- Oct 14, 1999
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Tony Blair has related to his close friends that the American special forces are in disarray over in Afghanistan. Apparently the whole "Operation Anaconda" episode was near disaster. The American forces have trained for altitudes no higher than 5000feet, which is less than half the height of where most of the Taliban are suspected of hiding.
U.S. B-52 bombers on carpet bombing runs have been unable to make a dent in the dispersed Taliban forces of late. The Taliban has retreated to their cave network much of it in altitudes as high as 13000feet, just on the edge of the height for American transport helicopters. Alot of these cave shelters date back to the Afghani war with the Soviet Union, therefore are well known by forces loyal to the Taliban but relatively unknown to Afghani militia forces.
The U.S. has begged for British mountaineers in exchange for American support of an invasion into Iraq this summer. The British goal may be to circumvent an all out invasion by concentrating on the oil fields in the western side of Iraq, an area much easier to control with commando units and light armor than the heavy ground units of Desert Storm. American airpower would be key to prevent any meaningful Iraqi counterassaults.
If British involvement is a garauntee of an Iraqi invasion my guy instinct is that the war on terrorism is years away from ending. Afghanistan is going to be under constant pressure from Taliban forces if the U.S. forces are having such a hard time locating these secret mountain outposts.
How long will your patience last? Will you tolerate an invasion of Iraq?
U.S. B-52 bombers on carpet bombing runs have been unable to make a dent in the dispersed Taliban forces of late. The Taliban has retreated to their cave network much of it in altitudes as high as 13000feet, just on the edge of the height for American transport helicopters. Alot of these cave shelters date back to the Afghani war with the Soviet Union, therefore are well known by forces loyal to the Taliban but relatively unknown to Afghani militia forces.
The U.S. has begged for British mountaineers in exchange for American support of an invasion into Iraq this summer. The British goal may be to circumvent an all out invasion by concentrating on the oil fields in the western side of Iraq, an area much easier to control with commando units and light armor than the heavy ground units of Desert Storm. American airpower would be key to prevent any meaningful Iraqi counterassaults.
If British involvement is a garauntee of an Iraqi invasion my guy instinct is that the war on terrorism is years away from ending. Afghanistan is going to be under constant pressure from Taliban forces if the U.S. forces are having such a hard time locating these secret mountain outposts.
How long will your patience last? Will you tolerate an invasion of Iraq?
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