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Are more U.S. troops the answer in Afghanistan?

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  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 12/18/2008 5:24:28 PM

    absolutely
    spend some more trillions of tax payers money in kabul on fighting the taleban
    by the end of the year they can then muse about the next strategy to win the war
    that can continue tilll palin is elected president
    what a farce

  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 10/07/2008 3:28:49 AM

    The USSR failed in Afghanistan, the US and allies will never succeed. Since the invasion, the US and allies only managed to have some control in Kabul but the rest of Afghanistan is still under the Taliban. This "minor achievement" in Kabul has been potrayed as being the "major success" by the US administration. The US administration's only success in Afghanistan is its successful potrayal of this "minor achievement" to the world and the US citizens in particular.

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 10/09/2008 12:59:32 PM

      Are you bin Ladens left hand man?...That type of rhetoric is what would be on islamic websites...Sorry its not going to work for you..The U.S. IS sending more troops to Afghanistan...Tell your boss that.

      • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 11/15/2008 11:23:52 PM

        observer101, yes you can talk about sending more troops because you are sitting on you ass in the comfort of your home. You are not the one who will get shot at. It will be the unlucky soldiers! Why not you volunteer to go there to prove yourself and get your brains blown out?

  • Posted By: trapper @ 11/14/2008 3:45:25 PM

    Unless and until there are enough troops, either Afgan or NATO, to protect the populace from the threats and retaliation of the Taliban, there will be no 'victory.' We cannot win an insurgency by patrolling an area and retreating to our bases for protection. This what we did in Vietnam. We need the support of the populace to effectively combat insurgents. We cannot do that if they do not feel safe. So our policy needs to be 'clear and hold'. This will take an enormous troop commitment.
    The Afgan government is not seen as helpful by the majority of the population. It is weak and corrupt. We must ensure that the Afgan government actually works for and earns the trust of its people. No government will be secure while its people do not support it. We made alot of promises to the people when we invaded that we have not fulfilled.

  • Posted By: rtows @ 11/14/2008 2:14:25 PM

    This is a mirror image of the situation in Iraq before General Petraeyus took over in Iraq. The people who have no soluition for victory should back off and leave the war to those who see a way to victory. Your production of negative news is a deterant to victory. People who can only see defeat are losers, and do not deserve publicity.The people of Afganistan, like most people around the world deserve a chance at freedom and peace. This they will never have under the Taliban, and radical islam.

  • Posted By: Teufel Eldritch @ 11/10/2008 1:05:05 PM

    Who cares what the French have to say?

  • Posted By: Combat Goldfish @ 11/05/2008 3:02:08 PM

    Yes, we do need more troops in Afghanistan and more troops at the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Clearly Pakistan is not helping as much as they should be with dealing with the fighters that cross over attack and run back behind Pakistan's borders to re-group for another attack.

    Will this help "win" the war. No. It will not. However it will have greater impact towards lowering the activities of the Taliban, and stablizing the country with the good deeds that are not shown on TV.

    The surge appears to have worked in Iraq, from the time of the surge until present has shown a decrease in loss of life, attacks, and IED's.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 10/03/2008 1:56:38 AM

    At the time of invasion,
    Bush administration kept in mind internecine conflict
    had created between Talban and othert faction
    in Afghanistan and in fact,they made serious mistak
    ignoring other all options,
    really it was a blunt assessments.


    Now saying,
    there is slight increas in resurgency,
    wrong ,absolutely wrong,,
    fighting in the region approaching crucial stage,
    horrific war is being fought everywhere,
    such as inside Afghanistan and outside Afghanista,
    Pakistan's trible area,
    and Bluchistan province.


    The area,called lawless trible zone is really unvlnerable,
    it is beyond the approach of Nato forces,
    only Pakistani forces can face and approach,
    but internal situatin of pakistan dosn't allow it to do more,
    inspit of it doing against the popular will.


    I have repeatedly expressed my view that
    present strategy must be changed,
    stop killing and heavy expenditures,
    be called a urgent conference ,
    Iran,China,Russia,and Pakistan must be prticipents,
    then an unanimously agreed srategy be prepared,
    will see,the matter which has become a black dot,
    on face of humanbeing,have been resolved within days,
    it will take no years.

    • Posted By: Scorpio68 @ 10/25/2008 10:53:04 AM

      Sultan Ahmed:
      Go back to whatever country you came from, you moron!

  • Posted By: GRAHAM15 @ 10/15/2008 8:49:58 AM

    HI; THIS WAR CAN BE MAYBE BROUGHT TO CLOSE BY BRINING A QUIENNE REPRESENTIVE OF THE TABILAN TO TABLE AND TRY TO REACH A COMPRISE ACCEPTABE TO ALL SIDES I AGREE WITH BIRITISH COMMANDER
    THAT THIS WAR I LIKELY UNWINNABLE


    GARY GRAHAM

  • Posted By: Hubert39 @ 10/09/2008 10:07:16 PM

    No matter how many troops we send to Afghanistan, we will never conquer the Middle East. The Afghans are fighting for their nation, families, religion, pride, resourcers, etc.... Our troops are fighting for a monthly pay check. Didn't we learn anything about our falure in Vietnam. The USA will never conquer the world.
    Sorry all you war lovers......

