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Germanicus
09-13-2013, 01:33 AM
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have attacked the US consulate in the western city of Herat.The Taliban told the BBC a suicide bomber had detonated explosives outside the building before dawn on Friday.
Other fighters then opened fire on the consulate. Several Afghan police are reported to have been killed and injured in the gun battle.
It is the latest in a series of attacks ahead of the withdrawal (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24075687#) of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24075687

If the USA wants to avoid the humiliating images of US Military and CIA members kicking off women and children that they left to die before flying away in helicopters with their tails between their legs then the USA should put serious consideration into the so-called US 'Zero Option' in Afghanistan.

It is only a matter of time before one of the US Embassies/military bases is taken by the 'Taliban'. Or someone.

USA cant afford to be humiliated with a clear military defeat. The world will remember that the USA lost in Afghanistan and the USA had to negotiate with the rag-tag Taliban enemy. The whole thing is humiliating enough without making things worse and having it end like Vietnam did.

Exceptional Yankee go home!

Germanicus
09-13-2013, 01:34 AM
Afghans defeat USA?
"Crack the Sky, Shake the Earth"

— Message to communist forces who were informed that they were "about to inaugurate the greatest battle in the history of our country".
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On January 30 1968, The Peoples Army of Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive on South Vietnam, the United States and its allies. The Tet Offensive was the decisive battle that was fought in Vietnam. It was a shock and terror that USA would never recover from. After the Tet Offensive the United States were forced to change tactics and opted to move towards an orderly exit. An orderly exit was not possible. The last Americans left in Vietnam by 1975 had to scramble onto rooftops kicking off women (http://thepoliticalforums.com/#)and children before flying away in helicopters,leaving the South Vietnamese behind to face the advancing communist army outnumbered and alone.
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South Vietnamese begged for American Soldiers to let them inside the US Embassy and on a helicopter.
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Some managed to escape with the Americans in their Helicopters. Not many though.

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The Americans flew away.
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And the Communist Army rolled in to Saigon.
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It was a glorious victory for the Communists and a humiliating exit for the United States. Luckily, the Communists were pretty decent to their former enemy and most people had nothing to fear. The country was unified and the Vietnamese had liberated themselves from the Imperial United States Government in a stunning victory.

The situation in Afghanistan is very similar to Vietnam. Obama has set an exit date but intends on keeping a small number of troops in Afghanistan forever to guard American interests. They are trying to negotiate with the Taliban but there is no way the Taliban will allow skeleton crew of soldiers to sit in Afghanistan forever. The American military is overstretched. They are looking to move their military bullies primarily into the pacific. In addition to being overstretched,the United States is looking to scale back troop numbers and move towards more unmanned technology. They are weakening their defences in Afghanistan and it will only encourage the opposition.

Nobody expected the Tet Offensive. People downplay its importance. America should not underestimate the Taliban. I cant see America making an orderly exit from Afghanistan. I think that they are a Tet Offensive away from running back to America with their tails between their legs just like they did in Vietnam. A disorderly exit from the War on Afghanistan would humiliate the United States and further erode its disappearing power.

I wonder what will happen to the low paid Afghani Military that America is training (http://thepoliticalforums.com/#) if America is forced to retreat. They say you cant buy an Afghani but you can rent one. I wonder if the Taliban is as forgiving as the communists were to most of the South Vietnamese. I think Afghanistan will be better off when they get rid of the United states. Vietnam turned out fine. They still celebrate the Tet Offensive.
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I wonder if Afghanis will be able to celebrate a victory over American occupation some day.

peoshi
09-13-2013, 01:47 AM
I wonder if you will ever be aware of what's going on around you someday.

"Nato has spent the past two years handing over security control - starting with Bamiyan in the summer of 2011 - and all areas had been transferred to Afghan forces by mid-2013.

On 18 June the last districts, mainly along the eastern frontier, and in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, moved formally to full Afghan combat lead, completing the transition process. Correspondents said the practical effect of the handover was not great - but the symbolic impact profound"

From BBC.