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Offline cavegal

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Holbrooke: No 'pure' Afghan victory
« on: October 24, 2010, 03:08:39 PM »
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/1010/Holbrooke_Pure_military_victory.html#

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I said we can’t win it militarily because a pure military victory is not possible
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Offline thundley4

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Re: Holbrooke: No 'pure' Afghan victory
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2010, 03:29:38 PM »
Any war is winnable militarily if you are willing to accept high civilian casualties .