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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:25 PM Jan 2012

'Hatred is growing rapidly': Afghan soldiers killing more of their US allies

'Hatred is growing rapidly': Afghan soldiers killing more of their US allies

KABUL, Afghanistan — American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the supposedly allied forces, according to American and Afghan officers and a classified coalition report obtained by The New York Times.

A decade into the war in Afghanistan, the report makes clear that these killings have become the most visible symptom of a far deeper ailment plaguing the war effort: the contempt each side holds for the other, never mind the Taliban. The ill will and mistrust run deep among civilians and militaries on both sides, raising questions about what future role the United States and its allies can expect to play in Afghanistan.

The violence, and the failure by coalition commanders to address it, casts a harsh spotlight on the shortcomings of American efforts to build a functional Afghan Army, a pillar of the Obama administration’s strategy for extricating the United States from the war in Afghanistan, said the officers and experts who helped shape the strategy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46068115/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

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'Hatred is growing rapidly': Afghan soldiers killing more of their US allies (Original Post) The Straight Story Jan 2012 OP
We need to greytdemocrat Jan 2012 #1
+1000..n/t whathehell Jan 2012 #2
I can't imagine why Afghan soldiers are killing more of their US allies arcane1 Jan 2012 #3
they die and we piss on them. that is not a long term strategy worth pursuing is it? nt msongs Jan 2012 #4
That's cuz Charlie Don't Surf Zorra Jan 2012 #5
Nah, they have hated us for a long time, what's up is they are losing their fear of us. nt bemildred Jan 2012 #6
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
3. I can't imagine why Afghan soldiers are killing more of their US allies
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:36 PM
Jan 2012

We've only been there 10 years, what's the problem?






Yes,

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
5. That's cuz Charlie Don't Surf
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:45 PM
Jan 2012


Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star

Everybody wants to rule the world
Must be something we get from birth
One truth is we never learn
Satellites will make space burn

We've been told to keep the strangers out
We don't like them starting to hang around
We don't like them all over town
Across the world we are going to blow them down

The reign of the super powers must be over
So many armies can't free the earth
Soon the rock will roll over
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola

It's a one a way street in a one horse town
One way people starting to brag around
You can laugh, put them down
These one way people gonna blow us down

Charlie don't surf he'll never learn
Charlie don't surf though he's got a gun
Charlie don't surf think that he should
Charlie don't surf we really think he should
Charlie don't surf

Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie don't surf

(1980, From the album Sandinista!, from The Clash)
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