Shit Hit the Fan in Afghanistan
Lack of political will and leadership kept the Taliban in play. Now there has been a huge coordinated attack against the coalition troops still on the ground.
At least a dozen large explosions, automatic gunfire rock Kabul in what appears to be a coordinated attack on the diplomatic area – @Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Smoke seen rising from the German embassy in Kabul; Russian embassy and Afghan parliament targeted by rockets – @AJELive, @Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Rocket-propelled grenade hits residence of British diplomat in Kabul, witness says – @Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Turkish base on outskirts of Kabul under attack from mortar fire; Turkish, Greek forces responding with heavy-caliber machine gun fire – @AP
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Taliban claim armed suicide bombers launched attack on NATO headquarters, parliament and number of diplomatic residences in Kabul – @AP
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan under attack from suicide bombers, police say – @AFP via @SkyNewsBreak
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Afghan Taliban insurgents have attacked the heavily-guarded Palace compound of Afghan President Karzai, according to the Taliban – Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
Attacks in Kabul in retaliation for Koran burnings, the Marine urination video and the Kandahar massacre, the Taliban has claimed – @SkyNews
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 15, 2012
So will Obama buckle and finally cut and run? This is what the Taliban hopes the US will do.
Pat, do you think it’s possible to win in Afghanistan? The Soviets found out the hard way that you cannot fight a traditional war using traditional tactics, against a non-traditional enemy. 10 years in, and we’re still no closer to eradicating the Taliban than we were when we started. And certainly Obama has no stomach for an all-out offensive, but even if he did, what’s next? I hate to admit that maybe cutting and running is the best option, given the cost and our inability, or unwillingness, to kill the enemy.
Ed, you can defeat an illiterate zealot army. You just have to attack their weakness- Their religion. The war should have always been against Islam and its wild-eyed fanatics. How hard is it to bomb every mosque and kill a bunch of clerics? Confiscate every koran and burn them all.
Without the will to make Islam in Afghanistan the enemy and showing a willingness to negotiate with the Taliban as Obama has, shows we dont have the political will to do what is necessary.