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i personally attach some blame to the limp dicked countries that belong to NATO and run and hide at the sound of fire. The Dutch, US, UK , Australia and Canada aren't in this groupTo me the whole situation is very much Vietnam. Most of the local people do not really like us, but for business we are just perfect. The Afghan national security forces are IMO useless - totally corrupt and unwilling, the Afghan national army – corrupt in the higher ranks and very little corruption in the lower ranks due to their poverty striken backgrounds and therefore islamic tradition and traditionally still not free of tribal alliances and preferences.
Since we and even Mr. Ex. Chairmen Hamid Karzai can't depend on them, we need to stay there for how long? Another 10 years?
RC/N and parts of RC/C can be considered quite save (about 15% of the country) RC/E, S and W are more or less not under control not to mention safe. The moment we would withdraw it wouldn't even take 3 month for a total collapse of what ISAF has achieved since 2001/02, just like South Vietnam.
General Abdul Rahim Wardak now Defense Minister looks European, try's to act like on but he is IMO on the same level as Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, resting solely on his Armed Forces and mostly on ISAF, distant to his own people and culture.
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Kruska
Bad post kruska
That intimates the guys risking their necks are dumb. I suspect you did'nt mean it that way but it reads really badly. Please be carefull what you post theres a lot of guys on here who would get right pissed off at a remark like that. I'm one of them.
Why so hard to understand? If I (who happened to be in the Bundeswehr) hear the sound of fire, I will definatly duck and not stand upright to listen.
I didn't say that those who run away are smart, did I?
But my country is missing on pbfoot's endorsed list, so he is implying very very clearly that the Germans are cowards and run away at the sound of fire. So the only one who has a reason here to be pissed of is ME.
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Kruska
Not calling the troops cowards but I disagree with the policy of letting other nations tote the burden and it has been widely remarked on here in the various media .Why so hard to understand? If I (who happened to be in the Bundeswehr) hear the sound of fire, I will definatly duck and not stand upright to listen.
I didn't say that those who run away are smart, did I?
But my country is missing on pbfoot's endorsed list, so he is implying very very clearly that the Germans are cowards and run away at the sound of fire. So the only one who has a reason here to be pissed of is ME.
Regards
Kruska
Please guys if you want a slanging match go for it elsewhere.
we are going too far off thread
To the fallen
Not calling the troops cowards but I disagree with the policy of letting other nations tote the burden and it has been widely remarked on here in the various media .
Yes Sorry Kruska IMO it is
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trackend (ex RAR)
RAR – Royal Australian Regiment? Because you show an England Flag
Well, were you with 1st Battalion in 1993 at the Baido sector ?
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Kruska
Royal Anglian