The United States special forces in Pakistan are currently training the Pakistani government army in order to root out and capture Al Qaeda and Taliban throughout the region. While this method of training another army in order to spread a common goal is similar to Che, the reasoning behind it is totally different. However, it is true that this is the same exact tactics that Che Guevara had used in Bolivia in order to spark revolutions throughout Latin America.
The United States government has many special force task troops in various pockets of the world. Their job: To train other armies or guerrilla factions to accomplish a task that benefits America. This is a common trend in history, however I do not condemn this act of foreign influence. America's tactic with training the Pakistani Army is more effective and politically sound than sending in American troops to deal with the problems of terrorism. However, the US Government must make sure that the armies that they are training are indeed just and morally righteous otherwise its efforts will only lead to a bloodbath of civilian lives.
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Indeed. The point that you made about how we have to also train these army in our ideals is important, if not more important that basic army training. Say for instance that we don't do such a good job at this, then the some soldiers that we trained do something like slaughter civilians, they will say that they were trained by the US and they will put all the blame towards us, which would be...not to good, considering the predicament we are in now...
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