Comments on: Hearts and minds – 75% of Afghans fear US troops. Total failure. https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:17:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28936 bowser Fri, 20 Dec 2013 02:08:41 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28936 Yeah, I overreacted. Sorry. Yeah, I overreacted. Sorry.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28928 RobVG Thu, 19 Dec 2013 03:34:29 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28928 That survey was huge. It's telling how hard it was to find that little tidbit. I'm nervous around anyone with a gun except for state and local police. I spent a week in Puerto Vallarta and never got used to seeing Toyota pickups with four Mexican cops in the back with full auto AR-15's. Creeped me out. A person would have to be an idiot not to be afraid around our troops. They're bullet and bomb magnets. That survey was huge. It’s telling how hard it was to find that little tidbit.

I’m nervous around anyone with a gun except for state and local police.

I spent a week in Puerto Vallarta and never got used to seeing Toyota pickups with four Mexican cops in the back with full auto AR-15′s. Creeped me out.

A person would have to be an idiot not to be afraid around our troops. They’re bullet and bomb magnets.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28926 TB Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:54:42 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28926 Just helping Rob with the text search. Just helping Rob with the text search.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28912 bowser Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:47:43 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28912 77% fear "international forces". Don't be a twit. 77% fear “international forces”. Don’t be a twit.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28911 TB Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:20:32 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28911 <p>The paper never used the term "U.S. troops."</p> It was "international forces." Page 6 of the summary under "security." Details on page 30 under "crime and violence." Also it was 77 percent, not 75. But you can see that it wasn't exactly the main focus of the survey. The paper never used the term “U.S. troops.”

It was “international forces.” Page 6 of the summary under “security.” Details on page 30 under “crime and violence.” Also it was 77 percent, not 75.

But you can see that it wasn’t exactly the main focus of the survey.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28897 RobVG Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:00:06 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28897 Skimmed the charts, searched for "troops"- "forces" etc. as well as "75%". Skimmed the charts, searched for “troops”- “forces” etc. as well as “75%”.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/15/hearts-and-minds-75-of-afghans-fear-us-troops-total-failure/#comment-28879 TB Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:29:43 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41367#comment-28879 <p>The entire survey:</p> <a href="http://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/2013AfghanSurvey.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> You can get most of the information from the Executive Summary, but the graphics in the full survey are informative. Not only would this survey look a lot different under the original Taliban regime, which would still be in place without the U.S., but the survey would not even have been permitted. It's also worth remembering that the ANA and ANP, which (according to this survey) enjoy a lot of confidence from the Afghan people, were painstakingly constructed and trained by the U.S. and other international forces over the past decade. That MSNBC picked that single statistic to make their headline says more about MSNBC than the survey. The entire survey:

Here.

You can get most of the information from the Executive Summary, but the graphics in the full survey are informative.

Not only would this survey look a lot different under the original Taliban regime, which would still be in place without the U.S., but the survey would not even have been permitted.

It’s also worth remembering that the ANA and ANP, which (according to this survey) enjoy a lot of confidence from the Afghan people, were painstakingly constructed and trained by the U.S. and other international forces over the past decade.

That MSNBC picked that single statistic to make their headline says more about MSNBC than the survey.

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