View Poll Results: Evaluate Kilcullen's work on counterinsurgency

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    Hello Mike.

    If you could, can you ask some or all of the following questions for me.

    Are all the night raids conducted by our forces a net advantage or disadvantage for us? I wonder this because I have read that the Afghans really hate this tactic, despise us for using it and it is a continuing source of very strong irritation to them.

    I have read that the main prison in Bagram is controlled by the Taliban and is a center for their recruiting and radicalizing. Is this true? If it is how did this get to be since one of the things we learned in Iraq is the importance of controlling the prisons and using them for counter-indoctrination so to speak.

    Is there any chance at all of a successful outcome in Afghanistan if the Pak Army/ISI continues the level of support they give the Taliban in its various permutations?

    If we were to completely abandon the supply line running through Pakistan, would we be able to maintain a viable effort in Afghanistan just depending on the northern supply route and air?

    Thank you Mike.
    "We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again." Gen. Nathanael Greene

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    David/Carl,

    I've got your questions written down. If anyone else has questions, then let me know.

    Thanks

    Mike

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