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	<title>Comments on: Jim Jones to US commanders in Afghanistan: WTF?</title>
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		<title>By: Decision Time Afghanistan &#8211; How Much Of It Is About Politics? &#124; QandO</title>
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		<dc:creator>Decision Time Afghanistan &#8211; How Much Of It Is About Politics? &#124; QandO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] that requests for more troops would not be a welcome event. Speaking to Marine commanders there he was quite clear:  Now suppose you&#8217;re the president, Jones told them, and the requests come into the White House [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] that requests for more troops would not be a welcome event. Speaking to Marine commanders there he was quite clear:  Now suppose you&#8217;re the president, Jones told them, and the requests come into the White House [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gates: Never mind that WTF moment</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gates: Never mind that WTF moment</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Two weeks ago, National Security Adviser Jim Jones flew to Afghanistan to inform American commanders not to bother to request more troops for the Af-Pak theater.  The Washington Post referred to it as a &#8220;Whiskey Tango Foxtrot&#8221; moment, as stunned commanders attempted to process the inflexibility this represented.  However, Defense Secretary Robert Gates quietly reversed Jones this week in a little-noticed statement about potential troop increases in the theater: The Pentagon&#8217;s chief said Thursday he could send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan this year than he&#8217;d initially expected and is considering increasing the number of soldiers in the Army. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Two weeks ago, National Security Adviser Jim Jones flew to Afghanistan to inform American commanders not to bother to request more troops for the Af-Pak theater.  The Washington Post referred to it as a &#8220;Whiskey Tango Foxtrot&#8221; moment, as stunned commanders attempted to process the inflexibility this represented.  However, Defense Secretary Robert Gates quietly reversed Jones this week in a little-noticed statement about potential troop increases in the theater: The Pentagon&#8217;s chief said Thursday he could send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan this year than he&#8217;d initially expected and is considering increasing the number of soldiers in the Army. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: davod</title>
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		<dc:creator>davod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;If all you said is the documented truth…

…it’s time Mel Gibson make the movie.&quot;

Don&#039;t expect the truth from Mel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If all you said is the documented truth…</p>
<p>…it’s time Mel Gibson make the movie.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t expect the truth from Mel.</p>
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		<title>By: ex-Democrat</title>
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		<dc:creator>ex-Democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The troops need to come HOME.

Bring ALL of the troops home from abroad. We&#039;re turning into the world&#039;s policeman alright; yeah, for the world bankers and globalists.

Bring &#039;em home.

Shut the borders.

Re-legalize the Constitution.

Buy one-way tickets for all anti-Americans to their favorite OTHER country and revoke their citizenships permanently.

Then start the criminal trials of the Federal Reserve Board, Wall Street, U.S. Congress, and the White House.

And finally: produce all of Soetoro/&quot;Obama&quot; records and fly his arse out on a military transport to whichever country this illegal alien resides from (Kenya or Indonesia).

Let&#039;s roll.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The troops need to come HOME.</p>
<p>Bring ALL of the troops home from abroad. We&#8217;re turning into the world&#8217;s policeman alright; yeah, for the world bankers and globalists.</p>
<p>Bring &#8216;em home.</p>
<p>Shut the borders.</p>
<p>Re-legalize the Constitution.</p>
<p>Buy one-way tickets for all anti-Americans to their favorite OTHER country and revoke their citizenships permanently.</p>
<p>Then start the criminal trials of the Federal Reserve Board, Wall Street, U.S. Congress, and the White House.</p>
<p>And finally: produce all of Soetoro/&#8221;Obama&#8221; records and fly his arse out on a military transport to whichever country this illegal alien resides from (Kenya or Indonesia).</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s roll.</p>
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		<title>By: chupa</title>
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		<dc:creator>chupa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The idea of modernizing Afghanistan is ridiculous.  Anyone who has been out here quickly realizes that.  Afghanistan makes Iraq look like freaking New York.  There is basically nothing out here but mudhuts, walls, muddy rutted roads, and a bunch of uneducated people with no means of bettering themselves.  The country has almost zero resources, terrible weather year round, completely inhospitable terrain, and evil evil neighbors on all sides.

Even freaking Kabul is mostly dirt roads.  The &#039;1&#039; modern highway looks like a state road in North Dakota that got abandoned about 25 years ago.

