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Originally posted by Spanky
The speed with which we won that war was amazing. The fact that our casualtys were so low was also amazing. Do you realize how many of the Northern Alliance troops had died before we got involved. That had lost pretty much the whole country. We turned it around and in no time took the whole country back, and with very little casualtys. It was pure military genius. Do you know how hard it is to capture one man. We have enough trouble in this country doing it. In Afghanistan there were whole swaths of the country we did not control. Foreign leaders, if they don't want to be caught, are almost never caught unless they decide to stay. Saddam took out Kuwait in less than a day but the royal family escaped. It is not to hard to slip out when a country is at war.
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How nice! You are taking an interest in history and contemporary events.
You seem surprised that our casualties were low. Well, now, Spanky, perhaps you could write a short essay for the class highlighting when the Taliban were defeated and when the first American boots hit the ground in substantial numbers. It is very interesting, but I don't believe casualties happen very often before troops are in the line of fire.
You also indicate this was military genius. I'd like an essay from you explaining how US strategy and tactics in Afghanistan differed from the basic military strategies that had been developed and deployed during the first Iraqi war and in the Balkans. We will all be very interested in this new bit of military genius. Then perhaps you could also explain how the strategy and tactics developed and applied successfully over the prior twenty years were changed in Iraq by the genius civilian commanders.
Spanky, it's so good to see you taking this interest in history and contemporary events, but I'd like to see more substance in your future posts and I'd like you to show a bit more understanding of the actual history of events. I'm afraid I can only give you a C+ for this post, but I will consider raising the grade if you can provide some additional support.
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