http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:12:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-219972 Jones V. McChrystal: Obama Security Adviser Downplays Insurgency Fears – Uniqs.info | Headline News Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:04:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-219972 [...] The futility of American deaths in Afghanistan [...] [...] The futility of American deaths in Afghanistan [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-216168 Good Saturday Read « Get Afghanistan Right Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:07:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-216168 [...] The Futility of American Deaths in Afghanistan. [...] [...] The Futility of American Deaths in Afghanistan. [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215989 PoliGazette » Liberals’ new obsession: Afghanistan Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:24:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215989 [...] soldiers are dying in vain in Afghanistan. Or so Brij Kindiharia writes for The Moderate Voice: In Afghanistan, the US is heading towards futility if not defeat mainly because [...] [...] soldiers are dying in vain in Afghanistan. Or so Brij Kindiharia writes for The Moderate Voice: In Afghanistan, the US is heading towards futility if not defeat mainly because [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215980 Americaneocon Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:06:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215980 Nothing succeeds like success. The goal is the "flip the Taliban," and as top warlards see where the balance of power lies, they'll switch to the other side. For you to argue that America has not national interests in Afghanistanity is stupity, if not anti-Americanism. Nothing succeeds like success. The goal is the “flip the Taliban,” and as top warlards see where the balance of power lies, they'll switch to the other side. For you to argue that America has not national interests in Afghanistanity is stupity, if not anti-Americanism.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215946 GreenDreams Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:50:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215946 Compared to the cost of war, the cost or impact of opium seems small. We could easily buy the total output of opium from the farmers, and probably should. It would cut off funding to drug lords and war lords and make the farmers reliant on us instead. Perhaps next year they could grow something else for us, or for themselves. Compared to the cost of war, the cost or impact of opium seems small. We could easily buy the total output of opium from the farmers, and probably should. It would cut off funding to drug lords and war lords and make the farmers reliant on us instead. Perhaps next year they could grow something else for us, or for themselves.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215917 DaMav Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:34:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215917 I may or may not agree with where you are headed on this, but your observations in pointing out the multiple dimensions of the conflict are insightful and well presented. I wish you had addressed where opium fits into all this and hope you will elaborate on that in future articles. I may or may not agree with where you are headed on this, but your observations in pointing out the multiple dimensions of the conflict are insightful and well presented. I wish you had addressed where opium fits into all this and hope you will elaborate on that in future articles.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215915 The futility of American deaths in Afghanistan Match Web Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:16:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215915 [...] Original post: The futility of American deaths in Afghanistan [...] [...] Original post: The futility of American deaths in Afghanistan [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/46837/the-futility-of-american-deaths-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-215901 Ron Beasley Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:11:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=46837#comment-215901 Excellent Post - Thank you for your valuable insight. Excellent Post – Thank you for your valuable insight.

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