Afghanistan - a reality lesson

Submitted by Alan Brown (United States), Oct 4, 2006 at 12:19

I had to agree with the comments from Michael C in regards to the NATO performance in Afghanistan. Conflicts such as our fight with the Taliban make it clear that our troops are not as capable as we had assumed. If not for the overwhelming firepower from American and British aircraft, the ground troops would be pushed back in almost every engagement. The Taliban fighters are much better and seem to be better equiped that soldiers such as the Canadians. Why are we not giving our soldiers rocket launchers and more advanced weapons than what they currently use?

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