Only 1000 more troops needed to 'cleanse' Afghanistan
Telegraph
British commanders in Afghanistan believe they could "cleanse" large areas of the country of Taliban fighters with an extra 1,000 troops.
[...] The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that Brig Butler [commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan] wants to launch a series of carefully planned "manoeuvre operations" against the insurgents which would leave the Taliban "crippled" and render it "impotent" as a fighting force for years.
Brig Butler, who is described as a "military doctrine purist" is understood to base his plans on a model used by the American marines to flush out and kill hundreds of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in Iraq in November 2004.
The plan would involve assaulting strongholds with large numbers of troops supported with Apache attack helicopters and American A10 ground attack aircraft. Once the Taliban fighters have fled or been killed another stronghold would be attacked. Read more
db: Let's cleanse and cripple - Fallujah style. And if that doesn't win hearts and minds nothing will. I can't think why Captain Leo Docherty resigned.
The USSR did a lot of 'cleansing' - and they had 120,000 troops. But they were stupid Soviets, not enlightened NATO forces - who only need another 1000.
British commanders in Afghanistan believe they could "cleanse" large areas of the country of Taliban fighters with an extra 1,000 troops.
[...] The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that Brig Butler [commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan] wants to launch a series of carefully planned "manoeuvre operations" against the insurgents which would leave the Taliban "crippled" and render it "impotent" as a fighting force for years.
Brig Butler, who is described as a "military doctrine purist" is understood to base his plans on a model used by the American marines to flush out and kill hundreds of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in Iraq in November 2004.
The plan would involve assaulting strongholds with large numbers of troops supported with Apache attack helicopters and American A10 ground attack aircraft. Once the Taliban fighters have fled or been killed another stronghold would be attacked. Read more
db: Let's cleanse and cripple - Fallujah style. And if that doesn't win hearts and minds nothing will. I can't think why Captain Leo Docherty resigned.
The USSR did a lot of 'cleansing' - and they had 120,000 troops. But they were stupid Soviets, not enlightened NATO forces - who only need another 1000.
posted by exoplanet at 1:31 PM
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