Afghan uniform boondoggle?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Is it reversible?

[SeriousStudent]

No, I don't think the couch is reversible.

But I could be wrong.

[SteyrAUG]

No, I don't think the couch is reversible.

But I could be wrong.

The music is reversible, but time is not.

[C-grunt]

Ive never been to Afghanistan, however Multicam is very green overall and is used successfully all over that country. It works really well in the deserts of Az as well. I bet that new Afgan uniform works better than ACU.

[Iraqgunz]

Afghanistan is a shit show. Look for the story about the Afghan boot factory nonsense. We have wasted so much money there that it's simply mind numbing.

[TomMcC]

It's all kind of shit. Not even sure why uniforms are being bothered with. Plenty of guys in uniform are playing for the other team anyway. They'd probably all be better off dressing like the locals and looking like some half assed militia.

We don't seem to have positive control of anything, we don't seem to be doing anything meaningful beyond presenting our enemies with some US soldiers to shoot at, perhaps it's time to cut bait and unass. Seems to be an endless money pit with no meaningful returns, especially in light of the recent attacks on US forces by members of the Afghan military.

It would probably require a genuine cooperative effort with Russia to truly bring the entire country under control and that would mean a lot of irony.

I was actually reading this about the same time I was reading this thread last night.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...walk_away.html

Because of my view of Islam in general, my understanding of it's history, I thought it was a huge mistake from the very beginning to get into a protracted war in A-stan or Iraq. Nation building in the sense that most Americans understand it, with some idea of liberty at it's root, is TOTALLY impossible with Islam as a dominate ideology. GWB foolishly thought otherwise, and thousands of our men and women payed the price.........and for what?? IMO it's far past the time to leave these people to their own devices. Let them reap what they have ALWAYS sown.

[Dienekes]

Doubt it would matter if the Afghan army wore pink tutus or anything else at this point.

"I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering Generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their General's bowel movements or their Colonel's piles, an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country. The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.”


― Jean Lartéguy ---Author, "The Centurions", etc.

[SteyrAUG]

Because of my view of Islam in general, my understanding of it's history, I thought it was a huge mistake from the very beginning to get into a protracted war in A-stan or Iraq. Nation building in the sense that most Americans understand it, with some idea of liberty at it's root, is TOTALLY impossible with Islam as a dominate ideology. GWB foolishly thought otherwise, and thousands of our men and women payed the price.........and for what?? IMO it's far past the time to leave these people to their own devices. Let them reap what they have ALWAYS sown.

We don't often agree, but we completely agree.

I understand going after the bad guys where they live following 9-11, but rack up your bad guys and head out.

I understand determining the status of Saddams chemical weapon capability after 9-11 but go grab your primaries and name somebody to run things with the admonishment "don't make us come back."

If Asscrackistan wanted western democracy, they'd already have it. It's been around for 2,000 years. So we fight for free elections and they vote for the muslim brotherhood, it's what they want.

Iraq was already a mostly modern, secular arab state and despite being run by an ahole it was as good as things get over there which is why Reagan spent years creating an alliance after Iran went theocracy. It's a shame Bush 41 sold them out over the Kuwait oil dispute. The entire matter could have been largely avoided.