Taliban retreats

["Karl Carlile" <dagda@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A study of the history of the Taliban with regard to its take over of most of
Afghanistan will show that it had not demonstrated any particular skill on the
battlefield. The Taliban had made many of its gains as a result of defections
due to sizable payments to the appropriate commanders or due switching sides so
as to be on the winning side. The Taliban when it did do battle suffered some
serious blows.

It is clear that this process has been reversed. The significant defections away
from the Taliban helps explain much of the gains from those that now oppose
them. Those among the Taliban that are putting up a fierce and tenactious
resistance are more than likely the core of the Taliban and OBL's armed group.

Indeed it was a demonstration of the bankruptcy of the Taliban that should have
tried to hold on to so much territory under the circumstances. Some weeks ago I
pointed out that if I were Taliban I would have retreated from the cities and
kept my army in tact. This would have left me in a better position to resist and
even mount an offensive againt Western forces.

Karl Carlile
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