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What is this total rubbish doing on the Pakistan's War sub forum? 1. it is OLD news. 2. Somewhat stupid. 3. The Swine flu was no big crisis, it was media frenzy and little else. Wake up...

S-2 what is wrong with you, you must be smoking something good there. You are actually asking them to thik outside the little mind boxes they have got into. Seriously shame on you for making such a suggestion.:disagree: Both sides are so stuck in their respective ruts that not even the...

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: It was tried and failed. Go check a few reports/and court case on guns in Washington.

There are many members of the Muslim faith within the US military and some from what I have discovered have no problems other are harassed. Also some have problems with the concept of being deployed be it Iraq or Afghanistan. As far as harassment goes it would depend what the Maj did about it...

He would be in one of those 'stop loss' qualifications. No hope of getting out. His only best bet would to have used the Don't Ask Don't Tell loop hole. Though in some cases that has backfired and the person still did not get thrown out.

only way to keep him on track :D

One of the critical aspect is ownership. This is not covered clearly in the Maj's article. Assets, be it schools, markets, irrigation ditches etc must belong to the community and be seen by the community as theirs. That means getting the local village elders to determine the projects...

How really important is the matter of the Pashtun being a major or just making the 50% mark with respect to the significant problem in the area. Bluntly NONE. What Maj Khan has outlined is a significant concept in thought change. It is also one that I have noticed coming from other...

Some here believe I am being unfair in my judgements. Well when some screw loose armchair idiot sounds off about not having fought anything big I am entitled to be rightly hissed off. That person and others of the same ilk posting in this thread prove that have not bothered to go beyond their...

Elmo & S-2 just a small issue re UW. definition of interest: Operations conducted by, with, or through irregular forces in support of a resistance movement, an insurgency, or conventional military operations. FM 3-05.201 28 September 2007 The definition via Wikipedia, which Elmo I think...

Some one was silly enough to mention Cold Start. Its dead. Well as far as Cold Start doctrine goes: Exercise 1: divya astra. March 2004 Exercise 2: vajra shakti. May 2005 Exercise 3: desert strike. Nov 2005 Exercise 4: sanghe shakti. May 2006 Exercise 5: ashwamedh. April–May 2007 followed...

You might like to have a quick look here: Modern Firearms & Ammunition: assault, sniper and tactical rifle, handgun, pistol, revolver, shotgun, submachine gun, machine gun, ammunition, bullet, grenade launcher One small thing: the word gun normally refers to a crew served weapon. Thus a...

Well it is all about Take, Hold, Build and Develop. The rules of COIN. But as you say cut a deal its cheaper, but it always comes back to bite you worse than the first time.

Brilliant reply, lacks a bit of intelligence though. :disagree: What it does mean is that your central government will have to take real responsibility for the region and not play games as they have done for the last 60 odd years. So basing troops there is a start of that taking...

:rofl: Zero sum solutions will fail and you're a zero-sum kind of guy. Oh so tactful as usual.. :agree:

Why not, I see so much preconceived judgment about here that I am just as entitled to that perception and approach. I will judge on what I see and know. Besides this place is not my only source of intel.

Australia was not underestimating the PA, but providing a different perspective on the matter. That is what the many officer training and exchange programs are about. Exchange of ideas and understanding different approaches. So the concept of underestimation is misplaced.

As for experience Australia has been involved with COIN ops since the 50’s with the Malaya Insurrection by the communists there. Pakistan is relatively new to COIN in its true sense so don’t say we don’t have the experience. We have a huge amount of experience. As for experts the US COIN...

Well look at all the useful coming for these military knowledge Pakistanis. I just hope you lot have a bit more military experience than just being pathetic armchair idiots. From what I know of this forum no one from Australia has denigrated the PA or the FC in any way. You have gone to...

useful arn't they!! What happened to "the forum has ears, so keep the trap shut!" But heck who cares seems people here don't!