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Following the death of nine American Soldiers both Us and Afghan fighters have retreated from the remote outpost where the guerrilla attack occurred.. The guerrillas then easily drove out the small police force in the nearby village of Wanat..
The attack which occurred on July 13 by a force of 200 enemy fighters were well armed. with, rocket-propelled grenades. Machine guns and and mortars were also used which resulted in the greatest loss to our troops in Afghanistan in three years..
Some commentators say that the forces of militant Islam are now gaining a dangerous level of strength due to the tie down of American Forces in Iraq..
My own analysis of this situation is that we must use a new strategy.. Due to the mountainous nature of Afghanistan we cannot fight the easy war we fought in Iraq. The powerful forces of the Russian Army could not gain victory there after years of warfare. Although we were able to gain a quick defeat of the Taliban previously, the overextension of our forces in Iraq has now allowed a great build up of Moslem extremist in the country that should have been our focus.
The strategy I suggest now is not a strategy I like for it is brutal.but it is our only hope.. We must make a strategic withdrawal of our forces in Iraq and allow the Iraqis to have their civil war and kill each other. We must instigate a renewal of the war between Iraq and Iran ( This may occur automatically by our withdrawal) At opportune moments we must strike again at insurgents.in Iraq using planes, missiles and commando forces to strike and retreat. We must use strike and retreat tactics in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
This the is the same tactic that insurgents (guerrilla's) use so effectively and was much of our tactics in the Revolutionary war. This is what the insurgents in Iraq are doing now, laying low so that we may believe our surge has worked. They will be hitting us again at our weakest point just they did in Afghanistan. Occupation of a country is a strategy of defeat. Hit and run is the key to success.
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