I don't know about you, but this impresses me.
For two years British troops staked out a presence in this small district center in southern Afghanistan and fended off attacks from the Taliban. The constant firefights left it a ghost town, its bazaar broken and empty but for one baker, its houses and orchards reduced to rubble and weeds.But it took the Marines, specifically the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, about 96 hours to clear out the Taliban in a fierce battle in the past month and push them back about 6 miles.
Most importantly, civilians are returning to the areas that have been cleared of the Islamist scum -- hopeful that their lives can return to normal due to the work of these American military heroes.
Hurrah for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit!
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"Locals complained that the Taliban taxed them heavily on the opium harvest. They demanded up to about 30 pounds of opium from every farmer, which was more than the entire harvest of some, so they were forced to go and buy opium to meet the demand, said Abdul Taher, a 45-year-old farmer."
|| Posted by stosp, May 27, 2008 02:13 PM ||---
Sounds like we're simply protecting the opium farmers from paying taxes. Is that your definition of a war on terror?
One battle at a time.
First rid the area of the Islamist vermin, then switch the farmers to a new cash crop.
|| Posted by Rhymes With Right, May 27, 2008 04:38 PM ||Spoken like a true imperialist. First, outlaw their religion. Then their culture. Then them.
|| Posted by stosp, May 27, 2008 05:47 PM ||Your ideas are the enemy of freedom, liberty and democracy - the very concepts you purport to support.
If by "outlaw their religion" you mean "anihilate the Taliban & other terrorist affiliated groups", then damn straight I'm an imperialist.
If by "Then their culture" you mean "stop the abuse of women in the name of Allah and the reliance on narcotics as a cash crop", then Yeah, I'm a proud imperialsit.
However, your suggestion of genocide is beyond the pale.
|| Posted by Rhymes With Right, May 27, 2008 06:49 PM ||Post a comment