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November 24, 2009

Who are we fighting in Afghanistan & Pakistan?
— Uncle Jimbo

There is now another piece of ammo for those staying informed about the war, written by me and Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal.

The Warrior Legacy Institute announces the release of it's third paper "Who are we fighting in Afghanistan & Pakistan?" as well as an accompanying video. This complements the previous papers and videos on
" A Population-Centric Counterinsurgency Primer" and "Counterterror as Strategy for the Af/Pak Theater".
All of these are written so they can be understood by and educate all Americans regardless of their knowledge about military topics. Our hope is that this will allow them to follow the debate about this vital subject from an informed perspective.

This paper gives a brief history of the rise of the Taliban and al Qaeda following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan in 1989. It traces the Taliban's origins in the Pashtun regions and their fight to take over the government and impose their strict religious rule country-wide. It follows the ebb and flow on both sides of theborder and the eventual entry of al Qaeda to the theater. It focuses on the tribes that make up the insurgency and their leaders, but is not a definitive look at all of these groups. It also takes a look at the current state of Taliban and al Qaeda in both countries and the areas they control.

Please feel free to share this with your friends families and email lists. There is a video about the Tribal areas of Pakistan below the fold

Posted by: Uncle Jimbo at 06:05 AM | Comments (31)
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1 >Who are we fighting in Afghanistan & Pakistan? Fox News!

Posted by: Chris "Whitey" Matthews at November 24, 2009 06:06 AM (KOkrW)

2 Welcome to Ace of Blackfive.

Posted by: Dave @ at November 24, 2009 06:10 AM (L1Dtq)

sadly i had thought Dems were also on board with the war fighting taliban, and al qaeda, wasn't this at 70% percent when we went in? what happened?

forget it i already know. they Lie.

Posted by: willow at November 24, 2009 06:18 AM (1kwr2)

4 The "report" reads as if it were kludged together by a child from scattered Wikipedia.

It appears anyone can start an "institute" on the internets.

Posted by: Dalton Trumbo at November 24, 2009 06:20 AM (MwCPr)

5 Are comments dicked or did the rapture occur without me?

Posted by: joncelli at November 24, 2009 06:28 AM (RD7QR)

5 Are comments dicked or did the rapture occur without me?

The latter, .

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at November 24, 2009 06:34 AM (9hSKh)

7 #3 sadly i had thought Dems were also on board with the war fighting taliban, and al qaeda, wasn't this at 70% percent when we went in? what happened?

forget it i already know. they Lie.

Also, (and I forget who said this), the Dems always want to fight the enemy that we're currently not at war with.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at November 24, 2009 06:35 AM (9hSKh)

8 Is it still the 'good' war?

Posted by: loppyd at November 24, 2009 06:36 AM (cVFkd)

9 You would think that all the libs and lefties (BIRM) would understand this historical progress because it was the storyline at the end of the movie Charlie Wilson's War. But they don't...sad.

Posted by: Philip Seymour Hoffman is a badass actor at November 24, 2009 06:40 AM (boqEu)

10 All of a sudden, cost is an issue to Soetero--and his Congressional jackals like Rep. David "Obey Win Cannotbe"

Posted by: slade at November 24, 2009 06:40 AM (XsHAM)

11 Is it still the 'good' war? Nope, just as dissent is no longer patriotic.

Posted by: joncelli at November 24, 2009 06:41 AM (RD7QR)

12 Nope, just as dissent is no longer patriotic.

Got it.

So does that make Iraq the good war?

Posted by: loppyd at November 24, 2009 06:47 AM (cVFkd)

I'm telling you guys, President Chucklehead wants the A-stan and Iraqi funds, so he can dole them out Chicago-style to ACORN, SEIU, Planned Parenthood, etc

but first he has to pull the troops out and declare victory

remember 'the peace dividend'?

the peace dividend led to 9/11

Posted by: Jones at November 24, 2009 06:49 AM (KOkrW)

14 >So does that make Iraq the good war?

Posted by: loppyd at November 24, 2009 10:47 AM (cVFkd)

good if it ends well

bush's bad war if it doesn't

remember: good things are claimed by Dems; bad stuff is Bush's fault

Posted by: Jones at November 24, 2009 06:50 AM (KOkrW)

15 Ol' Uncle J with Aurora Borealis in the background. That is my takeaway from this video.

Posted by: Charles Johnson at November 24, 2009 06:54 AM (dP6Ky)

16 We must tax the war. Right wing terrorists hate taxes. This way we can make them hate the war. (I read this in Alinsky. I think.)

Posted by: David Obey me you peasants! at November 24, 2009 06:57 AM (pGNeB)

17 remember: good things are claimed by Dems; bad stuff is Bush's fault

There will come a time (we are close) when blaming Bush will only fly with the lefty base. Then what will they do?

Posted by: loppyd at November 24, 2009 06:59 AM (cVFkd)

18 There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy

Posted by: Bart Simpson, circa 1990 at November 24, 2009 07:00 AM (NtiET)

OT, Good ole step and fetch is at it again, stolen from Drudge.

http://tinyurl.com/yz7cbwb

Do you think that some time soon the brothers are going to get tired of this Uncle Tom act?

Not a chance, they don't have a clue.

RACIST!

Posted by: Kemp at November 24, 2009 07:00 AM (qvT/A)

20 Ol' Uncle J with Aurora Borealis in the background. That is my takeaway from this video.

Posted by: Charles Johnson at November 24, 2009 10:54 AM (dP6Ky)

Maybe you should include a still shot in the next crappy calendar you peddle to your readers.

Posted by: loppyd at November 24, 2009 07:00 AM (cVFkd)

21 First, Obama.

Posted by: SouthTexas at November 24, 2009 07:18 AM (Rmz5I)

22 If memory serves, Uncle Jimbo was experimenting with a handheld camera not too long ago and now obviously progressed to Computer Generated Effects. Bravo.
Spitfire Murphy, you _do_ realize that I am Christopher and not Charles Johnson?
as in, you know, two separate unrelated discrete individuals? bark up the right trunk, if feels good!

Posted by: Charles Johnson at November 24, 2009 07:59 AM (dP6Ky)

23 OT: Funny one

Posted by: Jay in Ames at November 24, 2009 09:39 AM (UEEex)

24 He he having sex with them .... again?

randy fucker, isn't he...

Posted by: torabora at November 24, 2009 11:27 AM (UNDmA)

25 Good work Jimbo, you and Bill make a great team. But I think you mighta dumbed it down just a tad too much. Well, except for the morons here anyway.

Maybe after a bottle of aftershave lotion they will take to it.

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