Comments on: Manual Preps Army For Afghanistan http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/ Online Defense and Acquisition Journal Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rolandhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/#comment-14110 roland Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:15:14 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=8965#comment-14110 I think, they will stand and fight because they (Taliban,Al-quida and its allies) dont have any place to go.One best way to fight these terrorist is produce good Afghan troops that wil be allied and honest to us. The afghan knows their borders, the Taliban, the Al-quida and its allies than us. I think, they will stand and fight because they (Taliban,Al-quida and its allies) dont have any place to go.

One best way to fight these terrorist is produce good Afghan troops that wil be allied and honest to us. The afghan knows their borders, the Taliban, the Al-quida and its allies than us.

]]> By: Trophyhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/#comment-13635 Trophy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:01:36 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=8965#comment-13635 The reasons for the limits and restrictions is to give the enemy less propaganda to use against us to reduce local, home side, and international support for the cause as well as for recruiting more terrorists to fight against us.It wouldn't bode well for our forces if we just ran through the Middle East shooting anyone that has brown skin, doesn't speak English, and wears a cloth wrapped around their head. That'd just increase how many enemies we have to fight tenfold... because then it wouldn't be just terrorists we're fighting, but innocent people simply defending themselves. That's how the terrorists recruit: they paint us to be a threat to even the innocent people who meant us no harm in the first place. And when we have cases of servicemen stealing from the locals, raping their women, or executing innocent people for no reason, it makes it that much easier for them to get new recruits. The reasons for the limits and restrictions is to give the enemy less propaganda to use against us to reduce local, home side, and international support for the cause as well as for recruiting more terrorists to fight against us.

It wouldn’t bode well for our forces if we just ran through the Middle East shooting anyone that has brown skin, doesn’t speak English, and wears a cloth wrapped around their head. That’d just increase how many enemies we have to fight tenfold… because then it wouldn’t be just terrorists we’re fighting, but innocent people simply defending themselves. That’s how the terrorists recruit: they paint us to be a threat to even the innocent people who meant us no harm in the first place. And when we have cases of servicemen stealing from the locals, raping their women, or executing innocent people for no reason, it makes it that much easier for them to get new recruits.

]]> By: rolandhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/#comment-13634 roland Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:48:14 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=8965#comment-13634 The enemy is different because they live their whole life in fighting. I'd say if this is a so called war against the terrorists who killed more 4000 innocent americans in 9/11, we should not give any limits or restrictions to it. How else can we win this? The enemy is different because they live their whole life in fighting. I’d say if this is a so called war against the terrorists who killed more 4000 innocent americans in 9/11, we should not give any limits or restrictions to it. How else can we win this?

]]> By: Charles D Phillips, LtCol, USAF (Ret)http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/#comment-13149 Charles D Phillips, LtCol, USAF (Ret) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:32:19 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=8965#comment-13149 Oh no, here comes the cynic in me again! Darn, this SWA adventure is turning me into a curmugeon. Sounds like Col Forrester is doing an advertisement for his newest phamphlet. Actually, if the Afghan Taliban will stand and fight - this is great news! That plays to our strengths in fire support, manuever, etc. If they will just stand there and take it we can use artillery, helicopters, etc to nail them. The worst news we could get would be if he was to say that the Taliban was gonna adopt classic insurgent tactics of ambush and fade away. Still, our best efforts are to go after the experts who build the detonators for the IEDs. Those people are few, highly trained, and hard to replace. Oh no, here comes the cynic in me again! Darn, this SWA adventure is turning me into a curmugeon.
Sounds like Col Forrester is doing an advertisement for his newest phamphlet. Actually, if the Afghan Taliban will stand and fight — this is great news! That plays to our strengths in fire support, manuever, etc. If they will just stand there and take it we can use artillery, helicopters, etc to nail them.
The worst news we could get would be if he was to say that the Taliban was gonna adopt classic insurgent tactics of ambush and fade away.
Still, our best efforts are to go after the experts who build the detonators for the IEDs. Those people are few, highly trained, and hard to replace.

]]> By: Cal Cousineauhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/19/new-army-manual-preps-soldiers-for-afghan-fight/#comment-12954 Cal Cousineau Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:38:11 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=8965#comment-12954 That's really good that they are prepping for that. I was waiting for that! Go ARMY, im going soon!! That’s really good that they are prepping for that. I was waiting for that! Go ARMY, im going soon!!

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