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    Default Re: 43 Troops Have Died Since General Called for Reinforcements in Afghanistan

    I really don't think Afganistan will be completely stabilized unless US troops are there in great numbers permanently which I do not think is a good idea. I would send enough troops to kick ass for awhile....kill off most Taliban...and leave the rest to fight as they wish. Thinking we are going to change them completely is nonsense. Vietnam but worse.

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    Default Re: 43 Troops Have Died Since General Called for Reinforcements in Afghanistan

    Quote Originally Posted by mick504 View Post
    I really don't think Afganistan will be completely stabilized unless US troops are there in great numbers permanently which I do not think is a good idea. I would send enough troops to kick ass for awhile....kill off most Taliban...and leave the rest to fight as they wish. Thinking we are going to change them completely is nonsense. Vietnam but worse.
    It would not be "stable" over IF we had US troops there in great number.

    There is no good answer.

    The Soviets lost 13,310 dead, and 35,478 wounded by the time they left-a ten year occupation.
    They (Soviets) deployed about 109,000 at the peak six years after their initial invasion- (1985), and took four more years before the last of their troops left in 1989. Over a million Afghans were killed over that same time frame.

    We're currently at about 65,000 U.S. troops on the ground now, and we have lost, so far, 916 dead, and 4,529 wounded.

    There is no good option.

    War is hell.

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