  • Posted By: DiscipleBBA @ 10/09/2008 4:32:46 PM

    I believe BUSH needs to learn when to fold them, cut our loses and exit. I don't think anyone knows why we are their anyway. If it is for Bin Laden, that is simple to fix, just leave, he will come out of hiding and then he can be killed immediately. But, If BUSH can't see that and continues to wait, it will become even worse due to the collapse of our Francie's, stock market and the Dollar.[ sound like the USSR of recent, doesn't it.]



    God forbid , but if it gets any worse our troops will have to try to swim or thumb home or go to work in the poppie field to survive.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 10/05/2008 4:01:32 AM

    First time,
    Washington Post leaked about ill legal jails
    in cuba,

    Second time,
    New york time leaked about the secret order
    issued in July regarding the attacking inside Pakistan,
    front ally i\gainst the war of terror.

    Every one ,
    intrested in politics can easily come to the conclusion that,
    Bush is not reliable friend of anyone,
    he is habtually lair and like bloodshed,
    previous history is eyewitness of standpoint,
    and suporting the arguement,
    advanced as abovementioned.

  • Posted By: ru4real6846 @ 10/03/2008 7:16:53 PM

    If it wasn't for Bush's lies about the war, none of our troops would have had to die. But being Bush lied, look at all of our troops who have died because of it. This country let Bush get away with all his lies and look at where it has gotten us. Bush should have been impeached years ago, but nobody wanted to do anything about it. Why is that? This country gets worse and worse and it's going to take a miracle to straighten out all the mistakes Bush has madeHe doesn't care because come January, he will be out of office. He doesn't care. Bush is a DISGRACE to this country and the American people. The best thing to do is bring what troops we have left home and let these countries fend for themselves.

  • Posted By: expatincebu @ 10/03/2008 6:48:23 PM

    The surge in Iraq DID NOT work, except as a masterful PR campaign in the corporate media to fool the ever gullible and war loving American people.

    The FACT is that in the next few years the US will be leaving both Iraq and Afghanistan, and everywhere else it has troops because it is bankrupt and can no longer afford its huge military welfare machine. Then maybe Americans can start learning to live without imaginary enemies and constant wars for corporate profit.

  • Posted By: withreason @ 10/03/2008 1:01:48 PM

    In early '07, it seemed that we should abandon Iraq, but the surge has worked. However, the circumstances in Afghanistan and Pakistan are such that more troops than we ever had in Iraq would be needed for an indefinite period. We should pull out as soon as possible.

  • Posted By: El Cid @ 10/03/2008 8:30:28 AM

    Presence of more western troops will only accelerate the war since it would be a rallying cry for extremists to regain more recruits to repel the invaders.Karzai have already ask saudi arabia to mediate with the talibans and this is the proper solution rather than what the invaders are planning to do.

  • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 10/03/2008 8:02:04 AM

    I thought Dems said terrorism is a POLICE ISSUE? Why more troops?

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 7:52:14 AM

    You may not like Bill, but sometimes you have to love him!
    http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 10/03/2008 1:56:52 AM

    At the time of invasion,
    Bush administration kept in mind internecine conflict
    had created between Talban and othert faction
    in Afghanistan and in fact,they made serious mistak
    ignoring other all options,
    really it was a blunt assessments.


    Now saying,
    there is slight increas in resurgency,
    wrong ,absolutely wrong,,
    fighting in the region approaching crucial stage,
    horrific war is being fought everywhere,
    such as inside Afghanistan and outside Afghanista,
    Pakistan's trible area,
    and Bluchistan province.


    The area,called lawless trible zone is really unvlnerable,
    it is beyond the approach of Nato forces,
    only Pakistani forces can face and approach,
    but internal situatin of pakistan dosn't allow it to do more,
    inspit of it doing against the popular will.


    I have repeatedly expressed my view that
    present strategy must be changed,
    stop killing and heavy expenditures,
    be called a urgent conference ,
    Iran,China,Russia,and Pakistan must be prticipents,
    then an unanimously agreed srategy be prepared,
    will see,the matter which has become a black dot,
    on face of humanbeing,have been resolved within days,
    it will take no years.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 10/03/2008 1:56:42 AM

    At the time of invasion,
    Bush administration kept in mind internecine conflict
    had created between Talban and othert faction
    in Afghanistan and in fact,they made serious mistak
    ignoring other all options,
    really it was a blunt assessments.


    Now saying,
    there is slight increas in resurgency,
    wrong ,absolutely wrong,,
    fighting in the region approaching crucial stage,
    horrific war is being fought everywhere,
    such as inside Afghanistan and outside Afghanista,
    Pakistan's trible area,
    and Bluchistan province.


    The area,called lawless trible zone is really unvlnerable,
    it is beyond the approach of Nato forces,
    only Pakistani forces can face and approach,
    but internal situatin of pakistan dosn't allow it to do more,
    inspit of it doing against the popular will.


    I have repeatedly expressed my view that
    present strategy must be changed,
    stop killing and heavy expenditures,
    be called a urgent conference ,
    Iran,China,Russia,and Pakistan must be prticipents,
    then an unanimously agreed srategy be prepared,
    will see,the matter which has become a black dot,
    on face of humanbeing,have been resolved within days,
    it will take no years.

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