Comments on: Pentagon: Taliban a resilient force in Afghanistan

By: Stormwarning

Stormwarning — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:16:04 +0000

Well, to me, being a reformed Democrat and Liberal (I actually worked on Allard Lowenstein’s first run for the House), calling me a “librul” is a slap in the face. Beyond that, I find way too many people who know nothing about the facts who simply and blindly “follow the leader” without recognizing that Afghanistan was, and still is, a job unfinished. Whether it was “bad” Intel, or simply, Intel at the moment, that was then analyzed and interpreted to fit an agenda, is anyone’s guess. But the reality is that we cannot leave Iraq now, and certainly cannot leave it the way it is, and still have unfinished business in Afghanistan. Complicating the picture is Pakistan, and Somalia, and Algeria and a few other hotspots. That’s why, regardless of what you or anyone thinks of McCain, America cannont afford to have Obama win (even Hillary would have been better).

I’ll vote for you for President if I can be in your Cabinet (and I don’t mean the liquor cabinet – although I guess that depends on what you’ve got in there).

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:16:05 +0000

Stormwarning, I got called a hell of a lot more than LIBERAL…

I have long felt that Iraq was a diversion, always have and always will, I know what info was given pre-Iraq and not all of it was bad Intel, the BAD Intel was the stuff Bush didn’t want to hear..

By: Stormwarning

Stormwarning — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:19:02 +0000

Fred, I find your perspective on this interesting because when I’ve expressed the very same point of view (and one that was originally raised by Dr. Jeffrey Record in a paper titled “Bounding the Global War on Terrorism” written at the Army War College in Carlisle Pa.) that Afghanistan was an incomplete war and that Iraq was a diversion of resources.

Of course, I was branded a “liberal” for expressing those views.

But then, the communications from the White House erred by blending the GWOT with the War in Iraq.

By: Basti

Basti — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:04:59 +0000

The Brits and the Russkies both found that Afghanistan isn’t worth the blood of their troops. Had it been up to me I;d have never put BOTG in either Afghanistan or Iraq. I’d have bombed and missiled both of these pest-holes until there wasn’t one brick standing on another brick. I’d also have paid no attention to ‘collateral damage’. Remember nits make lice so kill’m young before they can become a problem.

By: krauss

krauss — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:35:23 +0000

the problem really is the electorate, Bush and Obama, and McCain are just symptoms of the sheer idiocy of the public at large. do any of these candidates, or any of the last several presidents deserve that office, the best and the brightest the US has to offer as “leaders”? nope.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:34:05 +0000

Yes they were, and WE were supplying the Afghans with everything they needed to kick their asses…

Maybe a little *turn about is fair play* at work, you suppose??

It happened in Vietnam, the Soviets and China kept the NVA and VC well supplied…

By: BobF

BobF — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:28:31 +0000

One thing you don’t want to loose sight about in Afghanistan is that the Soviets got their butts kicked there as they are formidable guerilla fighters.