Winning the War in Afghanistan

[Infanteer]

What we need is a strong Afghan ruler, in the mold of Hussein or Gaddaffi, or Stalin...

Karzai could probably be strong, but we hamstring him with our Western civility. If you look at the long line of Pasthuns who have ruled from Kabul, none have ever ruled by winning the hearts and minds of their unruly cousins in the South....

Moderator's Note: a number of the following posts appeared on the thread The UK in Afghanistan and were moved 7th August 2011 to this more appropriate, general thread on Afghanistan.