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2011-03-02 Afghanistan

The Tony Soprano solution for Afghanistan and the 2012 national election.

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Posted by Besoeker 2011-03-02 02:35|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 How can we keep the moderate Taliban away from the Pakistani ISI?

The hardline faction of the Taliban led by Mullah Omar is controlled by the ISI and will not hold talks without ISI say so but the average Taliban is fed up with the war and wants talks.

Posted by Paul 2011-03-02 08:13|| 2011-03-02 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds more like weapon allowance given to the enemy.

Posted by Snetch B. Hayes3906 2011-03-02 09:10|| 2011-03-02 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 It sounds a bit like being a prison guard who's also smuggling stuff in for the inmates. You try giving it to the "good" inmates and/or they paying inmates, but it all ends up in circulation throughout the general prison population...

Posted by American Delight 2011-03-02 09:29|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2011-03-02 09:29|| Front Page Top

#4 This is not about 'good Taliban' or 'bad Taliban." This is about an illusion of progress which will allow a withdrawl of troops to be initiated whilst making a long-standing campaign promise reality. Blazing wars don't make very good campaign material. Obama must get out of this mess and fast or his political career will be quite short lived. Getting out of Afghanistan sooner rather than later will also enable the administration to dismantle the military and turn guns into ~~butter~~ free cheese. The really, really sad reality is a lot of these poor buggers will be systematically slaughtered as the US withdraws. History has a sad way of repeating itself.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-03-02 09:43|| 2011-03-02 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Methinks his political career is toast already.

Any thoughts that getting out of Afghanistan will save the 2012 election is just delusional.

With the foreclosures, unemployment, morbund economy, leftist silliness and DOJ coo coo nuts ideas, I think everyone that has not guzzled the koolaide thinks this guy is done.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-03-02 10:19|| 2011-03-02 10:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I think everyone that has not guzzled the koolaide thinks this guy is done.
Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-03-02 10:19

The "hope and change" I can believe in!

Posted by JohnQC 2011-03-02 10:30|| 2011-03-02 10:30|| Front Page Top

#7 To quote Han Solo Don't get cocky kid

Back in 1996 they were saying the same things about blow-job Billy.

Posted by Alan Cramer 2011-03-02 14:29|| 2011-03-02 14:29|| Front Page Top

#8 So long as we get out of that hell hole, I don't care who we pay off. And I agree with Bill that it won't have a big effect either way on the '12 election.

Posted by remoteman 2011-03-02 16:41|| 2011-03-02 16:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, but BJ Billy pushed Welfare Reform and a bunch of other Republican ideas as his own, and was successful in signing those slightly relabeled bills as his own. Zero has not shown the same ability to triangulate.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-03-02 19:32|| 2011-03-02 19:32|| Front Page Top

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