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Originally Posted by bblhead672
Of course. And none of those people are in danger of dying due to endless war.
Since you brought up "should have ended more than 15-years ago", since I read the book "Horse Soldiers" I've wondered how accurate the book is on the Afgan war being pretty much under control by SF soldiers before all the generals and politicians got there and mucked it up?
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I had read once that South Vietnam was completely under control by the south against the Vietcong because of Special Forces. It was when they escalated and brought in conventional troops that Ho Chi Minh committed the north and everything went down hill.
I saw so much assclownery when I worked with conventional forces. They really thought they could do UW/FID (or if you will nation building in an unconventional way) and their commanders would have jirgas completely shaved with their helmets on. It was embarrassing.
This is a broken record that has played itself many times. The conventional military drools at the thought of justifying its budget!
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