[lbo-talk] Friedman: The Strategic Debate Over Afghanistan

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon May 11 21:56:14 PDT 2009


On Mon, 11 May 2009, SA wrote:


>> We bribed them from the beginning. But before this point they took the
>> bucks and then shot at us anyway.
>
> I'd never heard that before. Where'd you get that?

Really? You never heard about people joining the Iraqi guard by day and being part of the insurgency by night? It was notorious in the early years. Plus it was why they knew could get around every security precaution.

Michael



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