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2009-07-20 Afghanistan

Americans won't back long Afghan war: Gates

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Why should people "back" a long war with no tangible benefits (the chance of Afghanistan, or any other Muslim country, becoming a democracy [or a non-enemy of the West] are slightly less than zilch)?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-20 03:52|| 2009-07-20 03:52|| Front Page Top

#2 No worries! Barry has absolutely no plan for the "long fight." His 2012 run will be based upon his pull-out.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-07-20 07:26|| 2009-07-20 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 How many of the American people really remember we have troops in Bosnia? Or is it Kosovo?

Germany since 1944, Japan since 1945, and Korea since 1950 - the war never ended there, ya know.

But the press doesn't fret about those troops.

Are they the Fourth Estate or the Fifth Column? I forget.

Posted by Bobby 2009-07-20 07:34|| 2009-07-20 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 That's because the ruling class and media want you to forget this as soon as possible. It's well down the memory hole now.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-20 09:34|| 2009-07-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The One laying more groundwork for his ~~cowardly~~ actions through his puppet, our supposed "Defense" Secretary. I don't see anyone complaining about the Iraq victory. I do see a bunch of folks holding their breath and hoping that AQ ends up having a big resurgence so they'll have something to point at and call failure, though.

Posted by gorb 2009-07-20 10:11|| 2009-07-20 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Realpolitik suggests there is little reason to stay: no oil - let's go. Methinks the Mexican Army should arrive there for the long term to protect the opium production...that would give them a nice Rockefeller-style vertical monopoly...Los Zetas could put Al Queda in its place muy pronto!

Posted by borgboy 2009-07-20 14:14|| 2009-07-20 14:14|| Front Page Top

#7 BO, most likely, will be voted out in 2012, unless ACORN begins ramping up its activity by resurrecting the dead and registering people under aliases and donks in Congress give it a pass as they are wont to do.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-07-20 15:44|| 2009-07-20 15:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I think Gates is right. Cripes, I think we should leave Afghanistan tomorrow. It is a hell-hole and is about 1,000 years behind Iraq culturally. There is no way it is going to develop into anything approaching a modern democratic country in my lifetime. Why spend money and lives trying to convert this tribal cesspool into anything. If terror comes from there, turn the place into an ashtray.

Posted by remoteman 2009-07-20 22:47|| 2009-07-20 22:47|| Front Page Top

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