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4,000 More Brave Warriors Going To Afghanistan

By James from Brooklyn, NY - Mar 26th, 2009 at 8:35 pm EDT

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More troops mean more flexibility in fighting the Taliban and then the drug traffic. Karzai must clean up his house and the military or be changed. Breaking Afghanistan into different tribal areas of influence as part of their government would be a step forward. Drug trade is a blight on the region and the world making it a priority. Replacing poppy with cash crops need roads built, reservoirs built, and a rail connection to Pakistan the enormous market next door. NATO should be handed this mission and leave the fighting to us, Canada, Australia and Brits in a dual role matching the Canadian force in fighting men with the rest for reconstruction. We can give Caterpillar and Deere contracts to supply farming equipment, and G.E. for generators and electricity generation. Build clinics near newly opened trading posts on roads. Make the life of the Afghan better by teaching both boys and girls since mothers pass their knowledge onto their children. This is one area where Islamic Fundamentalism should not be accepted. Bring the Grand Muftee from Egypt to push the point. The Shia of Pakistan can be our ally where we can push for less strict Sharia regarding beards, women's rights and punishments. The Pashtun tribes range from Afghanistan to the Swat valley in Pakistan being Sunni and some with strict Sharia. Our foreign policy toward Pakistan requires refinement as the situation there is fragile with the Taliban getting stronger every day. The proliferation of Wahabi style madrassahs gives the Taliban a stream of fresh recruits because the graduates have no job skills.

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