tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post1724506364402456986..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: The Horror Of War Continuessubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-80469134084217378602012-03-25T02:31:28.828+01:002012-03-25T02:31:28.828+01:00What we're doing wrong is being there Apogee. ...What we're doing wrong is being there Apogee. The initial operation was to find Bin Laden but of course we didn't.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-51363217573758136162012-03-24T17:13:39.899+00:002012-03-24T17:13:39.899+00:00As you say, it is their culture, and it is interle...As you say, it is their culture, and it is interleaved with their religion,the greatest majority of them wish to have it that way and for us infidels to get the hell out (literally) and let them go back to their way of life,primitive though it seems to us.<br />We should have left them to get on with it two centuries ago, but we don't seem able to learn by experience,we spend a lot of time repeating history.Will our rulers learn? Not on past examples. Has no one asked how a poorly armed rag tag bunch of tribesmen are able to fight the biggest and best armed armies(allegedly) to a standstill? For the last two plus centuries? What are we doing wrong,so we don't repeat it?Apogeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942349358439102449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-67171130107101280092012-03-23T02:55:33.371+00:002012-03-23T02:55:33.371+00:00I'd agree with you Apogee. It's their cult...I'd agree with you Apogee. It's their culture though and without their willingness to change it they will stay in a medieval time warp.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-25806043428441625282012-03-23T02:53:59.576+00:002012-03-23T02:53:59.576+00:00Our last year in Iraq was horrific RM for the reas...Our last year in Iraq was horrific RM for the reasons you mention. How the troops coped with the mental stress we can only imagine.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-36398060150646267272012-03-22T15:59:55.354+00:002012-03-22T15:59:55.354+00:00For anyone wishing more understanding of Afghanist...For anyone wishing more understanding of Afghanistan, can I suggest....<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Afghanistan<br />.....as a good starting point.<br />The comment has been made that if we leave ,Afghanistan will revert to the middle ages. After looking at the history, I think it could be correct to say that Afghanistan has never left the middle ages. The people have just learnt to make and use more effective weapons. I wonder where the learnt?Apogeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942349358439102449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-72946641120692417892012-03-22T13:43:33.296+00:002012-03-22T13:43:33.296+00:00Sad news about the latest casualty in Afghanistan....Sad news about the latest casualty in Afghanistan. I wonder how many more must die or be injured before we hand power back to the Taliban in 2014.<br />Our last days in Iraq were a bit desperate as well. Hunkered down at Basra airport. Sitting ducks for any passing militia firing off the odd mortar or rpg at us. Followed by a handover at dawn ( for the cameras) and a quick exit out of dodge.<br />Our troops are excellent but are led by idiots. Most of whom now sit dressed in ermine in 'the other place' or sit pontificating at length on comfy sofas about what we should be doing to sort out Iran etc.RMcGeddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665173796157838927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-78480294297479696072012-03-22T12:20:28.752+00:002012-03-22T12:20:28.752+00:00I think Observer means the general population OR a...I think Observer means the general population OR and not the corrupt politicians and their hangers-on.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-35032053961363039512012-03-22T11:30:38.048+00:002012-03-22T11:30:38.048+00:00"God help those Afghans who came out against ..."God help those Afghans who came out against the Taleban as they will be left to their fate."<br /><br />I'll spare no tears for Karzai's lot. Oh, sorry, those corrupt bastards will be in Malaga by then.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.com