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    Curmudgeon:

    Here is an item and some replies from the blog about this subject.

    http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/nat...fficers-killed

    And here is a link to a study of green on blue murders and why they occur.

    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/09/2...-cultural.html

    The conclusion of the paper is that the murders are almost all the result of individuals getting angry and getting some back, as you suggest.

    I think it is too late to do much about this, especially if Taliban & Co. decide to exploit in a big way what is already a worsening pattern of behavior. I seek others opinion on this. Do you think that if Taliban & Co try hard they can exacerbate this so much that we will get chased out of there much more quickly than we have planned? And, since we plan after 2014 to keep a small force in the country to keep doing the night raid stuff, which the Afghans really really hate, will that be possible if green on blue murders continue and/or get worse?
    Last edited by carl; 08-18-2012 at 03:55 PM.
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