PLA Forces to Afghanistan???
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bladerunner
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From memory, and correct me if I'm wrong the United nations sanctioned a American led Nato involvement in Afghanistan in response to Al Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Centre. As abhorrent a regime the Taliban may be,ones 'beef' was with Al Qaeda not the Taliban, as they had nothing to do with WTC attack so I consider an invasion of their country a over reaction, to appease the citizenry's desire for revenge perhaps? Considering the US is not above using covert operations to attack and train terrorist/ freedom fighters? to undermine the governments of countries they don't like, its got to expect 'tit for tat'.(Cant go down this line 2 far without becoming political )
As far as Im concerned any country that got suckered into supporting US on this issue, are stuck in a situation of their own making and they can sort it out themselves. It is better for the SCO to stay right out of it, rather than being given, in sporting parlance 'a hospital pass'.
I would have rather seen the US to bide its time, sorted out exactly where the Al Qaeda were hiding en mass and let them have it with a few daisy cutters and such like.
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I would very much like to see the PLA deploy to Afghanistan and assist the US and NATO nations there. That would be excellent. It would majorly contribute to the reduction of adversarial feelings between the US and China, and bring the two nations much closer to strategic partnership. I think that China is nearly alone among the community of nations right now in having the strategic footing to take on a voluntary military mission like that.
Pointblank
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As long as the proper rules are set out, and effective lines of communication are setup between the two forces, I do not see a reason why China can't participate in Afghanistan if they choose to.
bladerunner
Banned Idiot
Im of the opinion that they shouldnt have been in Afghanistan in the first place.
Did england turn around and invade or bomb the living bejezzers out of Ireland because some IRA were carrying out terrorist activities in London?
Pointblank
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Afghanistan would have been dealt with by the world community anyways; I attended a conference with the former deputy prime minister of Canada, John Manley, where he spoke on the topic of Afghanistan. In that conference, 9/11 just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back with the international community's patience with the Taliban. The Taliban did have some support initially because they brought stability, but that support faded as it became apparent that there were severe issues of treatment of women, ethnic cleansing in central parts of Afghanistan, and religious intolerance on part to that of the Holocaust. The world community said hold it, we have seen this before in the former Yugoslavia; we went in, and bombed the Serbs until they stopped and then we went in with ground forces to stop them permanently.
It was not just the fact that the Al-Qaeda's base of operations was in Afghanistan, it was that the Taliban openly supported and sheltered Al-Qaeda, while turning a blind eye to international criticism for their support. It was a different story during The Troubles in the UK; Ireland actively helped the British in stopping terrorist activity by the IRA.
its not china fight. china doesnt want to go to war, they prefer to solve the matter by dialogue then violence. china doesnt place there nose into other peoples business. afghanistan was in some view as a violence response due to 9/11, if 9/11 never happened then i doubt such attention and force would be present.
bladerunner
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I couldn't think of anything more abhorrent, Getting involved in Afghanistan just to curry favour with the US.
bladerunner
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bladerunner
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couldnt put it better myself