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U.S. training Pakistani forces to fight Taliban

World Oct. 25, 2008 - 05:04AM JST ( 4 )

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rjd_jrOct. 25, 2008 - 09:16AM JST

Mr. Jamaat is not exactly right, U.S. Special Forces did not particularly fail in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were in fact doing spectacularly during the initial months post 9/11 when they and their alliances pushed the Taliban into hiding. Likewise, they did exceptional during the initial phases of OIF in places like Kirkuk. However, the Bush administration's horrid and absolutely wretched post occupation "plans" destroyed all of the SF's hard work. As a result, SF soldiers were being used in Iraq for a lot of the 'kicking down doors' direct action warfare in the never ending hunt for insurgent leaders and members, supposedly part of some evil al qaeda of iraq boogeyman enterprise. No doubt SF soldiers are some of the finest fighting units in the world, and they are a deadly fighting force, but their main objective is to train foreign fighting units. So thanks to the Bush administration's screw ups the SF soldiers were being overburdened with stuff conventional infantry units could have been doing.
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some14someOct. 25, 2008 - 09:31AM JST

Risky task for U.S. military unless they have separated Talibani from Pak military.
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adaydreamOct. 25, 2008 - 10:37AM JST

I'm glad to hear that the US and Pakistan are working together for a change. < :-)
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unscrejectsOct. 26, 2008 - 07:07PM JST

When is the world going to spot this joke? I mean this is funny yet for years nobody has caught onto the gag. How can the guy getting beat teach the guy doing the beating how to fight?