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#1 2004-02-20 16:28:52

Rxke
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Re: PRT's the way to win the war against terror? - Promising new strategy in Afghanistan

[=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3507141.stm]BBC

I kinda like this approach... Bit like U.N. peace force on steroids...

PRT: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

PRTs are joint civilian-military projects involved in reconstruction schemes in more deprived and violence-stricken parts of the country.

It seems to work: they get better intelligence from the village leaders, and I'd guess it is a great way to 'get to know each other' as human beings...

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#2 2004-02-20 16:54:52

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Re: PRT's the way to win the war against terror? - Promising new strategy in Afghanistan

It looks the US military finally might be getting the hang of this occupation stuff.

There's probably more coming....


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

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#3 2004-02-20 16:57:41

Bill White
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Re: PRT's the way to win the war against terror? - Promising new strategy in Afghanistan

Talk to the Brits, and then listen. (We Yanks HATE to listen)

Except we have ZERO experience at being an imperial power. The British did a pretty effective job for a few hundred years.

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