Comments on: Not A Single Afghan Battalion Fights Without U.S. Help https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/not-a-single-afghan-battalion-fights-without-u-s-help/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Borepatch https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/not-a-single-afghan-battalion-fights-without-u-s-help/comment-page-1/#comment-357449 Borepatch Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:45:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26748#comment-357449 This is depressing beyond words.

I guess it shouldn’t be unexpected.

]]> By: Johnny Abacus https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/not-a-single-afghan-battalion-fights-without-u-s-help/comment-page-1/#comment-357403 Johnny Abacus Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:20:52 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26748#comment-357403 The contrast between this and a comment you linked to earlier is astounding.

“Since officers and NCOs usually comprise only 5% or less of total force, Westerners could create large, competent armies seemingly out of thin air just by supplying merit selected officers with Western organizational training and expectations. Small, highly trained and highly disciplined forces routinely defeated the mob armies.”

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