Originally Posted by
satpak77
The need is not in question. However who is responding to ISR if military boots on ground are pulling out. Afghans ? Good luck with that. Unless the intel developed is not for immediate ground action but for "big picture" purposes. When do we turn over airspace to Afghan authorities, versus US control? How will ISR operate in that environment. Just wait until Karzai sends everyone associated to the US flag, home, packing. Military, contractors, etc. Everyone. Gringo go home.
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Having been involved with the prime contractor in the transition years ago in Angola of the private sector taking control of the oil and mining business security, if Afghanistan wants to keep itself from becoming a Chinese province, who ever is in charge will be smart to keep the contractors. Too much money is going to be made there in the mining business to indicate otherwise. Karzai is corrupt, but he is not stupid.