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head · 02-13-2011, 07:39

Don't worry, guys... somebody will stick a fork in it and call it a "W" soon enough - probably around the 2012 elections. Why? Because I've noticed that wherever we have troops, the higher ups put little green circles on their Powerpoints designating that area as "Friendly controlled", then as you get further away from the bases, VSPs, OPs, they put little yellow circles meaning "Neutral or contested area". Finally, the furthest you can get away from the CF positions, you have the evil red blobs, which means "Insurgent controlled". Soon enough, the S-2's will look at the enemy activity in those red areas... and because there are no troops there, there is no enemy activity there (no one to get shot or blown up), and they will declare those red blobs should be green blobs. Between putting more bases and OPs and Powerpoint Rangers drawing green blobs everywhere, I assess Afghanistan will be a green blob.. err, I mean, "Friendly controlled" by 2012. At least it briefs well...

Speaking of Taliban, I don't have much Taliban where I am, at least not the "bad" sort... but I have plenty of other insurgents and militants that want control of the land and, in fact, they fight amongst themselves too. Kinda adds a little complexity to the situation beyond Taliban + AQ vs us.

02-13-2011, 07:39	#30
head Quiet Professional Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bay Area Posts: 568	Don't worry, guys... somebody will stick a fork in it and call it a "W" soon enough - probably around the 2012 elections. Why? Because I've noticed that wherever we have troops, the higher ups put little green circles on their Powerpoints designating that area as "Friendly controlled", then as you get further away from the bases, VSPs, OPs, they put little yellow circles meaning "Neutral or contested area". Finally, the furthest you can get away from the CF positions, you have the evil red blobs, which means "Insurgent controlled". Soon enough, the S-2's will look at the enemy activity in those red areas... and because there are no troops there, there is no enemy activity there (no one to get shot or blown up), and they will declare those red blobs should be green blobs. Between putting more bases and OPs and Powerpoint Rangers drawing green blobs everywhere, I assess Afghanistan will be a green blob.. err, I mean, "Friendly controlled" by 2012. At least it briefs well... Speaking of Taliban, I don't have much Taliban where I am, at least not the "bad" sort... but I have plenty of other insurgents and militants that want control of the land and, in fact, they fight amongst themselves too. Kinda adds a little complexity to the situation beyond Taliban + AQ vs us. __________________ Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
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