Comments on: A Bleak Future or Sacrifice Today

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:48 +0000

The British failed, the Russians failed and we’ll fail. Ever try to put a whirlpool into a shoebox? It can’t be done.

By: David Anderson

David Anderson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:51:12 +0000

You have to distinguish between the tribal leaders who allied with them at one point and the Taliban. They are very different. The current government is not the primary factor in determining victory. It is cooperating with us. Enough that we are far along in training and equiping over 300K police and troops. That is far more than defeated the Taliban in 2001. It will take another year or two to put it all together so let’s quit. Let’s whine about how it is not perfect. Well it is a whole lot better than any government their in the last 500 years, my friend.

I updated the post with Bin Laden’s own words and have another post which shows that we helped create this mess so in mho we need to adult up and solve it.

By: Mike Protack

Mike Protack — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:37:26 +0000

I have said many times, the effort in Afghanistan is doomed with the current leadership here in the US and there.

Here at home I make the prediction that the KSM trial will be the sideshow the Obama people want to obscure the failures of the half way measures obama will propose. The open trial will give the Obama people the standing to dredge up the past, prosecute Cheney and others while doing nothing to stabilize the Afghan effort. That is the reasons behind the KSM civilian trial. It will give Obama cover for his Drone attacks which are assassinations.
There in Afghanistan I do not favor more troops, I want Al Qaeda contained but I do not share any concern for the nation of Afghanistan where we are indirectly paying Taliban to guarantee cargo movements on the ground.

Mike Protack