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Kerry wary of sending more US troops to Afghanistan | ||||
2009-10-15 | ||||
WASHINGTON: US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry on Tuesday said he was "very wary" of sending more American troops to the region. Kerry said neither of the two extremes -- a nationwide counterinsurgency and nation-building effort in Afghanistan nor "walking away from the place" -- were do-able.
"I may decide that there is a do-able strategy that achieves the goals I set out, that requires some additional troops," Kerry told Reuters in an interview.
Kerry says the lessons of that war suggest that more troops should not be sent to Afghanistan without a clear exit plan. He said the US could not afford and its people would not accept a full nation-building effort in Afghanistan.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#1 "The key in Afghanistan is we have got to figure out what is achievable, measured against the legitimate interests of the United States, primary among which is Al Qaeda," he said. No, you twatwaffle- you figure out the objectives, and then apply whatever assets are necessary to achieve them. This is the logic of war. "I am very wary of it because of past experience..." Your 'past experience' taught you less than nothing, although it was valuable- the American people learned enough enough from your 'past experience' to soundly reject you for president. "In Afghanistan itself we have to resolve the question of whether the Taliban are per se a threat to us." Michael J. Totten has some pertinent thoughts on that subject. And he is a hell of a lot more trustworthy than you or your magic hat. |
Posted by: Free Radical 2009-10-15 11:12 |