Comments on: Afghan war options: Beating al-Qaida key yardstick http://texasfred.net/archives/5042 No Holds Barred: News Opinion Commentary Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Silver Fox http://texasfred.net/archives/5042/comment-page-1#comment-20786 Silver Fox Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:01:23 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5042#comment-20786 You make some good points in this post Fred. Retreat, as I see it in Afghanistan is not an option we should ever consider. I see many on the left as starting to point to Afghanistan as our new Vietnam and frankly I fail to see few things in common. In Vietnam vast quanities of supplys were coming into the war arena via communist China and the factorys in North Vietnam, most of which were off limits to our bombing strikes---nothing approaching that level exit in Afghanistan. The terrain is totally different---the jungle foilage in Nam could hide vast armies while the terrain in Afghanistan cannot. A problem does exist with supplies coming in from Pakistan and Iran and those borders must be better protected. General McChrystal should be given a free hand to deal with the Taliban, but I just don't see Obugger doing that at this time. You make some good points in this post Fred. Retreat, as I see it in Afghanistan is not an option we should ever consider. I see many on the left as starting to point to Afghanistan as our new Vietnam and frankly I fail to see few things in common. In Vietnam vast quanities of supplys were coming into the war arena via communist China and the factorys in North Vietnam, most of which were off limits to our bombing strikes—nothing approaching that level exit in Afghanistan. The terrain is totally different—the jungle foilage in Nam could hide vast armies while the terrain in Afghanistan cannot. A problem does exist with supplies coming in from Pakistan and Iran and those borders must be better protected. General McChrystal should be given a free hand to deal with the Taliban, but I just don’t see Obugger doing that at this time.

]]> By: Right Truth http://texasfred.net/archives/5042/comment-page-1#comment-20772 Right Truth Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:00:34 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5042#comment-20772 Everything Obama says is open to "change". We cannot take the man at his word, it is worthless. Everything Obama says is open to “change”. We cannot take the man at his word, it is worthless.

]]> By: ablur http://texasfred.net/archives/5042/comment-page-1#comment-20771 ablur Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:06:06 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5042#comment-20771 The problem lies in the weak nations that are all around <a href="http://graphics.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/images/persian_gulf_locator.gif" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan</a>. As long as there are plenty of weak havens for the terrorists they will continue to exist and torment us. These refuges will always give them a place to declare victory from us. We are dealing with an enemy that plays by NO rules. We on the other hand are constantly boxed in by rules and arbitrary lines. We need to go back to the "with us or against us" attitude and deal with these devils. Tell the surrounding nations to provide adequate force to stop attacks from staging out of their nation or we will. Hot pursuit actions should not have a line in the sand. Most importantly is stop all the political PC posturing and get the job done. Victory is an important word here BO. This isn't a golf game where we are to be handicapped. Use what it takes to win and do it now! The problem lies in the weak nations that are all around Afghanistan.

As long as there are plenty of weak havens for the terrorists they will continue to exist and torment us. These refuges will always give them a place to declare victory from us.

We are dealing with an enemy that plays by NO rules. We on the other hand are constantly boxed in by rules and arbitrary lines. We need to go back to the “with us or against us” attitude and deal with these devils. Tell the surrounding nations to provide adequate force to stop attacks from staging out of their nation or we will. Hot pursuit actions should not have a line in the sand.

Most importantly is stop all the political PC posturing and get the job done. Victory is an important word here BO. This isn’t a golf game where we are to be handicapped. Use what it takes to win and do it now!

]]> By: HoosierArmyMom http://texasfred.net/archives/5042/comment-page-1#comment-20770 HoosierArmyMom Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:41:37 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5042#comment-20770 I soooo agree with you on this one. We have a Catch-22. For the most part Islamists worship their "slave status" and have no appreciation for any kind of free society. You can't tell me that opportunities to get Bin Laden and Co. have not come and gone many times in the past. This is the rawest of deals for our fine troops in my opinion. Obama has already shown he has no Skills or Knowledge to be POTUS. Any decision he makes will be lame. I soooo agree with you on this one. We have a Catch-22. For the most part Islamists worship their “slave status” and have no appreciation for any kind of free society. You can’t tell me that opportunities to get Bin Laden and Co. have not come and gone many times in the past. This is the rawest of deals for our fine troops in my opinion. Obama has already shown he has no Skills or Knowledge to be POTUS. Any decision he makes will be lame.

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