You pretty much have to go to Chad or Somalia to find a place worse than this...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of modernizing Afghanistan is ridiculous.  Anyone who has been out here quickly realizes that.  Afghanistan makes Iraq look like freaking New York.  There is basically nothing out here but mudhuts, walls, muddy rutted roads, and a bunch of uneducated people with no means of bettering themselves.  The country has almost zero resources, terrible weather year round, completely inhospitable terrain, and evil evil neighbors on all sides.</p>
<p>Even freaking Kabul is mostly dirt roads.  The &#8216;1&#8242; modern highway looks like a state road in North Dakota that got abandoned about 25 years ago.</p>
<p>You pretty much have to go to Chad or Somalia to find a place worse than this&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Griz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Griz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You gotta admit... it&#039;s his war to lose. His economy to fail. His white house to turn black. His tennis court to turn into a basketball court. His wife to be a wimp for. His corruption to hide. His failures to deny. His media to own. His big blue airplane to take to dinner. His congress to run things. His stink to cover. His ignorance to persuade. His country to destroy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You gotta admit&#8230; it&#8217;s his war to lose. His economy to fail. His white house to turn black. His tennis court to turn into a basketball court. His wife to be a wimp for. His corruption to hide. His failures to deny. His media to own. His big blue airplane to take to dinner. His congress to run things. His stink to cover. His ignorance to persuade. His country to destroy.</p>
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		<title>By: Sherman1864</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sherman1864</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;This WTF moment is FUBAR. But then again, so was Grande Dame Boxer`s despicable treatment of Brigadier General Michael Walsh. Reminds me of Nicholson`s character demanding he be shown the proper respect in A Few Good Men--except he got a tough rebuke from the judge. These illiberals are a lot of people who really can`t handle the truth and are just punk poor pitiful and in power. Nope, a big itch that is very very hard, if not impossible now, to scratch. I know we have the best military and troops in the world (and we are protecting that less than thankful world), but they must increasingly be wondering exactly what they are protecting, and with good reason. More reason than some messenger boy jerk spouting off what his Oboss is telling him to spout.Tea Parties . . . . these events and the increasing spread of anti-Obama sentiment thru such blogs as these point to some real food for thought. I think some Revolutionary new treatments may be in order. Obummer swats flies without fear! My goodness, what bravery in the face of the enemy! Obummer had himself a good old civil war moment, in my view. What else would you call swatting your brethren down like that? I bet that fly was really shocked to get terminated by a member of his own crew, man!&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This WTF moment is FUBAR. But then again, so was Grande Dame Boxer`s despicable treatment of Brigadier General Michael Walsh. Reminds me of Nicholson`s character demanding he be shown the proper respect in A Few Good Men&#8211;except he got a tough rebuke from the judge. These illiberals are a lot of people who really can`t handle the truth and are just punk poor pitiful and in power. Nope, a big itch that is very very hard, if not impossible now, to scratch. I know we have the best military and troops in the world (and we are protecting that less than thankful world), but they must increasingly be wondering exactly what they are protecting, and with good reason. More reason than some messenger boy jerk spouting off what his Oboss is telling him to spout.Tea Parties . . . . these events and the increasing spread of anti-Obama sentiment thru such blogs as these point to some real food for thought. I think some Revolutionary new treatments may be in order. Obummer swats flies without fear! My goodness, what bravery in the face of the enemy! Obummer had himself a good old civil war moment, in my view. What else would you call swatting your brethren down like that? I bet that fly was really shocked to get terminated by a member of his own crew, man!</em></p>
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		<title>By: Hog Wild</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hog Wild</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;All of this circles back to the core of the problem — and it’s not Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s not worth a mullah’s hemorrhoid. Putting the bulk of our effort into Afghanistan amounts to attacking a crisis in California by rescuing Nevada. It’s Pakistan that lies (and lies and lies) at the heart of this problem.

MB4 on July 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I disagree with this philosophy.  We half assed Afghanistan once before, and what did we get for our trouble?  9/11.

While no one knows what the future holds, al Queda can and probably will find another place to base in.  But al Queda can&#039;t have Afghanistan, it would be a monumental victory for them and a similiar sized loss for the U.S.

My 2 cents.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>All of this circles back to the core of the problem — and it’s not Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s not worth a mullah’s hemorrhoid. Putting the bulk of our effort into Afghanistan amounts to attacking a crisis in California by rescuing Nevada. It’s Pakistan that lies (and lies and lies) at the heart of this problem.</p>
<p>MB4 on July 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I disagree with this philosophy.  We half assed Afghanistan once before, and what did we get for our trouble?  9/11.</p>
<p>While no one knows what the future holds, al Queda can and probably will find another place to base in.  But al Queda can&#8217;t have Afghanistan, it would be a monumental victory for them and a similiar sized loss for the U.S.</p>
<p>My 2 cents.</p>
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		<title>By: Saltysam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Saltysam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If all you said is the documented truth...

...it&#039;s time Mel Gibson make the movie.


Thanks for that post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If all you said is the documented truth&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;it&#8217;s time Mel Gibson make the movie.</p>
<p>Thanks for that post.</p>
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		<title>By: unclesmrgol</title>
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		<dc:creator>unclesmrgol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As we&#039;ve learned in previous wars of this type, killing the enemy&#039;s fighters is the first requirement -- you don&#039;t get economic and political advances in an area without denying enemy fighters access to that area.  As we&#039;ve seen in Afghanistan, all those advances (schools, markets, etc.) are quickly destroyed if enemy fighters regain control.  It&#039;s a lesson well learned in Iraq and one we are having to re-learn in Afghanistan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we&#8217;ve learned in previous wars of this type, killing the enemy&#8217;s fighters is the first requirement &#8212; you don&#8217;t get economic and political advances in an area without denying enemy fighters access to that area.  As we&#8217;ve seen in Afghanistan, all those advances (schools, markets, etc.) are quickly destroyed if enemy fighters regain control.  It&#8217;s a lesson well learned in Iraq and one we are having to re-learn in Afghanistan.</p>
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		<title>By: oldleprechaun</title>
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		<dc:creator>oldleprechaun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW!!  Undercutting the military?!?!  WHO COULD&#039;VE GUESSED???

