could US win Afghan war

More of our INTEL

Answer is YES, they have done it before.
US changed its 'war paradigm'.
The new paradigm is more humanitarian
and less successful and more expensive.

The old paradigm used in WWII was
very effective but with high civilian deaths.
In both Germany and Japan, the goal
was to bomb the people into submission.
Take out civilian centers, fire bomb cities.

There were virtually NO subversives
from the civilian populations, they just
wanted the war to end.

The new paradigm tries to protect
civilians rather than target them.
While there are fewer deaths there
is more will to support the insurgents.
And the Taliban is able to refill its ranks
even though US has taken out 1,600
mid-level leaders.

In Germany towards the end there were
no civilians willing to refill the Nazi ranks,
they just wanted the war to end.

In an all out war against a country and
its people info wars don't really play a
part, dead bodies and destruction do
all the speaking.

This paradigm change maybe a sign
of human species maturing?
Giving up the efficiency of total death and
destruction for a more targeted less efficient
system.

Its interesting no one has appreciated the growth,
paradigm shift.

If this new paradigm ultimately leads to a
nuclear attack on USA I would expect a reversion
back to the more successful paradigm.


Gerald
War Anthropologist
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