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Originally Posted by astralis
glyn,
that probably had something to do with the frustration he feels about NATO countries limiting their troops' freedom of action, their poor funding for the venture, and their refusal to fund their militaries worth a damn.
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he can't be, the countries that could be accused of playing safe/cheap aren't operating in the south and therefore fall completely outside the subject of the article. if the comments were about the whole of A'stan then he could be on safer ground, but the only countries that operate in the south are the more traditional allies that not only are taking significant casualties but as a general rule are deploying a greater percentage of their forces to A'stan than the US currently does.
he's also talking out of his arse. Afghan units that can maintain high-intensity warfare levels (which is what combat in Helmand and Kandahar achieves) are like rocking horse **** - somewhat rare. its therefore of little surprise that British, Dutch and Canadian units aren't working alongside equal or bigger numbers of ANA troops, ANA units are still being 'worked up' in the safer areas of operations and just aren't available to work on large scale ops in the most contested areas.