Taliban arms supplies?

[eldudereno]

Who's currently supplying the Taliban with their arms and explosives then? Why hasn't the UN imposed sanctions on these countries and why doesn't there seem to be any talk at all about destroying these supply routes? If the arms supply isn't cut off, as far as I can see, this conflict is going to go on for many decades. The bloody rules of engagement bullst is beyond belief, as soon as they put their weapons down and decide to go for their tea we cannot shoot the b*stards!! I'm not naive enough to believe that we fully adhere to this policy but who the hell comes up with crap like this?

Edited by eldudereno on Thursday 17th September 22:41

[TheEnd]

A lot are ex soviet era stuff, AKs and RPGs, and the bombs tend to be old shells

[Disco_Dale]

eldudereno said:

Who's currently supplying the Taliban with their arms and explosives then?

Does it matter?
You cannot rule a country by force. When you try to, horrible bast*rds like the Taliban rise to the top.

The sooner we get the f*ck out and let the ensuing civil war sort it out the better.

[HarryW]

I doubt anyone needs too, they probably have caves of the stuff left by the departing russians..........

[eldudereno]

Disco_Dale said:

eldudereno said:

Who's currently supplying the Taliban with their arms and explosives then?

Does it matter?
You cannot rule a country by force. When you try to, horrible bast*rds like the Taliban rise to the top.

The sooner we get the f*ck out and let the ensuing civil war sort it out the better.

And give them time to sort themselves out and commit more attrocities like 9/11?

[OnTheOverrun]

China, North Korea, Syria plus quite a few others. In order to interdict the supply routes you must control the land they pass over, or that land must be controlled by a friendly power. They are not.

[FourWheelDrift]

We used to, when they were fighting the Soviets. Maybe they have a big stash.

[EDLT]

Their using the ones the Americans sold to them in the 80's.

[Disco_Dale]

eldudereno said:

And give them time to sort themselves out and commit more attrocities like 9/11?

Yeah, because terrorism stopped dead once we invaded Afghanistan, and stopped even more after we invaded Iraq....

[jas xjr]

Of you have the cash it is not difficult to get any weapon, with the correct paperwork delivered anywhere in the world

[T89 Callan]

I'm pretty sure I saw a talibany' with a MP/STG 44 the other day on the news, I know these were produced after WW2 by other countries but that gun would still be worth a fortune.

Anyway there were so many fully kitted soviet militray bases all over the USSR that have now collapsed there will ne stock piles of weapons all over that area, especially in states like Kazakstan, Turkmenistan and Uzebekistan were the Soviets upped and left. (IIR my history C)

[JMGS4]

Don't forget there's been an official war there since 1980, where the Russkies threw everything they had against them, while at the same time the Yanks supported the "insurgents".. so there must be a huge tonnage of weaponry floating about.. especially up in the mountains... and the place is riddled with caves and underground shelters.
There are just not enough troops on the ground to be able to do a complete sweep.... Mind you the tribal areas of pakistan are also awash with weaponry and some of that gets into A-stan....

[ninja-lewis]

And of course bombs are often made from fertiliser and diesel, which are everywhere in the Green zone.

[Bill]

Disco_Dale said:

eldudereno said:

And give them time to sort themselves out and commit more attrocities like 9/11?

Yeah, because terrorism stopped dead once we invaded Afghanistan, and stopped even more after we invaded Iraq....

And ignoring the fact that the Taliban had nothing to do with 9/11.

[elster]

Bill said:

Disco_Dale said:

eldudereno said:

And give them time to sort themselves out and commit more attrocities like 9/11?

Yeah, because terrorism stopped dead once we invaded Afghanistan, and stopped even more after we invaded Iraq....

And ignoring the fact that the Taliban had nothing to do with 9/11.

minor detail you pick up on there.

I didn't realise people were so naive to think these farmers and poor men who have been at war with invading nations all their lives actually decided to highjack the palnes on 11/9!!!

I'm sure I would be picking up a gun formerly provided by the attacking nations to shoot those invading me!!

[Mondeohdear]

TheEnd said:

A lot are ex soviet era stuff, AKs and RPGs, and the bombs tend to be old shells

And I guess a fair amount is US stuff given to the Mujahadeen in the Rambo III era.

[AndrewW-G]

Lots of people round the planet happy to supply anybody with cash, think of the profits from supplying a very large percentage of the worlds heroin. I'd also be very supprised if a lot of it didnt come via Iran

[Bing o]

Bill said:

Disco_Dale said:

eldudereno said:

And give them time to sort themselves out and commit more attrocities like 9/11?

Yeah, because terrorism stopped dead once we invaded Afghanistan, and stopped even more after we invaded Iraq....

And ignoring the fact that the Taliban had nothing to do with 9/11.

Weren't most of them Saudi rag heads?

Still, yet more great spin - the taleban are just a kind of home guard.

The best way to combat terrorism is to stop slaughtering innocents in a far off land in a war that is about nothing more than resources.

[BrassMan]

If you are keen on the history of the Brittish Empire, you can see most of the problems that we are currently stumbling into a long way off. Especially if you listen to the news with a critacal ear.

For example, shortly after deciding on going into Afghanistan, the news began allways mentioning Al-Qaeda and The Talban together. It seems to have worked, though.


Rules Of Engagement is just a way for politicians to go to war with a clear conscience. Was anyone really surprised by Abu Gahraib? No, because we all know that this is how people will behave. They really should go back to letting the military do their thing, without trying to hobble them.

Pricks, the lot of them.


There's not much of a guarantee that they are fighting The Taliban anymore. Since opium cultivation came back, they can afford anything that they can sneak in.

[loltolhurst]

uk 3rd biggest arms exporter in the world we can hardly take the moral high ground..