Comments on: Is the tide turning in southern Afghanistan ? http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/ Lifting the veil on conflict, culture and politics Sat, 04 May 2013 12:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: pakistan http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5557 pakistan Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:03:18 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5557 @ WFraser1 America is a paper tiger are not my words but those of Chirman Mao. I did write that. Chairman's Mao`'s country is China, where your Professor Gates in his recent visit was welcomed by the Chinese Stealth Bomber maiden flight. Just a coincidence? As a texan, should'nt you be reading your ancestors engagement stories with the Apaches such as Geronimo and Coaches, instead of taliban and Haqqanis or paying a visit across the border who love the sight of Gringos. Your marines are the weakest opponents, the Pashtoons ever came across in their thousand years of history. Go back to the school now that you are handicapped! rex Minor @ WFraser1

America is a paper tiger are not my words but those of Chirman Mao. I did write that. Chairman’s Mao`’s country is China, where your Professor Gates in his recent visit was welcomed by the Chinese Stealth Bomber maiden flight. Just a coincidence?
As a texan, should’nt you be reading your ancestors engagement stories with the Apaches such as Geronimo and Coaches, instead of taliban and Haqqanis or paying a visit across the border who love the sight of Gringos.
Your marines are the weakest opponents, the Pashtoons ever came across in their thousand years of history. Go back to the school now that you are handicapped!

rex Minor

]]> By: RBScott http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5556 RBScott Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:49:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5556 In answer to the question posed in the headline: Probably not. The sources for virtually all the information is the military of the various countries or from reporters embedded with the military...and virtually everyone lies. Everyone has a vested interest in presenting their case. Think tanks or individuals are dependent on these sources. Trash in, trash out. The people we are fighting in southern Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 and most apparently know little or noting about that event. They have been and are being recruited to fight another foreign military occupational force invader who consistently appears to be anti-Islamic, kills local people (their relatives) friends and enemies by accident or on purpose, and continues to support and keep in power a corrupt and unpopular government that to many represents the minority groups from the northern alliance. We are basically a replacement for the Soviets in many people minds and this is not likely to change with increased military force. It will only insure the recruitment of replacements for young men lost who have little or nothing better to do. As Rahimullah Yusufzai, (a well known and respected Pakistani analyst who has been reporting on the Afghan wars since the 1980s) said recently,(paraphrase) the Taliban are basically fighting for God and country and can continue to fight forever. In answer to the question posed in the headline: Probably not. The sources for virtually all the information is the military of the various countries or from reporters embedded with the military…and virtually everyone lies. Everyone has a vested interest in presenting their case. Think tanks or individuals are dependent on these sources. Trash in, trash out.
The people we are fighting in southern Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 and most apparently know little or noting about that event. They have been and are being recruited to fight another foreign military occupational force invader who consistently appears to be anti-Islamic, kills local people (their relatives) friends and enemies by accident or on purpose, and continues to support and keep in power a corrupt and unpopular government that to many represents the minority groups from the northern alliance. We are basically a replacement for the Soviets in many people minds and this is not likely to change with increased military force. It will only insure the recruitment of replacements for young men lost who have little or nothing better to do. As Rahimullah Yusufzai, (a well known and respected Pakistani analyst who has been reporting on the Afghan wars since the 1980s) said recently,(paraphrase) the Taliban are basically fighting for God and country and can continue to fight forever.

]]> By: RBScott http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5555 RBScott Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:01:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5555 In answer to the question posed in the headline: Probably not. The sources for virtually all the information is the military of the various countries or from reporters embedded with the military...and virtually everyone lies. Everyone has a vested interest in presenting their case. Think tanks or individuals are dependent on these sources. Trash in, trash out. The people we are fighting in southern Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 and most apparently know little or noting about that event. They have been and are being recruited to fight another foreign military occupational force invader who consistently appears to be anti-Islamic, kills local people (their relatives) friends and enemies by accident or on purpose, and continues to support and keep in power a corrupt and unpopular government that to many represents the minority groups from the northern alliance. We are basically a replacement for the Soviets in many people minds and this is not likely to change with increased military force. It will only insure the recruitment of replacements for young men lost who have little or nothing better to do. As Rahimullah Yusufzai, (a well known and respected Pakistani analyst who has been reporting on the Afghan wars since the 1980s) said recently,(paraphrase) the Taliban are basically fighting for God and country and can continue to fight forever. In answer to the question posed in the headline: Probably not. The sources for virtually all the information is the military of the various countries or from reporters embedded with the military…and virtually everyone lies. Everyone has a vested interest in presenting their case. Think tanks or individuals are dependent on these sources. Trash in, trash out.
The people we are fighting in southern Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 and most apparently know little or noting about that event. They have been and are being recruited to fight another foreign military occupational force invader who consistently appears to be anti-Islamic, kills local people (their relatives) friends and enemies by accident or on purpose, and continues to support and keep in power a corrupt and unpopular government that to many represents the minority groups from the northern alliance. We are basically a replacement for the Soviets in many people minds and this is not likely to change with increased military force. It will only insure the recruitment of replacements for young men lost who have little or nothing better to do. As Rahimullah Yusufzai, (a well known and respected Pakistani analyst who has been reporting on the Afghan wars since the 1980s) said recently,(paraphrase) the Taliban are basically fighting for God and country and can continue to fight forever.

