Struggling to Teach the Afghan National Army Things the Taliban Already Knows

Lars77

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Sat Jun-12-10 06:24 AM
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Struggling to Teach the Afghan National Army Things the Taliban Already Knows

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBXflAFCk64

Posted on YouTube: June 11, 2010
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Posted on DU: June 12, 2010
By DU Member: Lars77
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Jumping John

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Sat Jun-12-10 02:14 PM
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1. I noticed at the 3:16 count of the video that Lt. Ibrahim

Edited on Sat Jun-12-10 02:27 PM by Jumping John

was resting the barrel of his weapon in the dirt. And this guy is a lieutenant. I can not imagine how the US and UN troops would feel to have to soldier alongside the best that Afghanistan has to offer when their actions and thinking are so ancient and reckless. I just have to wonder how many deaths of uS and UN troops could be laid at the feet of the ANA because of their carelessness and lack of discipline and also their determined attempt to take advantage of their situation for their own gains.

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