tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759576862617076522.post1672332643545253747..comments2023-11-03T11:53:46.284+00:00Comments on Bearded Socialist: War in AfghanistanBearded Socialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17177734192167273165noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759576862617076522.post-64061236344627752632009-08-17T20:01:21.790+01:002009-08-17T20:01:21.790+01:00Alas, your chances of "stabilising" Afgh...Alas, your chances of "stabilising" Afghanistan are vanishingly tiny. A policy of, and please excuse the shorthand, 'trash 'n' dash', leaving a note on the desk of the outgoing (or better still, dead) president reminding his successor that any more harbouring of enemies ot the West will bring more of the same, would concentrate minds wonderfully.<br /><br />One should always attempt to fight a war to your own strengths. We (meaning the Yanks mainly) have the ability to project our power with almost pinpoint accuracy against <i>governmental and ministerial</i> targets. The knowledge that at any moment a missile could be whizzing down your air-conditioning duct will make then think hard before embarking on adventures.<br /><br />That should go hand in hand with sending in money and arms to anyone who has a grievance against the government in Kabul which should keep otherwise mischievous hands busy.<br /><br />In the meantime our soldiers can concentrate on Trooping the Colour!David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com