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2008-10-18 Afghanistan

Petraeus strategy review to focus on reconciliation with moderate Taliban, economic initiatives

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Nevertheless, some experts questioned whether Petraeus will have the authority to carry out such a sweeping strategy.

Easily answered. He most definately will not under an Obama administration. I suspect he'll be summarilly retired and will certainly risk being tied to legal actions associated with the liberals/socialists attempts at charging "W" with war crimes.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-18 05:26|| 2008-10-18 05:26|| Front Page Top

#2 "These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. "
George W. Bush, September 11th 2001

Let's not mince words, this would be a western surrender.

The reason for the presence of the US and NATO in Afghanistan is 9/11. The central
mission is retribution. It is the restoration of western deterrence, by eliminating the Taliban, whether the Afghans like it or not.
It's a surgical operation in the sense that the only the Taliban are direct targets, not the Afghan nation or people.
The goal however is the destruction of, not reconciliation with the Taliban.

If the Taliban survive with the blessing of the US government, then it has been established that a mass fatality attack on the continental US is not a suicidal mistake.

George ~~Hussein~~ Bush would be well advised to at least kick this can down the road.

Barack Hussein Obama will surrender in Afghanistan by reconciling with the Taliban and inviting them to participate in an islamofascist unity government. But this collapse of the war effort and the consequences thereof would be fully owned by B. Hussein Obama and the Democrats.

BTW, I don't fault Petraeus here, this is a political matter. It's within the responsibilty of the civilian political leadership, not the military's.

Posted by Captain Glusose5932 2008-10-18 21:00|| 2008-10-18 21:00|| Front Page Top

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