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Old 11-07-2009, 21:44   #22
Royboy39
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Re: Are we losing the War in Afghanistan?

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Originally Posted by cashman View Post
this discussion was taken at another business lunch today. conclusion was WHY? do they not just take out the bloody "Poppyfields" a relatively easier task using spray plane technique etc, after all that was supposed to be the first objective a few years back, as we were told- thats what funds the Taliban.
Cashy........Slow flying planes would be taken down in minutes.....Drones are too high....Nepalm is not allowed. This would be assumed to be an attack on the civilian population. High spray may finish up in Accy and destroy the crops on the allotments.
There are enough brains out there to resolve the situatioin but have they the balls to do it? or would that be politicaly correct?

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