What we need in Afghanistan is – Kit Carson!
The Afghan War is turning into the US Army war against the Navajo, who were a nomadic, small group raiding tribe – fierce fighters.
Kit was not an “Indian Hater” – in fact he was married to one. He understood the Navajo, spoke their language and admired their fierce independence, but understood that their raids against “settlers” just could not be tolerated.
In the end, kit and the Army had to drive them to surrender by both attacking and killing and by destroying their infrastructure needed to feed themselves. He killed their livestock, burned their crops and cut their peach trees.
The Taliban in Afghanistan live among the people, and fight in small groups – not unlike both the Indians, and the American Militia in our Revolutionary Wars.
We KNOW how to do this – from both sides.
We also know that the Taliban have strongholds in areas of poppy production. Destroying the poppy fields brings more support to the Taliban as the farmers join them in a fight against those of us who destroy their crops.
Eventually, however they run out of fighters because having run out of poppy field income THEY STARVE!
That is what defeated the powerful Navajo nation. Even when defeated in numerous small-scale battles, the Navajo inflicted sufficient casualties among the Army that the Army had Pyrrhic victories and from sheer numbers the Army was eventually simply going to win, what cut the war short was starvation. You may still want to fight when you are your family are starving but you won’t fight well.
Marjah is the next Taliban stronghold in the Marines way. They should destroy all of the crops surrounding it as they move closer, and wait a year before attacking. Given a year, time will be on their side.
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