey) - (5) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:11:31 PM EST
             Heh.. Gotta love natural selection - in daily proof. -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:13:37 PM EST
             Re: Unpleasent realization - (addison) - (1) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:25:18 PM EST
                 I suspect - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 3, 2001, 11:05:58 PM EST
             The key: "not afraid to die" - (tablizer) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2001, 07:15:40 PM EST
                 Reality is always so boring. - (Brandioch) - Nov. 5, 2001, 12:13:23 PM EST
         Two words - (Brandioch) - (16) - Nov. 3, 2001, 04:02:56 PM EST
             Frankly, they couldn't - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Nov. 3, 2001, 05:23:31 PM EST
                 The Afghan airforce. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Nov. 3, 2001, 09:02:58 PM EST
                     Maybe - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 4, 2001, 09:57:51 AM EST
                     That is what the Soviets thought also -NT - (tablizer) - Nov. 4, 2001, 07:25:55 PM EST
             lets review - (boxley) - (10) - Nov. 3, 2001, 11:14:27 PM EST
                 Soft insertion. - (Brandioch) - (9) - Nov. 4, 2001, 04:12:17 AM EST
                     I agree - (gtall) - (8) - Nov. 4, 2001, 09:16:55 AM EST
                         Pax McDonald's - (Brandioch) - (7) - Nov. 4, 2001, 01:28:11 PM EST
                             I agree about economic interdependence - (gtall) - (6) - Nov. 5, 2001, 06:53:14 AM EST
                                 The Great Satan - (Brandioch) - (5) - Nov. 5, 2001, 09:52:28 AM EST
                                     Think Corporate - (Ashton) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2001, 06:42:21 PM EST
                                         Re: Think Corporate - (gtall) - (3) - Nov. 6, 2001, 07:19:39 AM EST
                                             You got it. - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2001, 02:25:05 PM EST
                                                 monetary concerns - (gtall) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2001, 06:54:33 PM EST
                                                     Hmm.. thine depravity c'est magnif\ufffdque! - (Ashton) - Nov. 6, 2001, 08:47:59 PM EST
             Demonstration of the 'N' in SNAFU... - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 5, 2001, 12:48:43 PM EST
         Drudge: Pentagon denies NY'er story of 10/20 raid - (kmself) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2001, 10:21:56 PM EST
             Even taking the story at face value - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2001, 11:45:11 PM EST
                 Not bad.. beats TM-1232 "How We Fight" - (Ashton) - Nov. 9, 2001, 12:30:01 AM EST

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