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Originally Posted by Rochard
Don't worry, I'm (sure) the Taliban will follow the Geneva Convention to the letter.
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Do you mean just like our US troops did at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq after the US overthrew the Iraqi government on the premise that there were WMD (which turned out to be non-existent), or how the CIA did with their deplorable "rendition" program?
Maybe you are talking about the mercenary operatives of Blackwater or other such organizations, that have a record of atrocities as well.
How many remember that the US government helped Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts during the unsuccessful military campaign which the USSR fought for well over a decade in Afghanistan?
US troops have been in Afghanistan for over 9 years, propping up a puppet government that is almost totally corrupt. During that time, the heroin trade (which was largely eradicated by the Taliban, whom we also once supported), has rapidly risen back to prominence.
Coincidence? Drug traffic seems to flourish whenever the CIA is involved.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
Afghanistan is a lost cause. Our own guys can't get rid of the Taliban, how can we expect the Afghans to manage it? As soon as we leave, the Taliban is going to take over again.
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Afghanistan truly is a quagmire. Let's not kid ourselves. The so-called "coalition" is primarily made-up of US troops, many of them whom have been on multiple deployments now.
Not only the war has taken a toll on US troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq, but PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) has been behind record suicides amongst our troops whom have been subjected to multiple redeployments in non-traditional warfare.
I am a six year veteran of the US Navy, and I say that this madness must stop!!!
We need to get our troops out of harms way, instead of propping up corrupt governments which have little popular support, especially in countries that pose no major threat to us, but are costing our economy enormous billions of dollars, while not increasing our security very much at all.
I do not believe it has been noted yet in this thread, but the two troops captured (one of whom has reportedly died/been killed), were actually servicemen in the US Navy.
Here is a map of Afghanistan - where is the ocean near Afghanistan?:
There is no ocean or sea near Afghanistan.
I can only surmise that the sailors captured were quite possibly black-ops Navy SEALs (elite special operations commandos).
This war sucks to high heaven, and it mostly appears to only benefit and enrich those with financial interests in the military industrial complex, while sucking the lifeblood from our most precious national resource, the troops whom volunteer to serve and defend the US.
To continue on with this madness makes no sense whatsoever to me.
Let's end this losing cause, and put our tax money wasted on this lost cause towards improving our own economy.
ADG