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Originally Posted by merrylander
It might have been if we had called in the B52s from Diego Suarez with some bunker busters insted of standing around watching the Afghans screw up at Tora Bora.
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I don't know. Even if we still had a fleet of B52's capable of bombing the Afghans 24/7 for the duration, it may not have worked to out benefit. Even Shrub "The Cowboy" had better sense than that.
Being a Missourian, I've studied the Civil war in Missouri, which was pretty much a guerrilla conflict. The Federals won by being so brutal that the people finally lost the will to fight...openly. Don't forget that the James/Younger gang continued to operate for app 15 yrs after the war ended...and they did this with the support of the local population. And if these boys would have had access to WMD's, you can bet your bottom dollar they would have used them. During and after the war, a lot of people from Missouri had a severe case of the ass. Some still do.
General Petraus, to his credit, has more understanding of a guerrilla conflict than anyone else in the senior command of the military. IMHO. His success in Iraq has shown this.
The Middle East is a tough nut to crack. It's just as easy to make things worse as better.
Chas