"...the Mujahedeen rebels would attack the Soviet forces and then climb into the mountains out of reach, and the Red Army really took out its revenge on the local population that was supporting the rebels. US and NATO forces today are trying to do exactly the opposite."
Monday, February 16, 2009
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Gregory Feifer during Sunday's ATC reporting on the ground from - Moscow:
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Afghanistan,
exceptionalism,
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The (female) NPR Newsreader on the 6 am (mst) break announced the attacks in Pakistan and afghanistan over the weekend as the "first" of the new regime, which is utterly untrue, because USer drones hit targets in the region on Jan 22, just two days after the inauguration. Indeed, Prez.O acrted with unseemly haste to bathe his hands in the blood of innocents...
I guess The Mayor of Kabul is just "venting" when he argues that civilian deaths are counter-productive.
edk
See, that's why them dumb ol' commies (and British, and Alexander the Great) lost in Afghanistan dontcha know.
We so smart!
Does Karzai or Malaki (sp?) ever say anything?..Do they speak?
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