Comments on: Afghanistan War Issue Heats Up In U.S. and Europe

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:38:39 +0000

“the war reaches a fork in the road”

So, Dems, rushing stupidly to do everything so far this year, take it!

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:44 +0000

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By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:24:12 +0000

It would be nice to publicly know whom is selling the enemy weapons and providing support. During Vietnam, another insurgency war, we knew exactly whom it was that provided the enemy with support. We failed even with this information readily available. If we don’t even know where monetary and material support for the Taliban is coming from, how can we accurately gauge their ability to wage war? If we do not understand the enemies capability how can we produce an effective military opposition? I have not heard anything regarding the logistic resources of the Taliban.

If the Taliban is taking enough support from the indigenous Afghan public to defeat the coalition forces without significant outside resources, then there is a much bigger problem than is being told the American public.

More troops may do the trick but I seriously doubt that the numbers that are being talked about for increasing troop levels are anywhere close to what would be required. Afghanistan is simply TOO BIG!

Will it take a half million troops? A million? I don’t think anybody believes that the coalition countries will provide anywhere near a proportional number of troops for such a force. Moreover, there is simply no way we can afford such a massive endeavor and there still is no indication that it would work with any number of forces.

So how the hell does McCain get off arbitrarily calling for more troops without coming up with some sort of relevant data that supports his demand?

By: akorozco

akorozco — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:27 +0000

Afghanistan's shaping up to be Obama's biggest foreign-policy challenge... It looks like no one's going to be totally happy with any course of action http://www.newsy.com/videos/finding_the_right_p...

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 +0000

The deal was the Brits help BigOil sieze Iraq and in exchange we help them sieze the India Af-Pak region [again]. It was like two bullies agreeing to sack the little kids and splitting their lunch money between them.

Deal's over. The Downing Street Memo and Cheney's regime is at an end. Get the hell ouf of Af-Pak Obama before you make it an indelible smudge on your administration too.