]]> By: Popsiq http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5550 Popsiq Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:26:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5550 If this piece of enlightenment came from any other 'non-partisan think tank' it might be worth consideration. Here we have the same gang of superannuated sophomores who led America to the cakewalk in Iraq, prognosticating that the beams of light they project from their hindquarters are illuminating a curve in the tunnel in Afghanistan. Fear not! They'll be first in line for kudos if the vict'ry parade comes off, or the first ones off the ship when the foundering starts (again). Where does one sign up for the money somebody is paying these rent-a-pundits. They doen't even 'shoot the lit' well. If this piece of enlightenment came from any other ‘non-partisan think tank’ it might be worth consideration. Here we have the same gang of superannuated sophomores who led America to the cakewalk in Iraq, prognosticating that the beams of light they project from their hindquarters are illuminating a curve in the tunnel in Afghanistan. Fear not! They’ll be first in line for kudos if the vict’ry parade comes off, or the first ones off the ship when the foundering starts (again).

Where does one sign up for the money somebody is paying these rent-a-pundits. They doen’t even ‘shoot the lit’ well.

]]> By: wfraser1 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 wfraser1 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:07:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5548 Ive noticed Rex Minor's comments on other blogs. America is a paper tiger??? Thats hilarious. If Rex had the intellect of a monkey I would be stunned. Clearly there is zero education and less intellect in his posts and they deserve the amount of attention their content inspires,,,,,which is far less than zero. As to the articles content, yes, the problem is severe in S Afghanistan with a particularly virulent and ignorant strain of jihadist/drug dealers/militants directed by the Haqqannis and others attempting to run the province. Breaking their grip has been tough. What we don't see anymore are the body counts occurring as the Marines and the US military have been stacking them up like cordwood as they come in from Pakistan to attempt to exert control in Helmand. I predict the population, and many insurgents, will come to realize they get a better deal from a centralized secular govt interested in advancement and improvement of services and their life situations, than from the Taliban, a throwback to the 7th century if ever there was one. As for Rex Minor, I'd like to see him (or her) join the jihadis in Sangin so we dont have to read any more ignorant commentary from this uneducated person. Cheers Will Fraser Dallas Texas Ive noticed Rex Minor’s comments on other blogs.
America is a paper tiger??? Thats hilarious.
If Rex had the intellect of a monkey I would be stunned.
Clearly there is zero education and less intellect in his posts and they deserve the amount of attention their content inspires,,,,,which is far less than zero.

As to the articles content, yes, the problem is severe in S Afghanistan with a particularly virulent and ignorant strain of jihadist/drug dealers/militants directed by the Haqqannis and others attempting to run the province. Breaking their grip has been tough. What we don’t see anymore are the body counts occurring as the Marines and the US military have been stacking them up like cordwood as they come in from Pakistan to attempt to exert control in Helmand. I predict the population, and many insurgents, will come to realize they get a better deal from a centralized secular govt interested in advancement and improvement of services and their life situations, than from the Taliban, a throwback to the 7th century if ever there was one.
As for Rex Minor, I’d like to see him (or her) join the jihadis in Sangin so we dont have to read any more ignorant commentary from this uneducated person.
Cheers Will Fraser Dallas Texas

]]> By: pakistan http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5541 pakistan Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:28:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5541 PS Tiger stands for the Abomb! PS
Tiger stands for the Abomb!

]]> By: pakistan http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2011/01/11/is-the-tide-turning-in-southern-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5540 pakistan Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:27:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=2943#comment-5540 America, the only imperialist power which uses deception and lies to colonise other countries, said Chavez not my words. America is a paper tiger and despite its having a tiger can be defeated, chairman Mao's words, not mine. I accept the reality on ground, more marines to go to southern Afghanistan; German contingent to withdraw this year(German Foreign minister) and Chinese test their stealth bomber to welcome the outgoing Professor Gates! Rex Minor America, the only imperialist power which uses deception and lies to colonise other countries, said Chavez not my words.

America is a paper tiger and despite its having a tiger can be defeated, chairman Mao’s words, not mine.
I accept the reality on ground, more marines to go to southern Afghanistan; German contingent to withdraw this year(German Foreign minister) and Chinese test their stealth bomber to welcome the outgoing Professor Gates!

Rex Minor

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