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Of course, why would a Dutch soldier who has been in Afghanistan know more about the situation on the ground there than the great bm? What have the Netherlands ever done to you?

OK, I see that...

Beside the point. It means nothing for the question "Is this a mere mopping up operation or a war?" we were addressing.[/quote:o2rpf7hs]
Oh really? What was your .sig saying just a week ago? That...

A country as large as Afghanistan with a fairly small US presence is controlled by the US army? I very, very much doubt that. I've read reports (from the Dutch and German soldiers in Kabul) that...

Beside the point. It means nothing for the question "Is this a mere mopping up operation or a war?" we were addressing.



Chechens can safely retreat into the mountains and Georgia. They get...

It's not mopping up or a "large scale war", it's a guerilla war.

If you don't like the US example, what about Afghanistan? Also, a war that was supposedly over after the Afghan cities were...

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I don't even know how to react to such naivity. Sounds like a US general in the late 60s about Vietnam... How many years can one "just mop up bandits"?

Quite right. So to sum it up, no matter what the Russians really do, as soon as a biased reporter says "the Russians do these horrible things AGAIN", everybody buys that, no questions asked. We're in...

I'm not talking about kidnappings. I'm talking about people being brought in by Russian troops and "disappearing".



I figured as much... :lol:



No, I was saying that the Russian...

Russian conduct in Chechnya vs. Spanish conduct in Basque territory.

Because the Russians act so brutally in Chechnya, people will be more likely to think "bad" things about them. I guess that's...

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