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Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
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The first six years since 2001 were years of short term quick fix solutions for Afghanistan, and policy since then has not been much better. And considering the tribal nature, hostility to outsiders and history of this vast mountainous country, it is not clear what would have worked and what the realistic goals should be.
April 2010 Defense Department biannual report on the war in Afghanistan.
04/29/2010
It shows little progress from the escalated effort, and the critical fact of the lack of acceptance of the Karzai government remains. Of 92 districts assessed in this report none are sympathetic to the Karzai government.
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Prof. Pape of the University of Chicago points to the link between the escalation of bombings targeted at western forces as foreign occupiers and the increase in troops after 2005. About 100,000 foreign troops are on Afghan soil. A military presence without boots on the ground of this magnitude to be seen as foreign occupiers is needed as that will fail in Afghnistan, Pape says.
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The Afghanistan war in mid to late 2010.
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Some successes in counterinsurgency do not make up for the lack of an alternative in governance that wins credibility in Afghanistan, among the people.
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Commander Adams who commanded the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Khost province of Afghanistan.
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Commander Adams of the 82nd Airborne says he secured Khost province with only 250 troops by befriending the tribals and building roads and a spring water syste to help 12,000 villagers. Then the tribals watched out for insurgents and IED's and reported them. He says there are only one year wars in Afghnistan and the need is for better grasp of things over there, menaning befriending the tribals and letting them do the job; not putting more Americans there which will only fuel the insurgency.
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