Afghans form militias and call on warlords to battle Taliban. In the long run, is this a good or a bad thing?

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Mon, 25 May 2015 13:23:55 -0400

Facing a fierce Taliban offensive across a corridor of northern Afghanistan, the government in Kabul is turning to a strategy fraught with risk: forming local militias and beseeching old warlords for military assistance, according to Afghan and Western officials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/world/asia/as-taliban-advance-afghanistan-reluctantly-recruits-militias.html?ref=todayspaper

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Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 25 at 2015 1:35 PM

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Mon, 25 May 2015 13:35:53 -0400

Afghanistan, Warlords, and Taliban.
What could possibly go wrong?
Think we should send them some Stingers or something?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2015 2:28 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 25 May 2015 14:28:25 -0400

They need to do something they need to take control of there county. They need to be more and we need to be less. If that is what there government wants to do then great. We need to stay clear Warlords, Taliban that can get messy fast.

Response by CPT Craig Church, ASLA, LEED GA made May 25 at 2015 2:58 PM

CPT Craig Church, ASLA, LEED GA — Mon, 25 May 2015 14:58:16 -0400

Not sure if this is a good or a bad thing, one thing I do know is that when our forefathers came here they left behind problems that were hundreds of years old in the European, Asian, and African continents. Cultural, class, and ethnic differences that they are still battling with today. It's sad but I see no immediate remedy to fix these other world problems. We here in the United States have that supreme advantage to get over our differences because they are not so ingrained in out history. I love this country only because I see how good we have it and the opportunities to be ourselves in the free nation. I have seen the children of those countries that have nothing, dirt floors, local enemies, little food, corrupt politicians, rich, poor and no middle class and no hope. We still have serious problems in this country but I see that we have time and room to correct it to where they do not. I am grateful to God and this country that I am able to raise my family, love my wife and children without EXTREME fear.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 25 at 2015 3:05 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Mon, 25 May 2015 15:05:09 -0400

No, not at all is this a good thing, especially when the warlords start turning on each other and/or forming alliances potentially against the elected government. Does the Horn of Africa ring any bells?

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made May 25 at 2015 3:14 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Mon, 25 May 2015 15:14:51 -0400

It's a great thing, but given the shifting loyalties of the Afghans who knows where this will go. Remember who let Bin Laden get away?

Response by CPO Greg Frazho made May 25 at 2015 4:53 PM

CPO Greg Frazho — Mon, 25 May 2015 16:53:27 -0400

Nothing but trouble waiting to happen with that. That essentially regresses Afghan to where it was when the Taliban took over. The Graveyard of Empires, to be sure.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 6 at 2015 11:35 AM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:35:17 -0400

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad, Sounds to me like they are reverting back to their pre-9/11 ways.

Response by PO1 Kerry French made Mar 4 at 2017 11:34 PM

PO1 Kerry French — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 23:34:24 -0500

it is irrelevant. They both have the same Islamic ideology. This is just tribal. I say let them kill each other off. Saves us the blood and bullets.