http://registan.net/index.php/2010/02/08/lets-see-how-they-measure-success/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://registan.net/index.php/2010/02/08/lets-see-how-they-measure-success/comment-page-1/#comment-384231 Chris Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:14:59 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=10482#comment-384231 Gotta beg to differ on the "running in terror" thing. I remember watching an entire valley of Afghans move out of the area one day when ISAF showed up. Some fighting ensued, but not long afterwards, they were all coming back. It turned out pretty well for a while too, that is of course, untill it was decided that an ISAF presence was untenable 8 months later and everyone left the ANP to deal with it by themselves. That of course is a different problem altogether. Clear. Hold. Build. We can clear and build, but we can't hold anthing from the safe confines of a Hezco entrenched FOB. Gotta beg to differ on the “running in terror” thing. I remember watching an entire valley of Afghans move out of the area one day when ISAF showed up. Some fighting ensued, but not long afterwards, they were all coming back. It turned out pretty well for a while too, that is of course, untill it was decided that an ISAF presence was untenable 8 months later and everyone left the ANP to deal with it by themselves. That of course is a different problem altogether. Clear. Hold. Build. We can clear and build, but we can’t hold anthing from the safe confines of a Hezco entrenched FOB.

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