Word: retreatism
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...they have chosen to retreat and cede the city to the Northern Alliance, the strategic equation in Afghanistan will have changed overnight. Supply lines from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan would immediately be opened to ferry both military materiel and humanitarian assistance to northern Afghanistan, while the Taliban forces in the north and west would be endanger of being cut off. It would also potentially give the U.S. access to two major airfields inside Afghanistan, allowing it to base strike aircraft within ten minutes flying time of Taliban targets - U.S. fighters currently have to fly off carriers in the Arabian...
...would you read a Taliban retreat...
...They still hold Herat, which is a long way from Mazar, and they'd have to move down along the Turkmenistan border to get there. But the Taliban are in a strong position at Herat. So that's one possible retreat. The more obvious choices are Taloqan and Kunduz. But if they're there and the road from Kabul to Mazar is cut, the Taliban forces there face being cut off, because many of the local commanders between them and Kabul may be bought...
...artillery, members fan out in small groups to help reinforce their Afghan brothers, often taking the forward positions. By threat or persuasion, the 55th tries to instill its sense of fearlessness, and discipline, in the Afghan rank-and-file--and goes so far as to shoot those daring to retreat. Even among all the notorious players in Afghanistan, the brigade enjoys a particularly brutal reputation for butchering opposition forces. And if the U.S. enters a ground war, the 55th is sure to draw blood...
...example, novelist Caleb Carr (author of The Alienist) will produce a book on the history of terrorism for Random House. Others are banking on books that personalize the events, hoping that tales from firefighters or Afghan-Americans will have more long-term appeal. Still others are forecasting a retreat from “serious” subject matter and a surge in the popularity of entertainment and sports-themed books. “I think the events of Sept. 11 have created a new mood in America; people are yearning for decency, values and spirituality,” Rolf Zettersen...