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ManiacJoe

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22. A tactics change gets the Taliban more ground with less fighting.

Reply to avaistheone1 (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 02:16 PM

Jun 2016

Old tactics: straight up gun fight with those who oppose them.

New tactics: Surround and blockage a village, starve out the people until they leave or die; claim the now empty village.
Unfortunately this tactic is working very well.

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The Taliban now hold more ground in Afghanistan than at any point since 2001 [View all] avaistheone1 Jun 2016 OP

If only we'd had "boots on the ground"... Aristus Jun 2016 #1

So the war won't be ending anytime soon then? n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #2

Yay, Team Bushie! Blandocyte Jun 2016 #3

I thought ISIS started in a different place. seabeckind Jun 2016 #5

The article is about the Taliban though not ISIS. nt cstanleytech Jun 2016 #14

Yes. My reply included ISIS Blandocyte Jun 2016 #24

Run this by me again... seabeckind Jun 2016 #4

If we left tomorrow, within a few months christx30 Jun 2016 #7

Here's how it works: dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #10

I still say we give them a nuke. Archae Jun 2016 #6

USA! USA! USA! Pastiche423 Jun 2016 #8

USA/NATO can win the "war", but ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #9

The part you can't grasp is that they ARE fighting for their own lives. seabeckind Jun 2016 #12

I understand what you are saying. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #15

You keep confusing opposition with apathy. seabeckind Jun 2016 #16

I would love to see it as you do. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #17

What is the precise definition of "winning" in the particular context of Afghanistan? LanternWaste Jun 2016 #18

Winning: ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #20

We should leave Afghan to the Afghanis. Didn't we learn anything from history? glennward Jun 2016 #11

Oh WE learned quite well. seabeckind Jun 2016 #13

Time to make peace jzodda Jun 2016 #19

The Taliban don't want peace. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #21

A tactics change gets the Taliban more ground with less fighting. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #22

We could have avoided the whole war... Octafish Jun 2016 #23