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2009-05-06 Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-06 04:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 failed to project his authority beyond the gates of Kabul.

Wow, these people have never cracked a history book before, have they?

Posted by gromky 2009-05-06 04:19|| 2009-05-06 04:19|| Front Page Top

#2 "Those people"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-05-06 04:48|| 2009-05-06 04:48|| Front Page Top

#3 "Hamid Karzai has plateaued as a leader."
Takes one to know one, I guess.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-05-06 08:05|| 2009-05-06 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "Hamid Karzai has plateaued as a leader."

'Leading' the Afghans is a lot like herding cats. Feral cats.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-06 13:26|| 2009-05-06 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I have a huge problem with the phrase Afghan Ally, it just plain stinks of "Hopenchangium".

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-05-06 14:10|| 2009-05-06 14:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Just another example of how our boy-president is nowhere near ready to actually GOVERN. He couldn't handle Andorra, much less the United States.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-05-06 15:43|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-05-06 15:43|| Front Page Top

#7 OP,
Zero may not have any Executive/Administrative skills but he is doing an amazing job of getting his basic social policies enacted into law. We underestimate at our peril.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-06 16:10|| 2009-05-06 16:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Afghanistan is looking more and more like a lost cause. If nukes fly in that part of the world, it might not matter afterwards.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-05-06 16:47|| 2009-05-06 16:47|| Front Page Top

#9 OTOH, PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > POSTER Thread - OSAMA BIN LADEN TO ANNOUNCE NEW ISLAMIC EMIRATE IN PAKISTANI NWFP!?

* Also from PDF > FORMER US AMBASSADOR BLACKWELL [RAND Corp]: PAKISTAN THREAT [Fall of Govt; Nukulaar MilTerrs] WORST US FOREIGN POLICY CRISIS SINCE THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS/PAKISTAN'S ELITES DO NOT HAVE THE WILL TO RESIST SPREADING ISLAMISM.
US-World on the threshold of possible NUCLEAR CRISIS + ultimat [MILTERR-LED] NUCLEAR WAR???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-05-06 23:18|| 2009-05-06 23:18|| Front Page Top

#10 * SAME >PAKISTANI GENERAL ASLAM BAIG: AMERICANS KILLED BENAZIR BHUTTO, ZIA UL-HAQ, LIAQAT, + many Others.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-05-06 23:20|| 2009-05-06 23:20|| Front Page Top

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