Posted on May 24, 2018
New reports from Afghanistan give false hopes for peace | FDD's Long War Journal
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Disinformation is alive and well - and the bad guys understand us better than we understand ourselves..
New reports from Afghanistan give false hopes for peace | FDD's Long War Journal
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Good afternoon Sir,
I read the article. It is the first article I thought was telling a more true truth about the enemy. However, I do not agree with the following: "the radical Darul Uloom Jamia Haqqania madrassa"
It is only radical to us LTC. They are following Muhammad's orders.
When we first sent Special Operations into Afganistan after 9/11 we found an ally in the Northern Alliance which was in the northeast of the country and controlled less than 90% of same. Now, we have been in country for over 17 years with what to show for it? Blood and money loss.
Shouldn't we rethink our future there? IMO we should fortify our allies, if we still have them in the northeast, secure what areas we think are important to us and bleed the enemy.
If you agree, please make sure the enemy has to attack uphill and the avenues of approach cause maximum loss of the enemies will to attack.
Off topic sort of: Is the Taliban and Al Qieda the same now? Did they ever consider themselves seperate? They appear to be Sunnis under the same flag of operations. ISIS would blend in with them as well. How can we control the narritive?
Thank you for reading my post LTC.
I read the article. It is the first article I thought was telling a more true truth about the enemy. However, I do not agree with the following: "the radical Darul Uloom Jamia Haqqania madrassa"
It is only radical to us LTC. They are following Muhammad's orders.
When we first sent Special Operations into Afganistan after 9/11 we found an ally in the Northern Alliance which was in the northeast of the country and controlled less than 90% of same. Now, we have been in country for over 17 years with what to show for it? Blood and money loss.
Shouldn't we rethink our future there? IMO we should fortify our allies, if we still have them in the northeast, secure what areas we think are important to us and bleed the enemy.
If you agree, please make sure the enemy has to attack uphill and the avenues of approach cause maximum loss of the enemies will to attack.
Off topic sort of: Is the Taliban and Al Qieda the same now? Did they ever consider themselves seperate? They appear to be Sunnis under the same flag of operations. ISIS would blend in with them as well. How can we control the narritive?
Thank you for reading my post LTC.
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LTC Eric Udouj
We discussed this article 7 months back Mark. lol Hope you saw the article on Afghanistan after 5 years. This was the recommendations that the very senior level of government ignored back then... as he often seems to have done with anything related to advise from the military. As to Aq and Taliban... no.. not the same and not likely to be as such. Very different end goals. Do you recall 2 years back when the pundits were spewing nonsense about AQ and IS teaming up and how that looked like the future. They missed that one real good... missed the point of competition in other places for the same recruits and funds.. and the politics of jihad. Also - take a look at this from the Taliban--- we still do not count Pakistanis as foreign fighters.. .. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/12/taliban-commander-admits-thousands-of-foreign-fighters-are-embedded-within-group.php
Taliban commander admits thousands of foreign fighters are embedded within group | FDD's Long War...
The image above is from a Taliban video released in Dec. 2016. The video,entitled "Bond of Nation with the Mujahideen,"is replete with imagery and speeches that promote the enduring Taliban-al Qaeda relationship. Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Nasir al Wuhayshi are shown side by side with top Taliban leaders. In a startling admission, a senior leader in the Afghan Taliban told NBC News that "thousands" of foreign fighters are currently...
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LTC Eric Udouj
I have no clue as to the WHY we do not... then again - we miscounted for political reasons for years.
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Cpl Mark A. Morris
Sorry. I did not notice the posting date. I know we saw them different in the beginning. But, they sure seem cozy together.
Have a good day LTC.
Have a good day LTC.
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"The Taliban has stated time and time again that it is its religious obligation to wage jihad, or holy war, in order to eject the occupying forces and re-establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the name of the Taliban’s government."
Sir, isn't this the bottom line of every Islamic fight with the Infidels, Jews and name your area of interest? Also, radical Madrassa? It is only preaching Muhammad's orders Sir.
They know western leadership like the UN anti-terror group I posted earlyer today Sir. The truth dare not be told. We might as well lube up our backsides and put our heads in the sand. Because, the target is not being named.
Have a good night LTC.
Sir, isn't this the bottom line of every Islamic fight with the Infidels, Jews and name your area of interest? Also, radical Madrassa? It is only preaching Muhammad's orders Sir.
They know western leadership like the UN anti-terror group I posted earlyer today Sir. The truth dare not be told. We might as well lube up our backsides and put our heads in the sand. Because, the target is not being named.
Have a good night LTC.
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LTC Eric Udouj
Was going to peg your name so you had a read of this article - glad you saw it. So others have our news cycle pegged - and know our weaknesses far better than we understand. It is far easier to run disinformation when your enemy has a want and real need to grasp onto anything that fits better to their perception. Realize there was a time when we had the opportunity to do that in Afghanistan - and we did not use our resources to do that task.. and we failed because we sent those resources elsewhere and did not attempt to do more than keep the status quo. It is no different than other times inn history when great nations failed to focus on the issue and win the fight at hand.. not through bullets alone...
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