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2006-09-11 Britain
British officer resigns over 'clumsy' Afghan war
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Posted by Fred 2006-09-11 00:19|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I am sure your fellow officers are glad to see you go, but the BBC will hire you as an 'expert' I am sure. You didn't like killing the Taliban and there supporters too bad now FOAD.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-09-11 01:15|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]  2006-09-11 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Their damn it not there. Hehehe I never proof read; it's my downfall.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-09-11 01:16|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]  2006-09-11 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess the good captain was never taught the old "No plan survives contact with the enemy" thingy. Notice also the offhand slander against the U.S. So long, cap. Don't let the door hit you in the ass...
Posted by PBMcL 2006-09-11 01:21||   2006-09-11 01:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Goddamned American Cowboys. He has a plan and a better way. Soft power. This mantra has become a Western, if not global, meme. I note that its failures, such as the clusterfuck in southern Iraq, never get full coverage / equal billing. I'm glad this dink is quitting.
Posted by .com 2006-09-11 03:18||   2006-09-11 03:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Because, as we all know, Americans are just grotesquely clumsy.

There, can I go home now?
Posted by gorb 2006-09-11 03:29||   2006-09-11 03:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I refuse to answer on the grounds that the Sink Trap is dirty and scummy cuz of some of the previous occupants. And cuz I've turned over a New Leaf™ thingy.
Posted by .com 2006-09-11 03:35||   2006-09-11 03:35|| Front Page Top

#7 And cuz I've turned over a New Leaf™ thingy.

Yeah, right. And monkeys shooting bottle rockets are gonna fly outta my butt, too.
Posted by Zenster 2006-09-11 06:28||   2006-09-11 06:28|| Front Page Top

#8 And cuz I've turned over a New Leaf™ thingy.
I certainly hope not.
Posted by SR-71 2006-09-11 07:07||   2006-09-11 07:07|| Front Page Top

#9 "All those people whose homes have been destroyed and sons killed are going to turn against the British," he said.

What's the threat from a buncha homeless women?
Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford  2006-09-11 07:23|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-09-11 07:23|| Front Page Top

#10 "All those people whose homes have been destroyed and sons killed are going to turn against the British," he said.

Very well then oh wise and learned counterinsurgent expert. Then would you say Captain, they were your allies before you arrived?
Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-11 07:23||   2006-09-11 07:23|| Front Page Top

#11 And cuz I've turned over a New Leaf™ thingy.

Yeah, right. And monkeys shooting bottle rockets are gonna fly outta my butt, too.

Well there has been an absense of the brazen graphic adornments. But then we now have the etherial Page One Girls of the Defender-Scimitar.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-11 07:43||   2006-09-11 07:43|| Front Page Top

#12 All those people whose homes have been destroyed and sons killed are going to turn against the British," he said.

Unlike the last time we Brits had troops in the Hindu Kush.
Posted by lotp 2006-09-11 07:47||   2006-09-11 07:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Lotp, ever read any M.M. Kaye? She says a lot about India and the region in her writings. Splendid female author, my personal fav.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-11 07:55||   2006-09-11 07:55|| Front Page Top

#14 No, I haven't -- thanks for the ref!
Posted by lotp 2006-09-11 08:08||   2006-09-11 08:08|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, wait -- she wrote Far Pavilions, right? Yes, I read that - wonderful book.
Posted by lotp 2006-09-11 08:12||   2006-09-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#16 Indeed it was.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-11 08:42||   2006-09-11 08:42|| Front Page Top

#17 Just added it to my Amazon shopping cart. Thanks guys.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-09-11 09:51||   2006-09-11 09:51|| Front Page Top

#18 Don't let the door hit ya, Chauncy.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-09-11 10:11||   2006-09-11 10:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Captain Clumsy needs to read David Warren:

This single fact strikes me as the key to allied victory. It is to make the price of “going Western” very low, and the price of “going Taliban” very high, and let the hearts and minds sort themselves through the bargain.
Posted by john">john  2006-09-11 10:11||   2006-09-11 10:11|| Front Page Top

#20 A staff officer, enough said.
Posted by gromgoru 2006-09-11 10:19||   2006-09-11 10:19|| Front Page Top

#21 Cya, you damn REMF.

Make damn sure than ANY terrorists are killed quickly and without allies casulaties and you will find that the rest have a sudden intrest in harvesting their crops or something besides fucking with your forces.

Dipwad.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2006-09-11 11:21||   2006-09-11 11:21|| Front Page Top

#22 Helmands didn't bring out the best.
Posted by 6 2006-09-11 13:14||   2006-09-11 13:14|| Front Page Top

#23 Good thing he's not an American, the Donks would make him man of the year!!
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-09-11 16:55||   2006-09-11 16:55|| Front Page Top

#24 The Donks would nominate him for president.
Posted by SR-71 2006-09-11 17:29||   2006-09-11 17:29|| Front Page Top

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