Friday, November 27, 2009

To surge or not to Surge- in Afghanistan:-3

The third thing that we should do is to deal directly with these warlords that hold a large area of Afghanistan under their thumb. I know that they are corrupt and will cut out deal with anybody they see fit but they are the key to stabilization. Since they have a large and loyal force with them and with the right incentives they can be on our side. I know that incentives mean a little bit of bribery here and there. Although it is forbidden by the American law to bribe foreign entities in order to get something but if that is what it will take to bring stability to Afghanistan ( and in the process reduce our exposure and losses) so we will have to swallow this bitter pill. That is the name of the game there and we will have to bend some rules (although I am sure we bend more than some rules in order to accomplish a specific target) in order to get what we want.

The fourth thing we have to do is to talk to the Taliban directly or indirectly. We will have to convince them that we are just there temporarily. It is their country and land and we can’t stay there indefinitely but we need to convince them that their land should not be used for terrorist activities. If they still do not agree to this and first insist on us to leave them alone and then they think about what to do, and then we will have no choice but to remain there indefinitely. But the first thing is to talk and convince them about our intensions and goals there.

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