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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
A no bullshit Afghan buddy of mine told me it was an open secret the ISI was keeping Bin Laden in Abbottabod (sp). He told me this a year before we "found" him. If he knew don't tell me the administration didn't know.
He also told me the real issue is in Pakistan not Afghanistan and that the ISI is keeping the Taliban going weak enough not to be a threat to the regime but still in business to keep the American dollars coming in and a part of that goes directly to the bad guys.
For the most obtuse reader that may be peeking in on this let me be clear.
We give money to the pakis to fight terrorism.
They in turn give a portion of that to the terrorists we give them the money to fight.
The terrorists then use a part of the anti terrorism money to kill American soldiers civilians and allies.
The moral of this story?
Pull all funding from Pakistan and let India take care of the problem.
Lets not get into the Palestine cluster fuck the liberals are in love with.
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6+ months ago I attended a school event at Stanford where the guest speaker was a retired US General(2002 ish in Afghanistan) and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan 2009-2011-ish.
I introduced myself early and forewarned that I was likely to be throwing a hardball question if given the opportunity.
Unfortunately, I kind of blathered on too long(emotion trumped clinical distance and I went off my script) and created an awkward situation for the Stanford organisers.
But the gist was an inquiry as to how the US was able to temporarily work in aligned interest with a sworn enemy Iran(up in Herat late 2001), while being concurrently and completely shafted by a stated ally Pakistan(Kunduz airlift).
I didn't get a direct answer, but was invited to a group meal afterwards with the speaker and some attendees. I declined.
Like far too many here, I also have too many friends who died over there.