Put that right up there on my shock meter with the realization by Alan Dershowitz that B. Hussein Obama is ready to sell out the nation of Israel!!  QUICK!!  Someone alert the media!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW!!  Undercutting the military?!?!  WHO COULD&#8217;VE GUESSED???</p>
<p>Put that right up there on my shock meter with the realization by Alan Dershowitz that B. Hussein Obama is ready to sell out the nation of Israel!!  QUICK!!  Someone alert the media!</p>
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		<title>By: MB4</title>
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		<dc:creator>MB4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/950/Marine-Mission-in-Afghanistan-Drink-Tea-Eat-Goat-Get-to-Know-the-People.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Marine Mission in Afghanistan: Drink Tea, Eat Goat, Get to Know the People

This deployment, the headline tells us, is &quot;a Crucial Test for Revised U.S. Strategy.&quot; (Uh-oh is right.) And what is that strategy? On the one hand, the Taliban is off the hook. On the other, we have given our men Mission Impossible. &quot;Our focus is not the Taliban,&quot; Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson told his officers. &quot;Our focus must be getting this government back on its feet.&quot;

A few questions, just to get the brain working: Why? What do we care about putting &quot;this government&quot; back on its feet? And what government? And since when is it the Marines&#039; mission to stand up governments? (Since Iraq. Enough said.)

I don&#039;t know how many times I&#039;ve read a statement like this one today in The Post from the US: &quot;Mullen said he is `extremely concerned&#039; about the paucity of Afghan National Army and Afghan police forces in the south and elsewhere....&quot;  Funny how, as the Post also reports, $5 a day gets the Taliban as many fighters as needed. Mullen doesn&#039;t seem to wonder why the Taliban draw men with five bucks and the US-supported Afghan government doesn&#039;t with billions. Or,  why the Islamic jihadists draw fighters with five bucks and the infidel-supported government doesn&#039;t with billions. In fact, Mullen thinks the problem is &quot;the long-standing deficit in the number of foreign [read: infidel] military trainers....&quot; 

And what are we going to do?

    Once Marine units arrive in their designated towns and villages, they have been instructed to build and live in small outposts among the local population.

This sounds familiar...where have we heard it before?

    &quot;We&#039;re not going to measure your success by the number of times your ammunition is resupplied. . . . Our success in this environment will be very much predicated on restraint,&quot; he told a group of officers from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines on Sunday. &quot;You&#039;re going to drink lots of tea. You&#039;re going to eat lots of goat. Get to know the people. &lt;b&gt;That&#039;s the reason why we&#039;re here&lt;/b&gt;.&quot;

It&#039;s a mad world.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/950/Marine-Mission-in-Afghanistan-Drink-Tea-Eat-Goat-Get-to-Know-the-People.aspx" rel="nofollow">Marine Mission in Afghanistan: Drink Tea, Eat Goat, Get to Know the People</p>
<p>This deployment, the headline tells us, is &#8220;a Crucial Test for Revised U.S. Strategy.&#8221; (Uh-oh is right.) And what is that strategy? On the one hand, the Taliban is off the hook. On the other, we have given our men Mission Impossible. &#8220;Our focus is not the Taliban,&#8221; Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson told his officers. &#8220;Our focus must be getting this government back on its feet.&#8221;</p>
<p>A few questions, just to get the brain working: Why? What do we care about putting &#8220;this government&#8221; back on its feet? And what government? And since when is it the Marines&#8217; mission to stand up governments? (Since Iraq. Enough said.)</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how many times I&#8217;ve read a statement like this one today in The Post from the US: &#8220;Mullen said he is `extremely concerned&#8217; about the paucity of Afghan National Army and Afghan police forces in the south and elsewhere&#8230;.&#8221;  Funny how, as the Post also reports, $5 a day gets the Taliban as many fighters as needed. Mullen doesn&#8217;t seem to wonder why the Taliban draw men with five bucks and the US-supported Afghan government doesn&#8217;t with billions. Or,  why the Islamic jihadists draw fighters with five bucks and the infidel-supported government doesn&#8217;t with billions. In fact, Mullen thinks the problem is &#8220;the long-standing deficit in the number of foreign [read: infidel] military trainers&#8230;.&#8221; </p>
<p>And what are we going to do?</p>
<p>    Once Marine units arrive in their designated towns and villages, they have been instructed to build and live in small outposts among the local population.</p>
<p>This sounds familiar&#8230;where have we heard it before?</p>
<p>    &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to measure your success by the number of times your ammunition is resupplied. . . . Our success in this environment will be very much predicated on restraint,&#8221; he told a group of officers from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines on Sunday. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to drink lots of tea. You&#8217;re going to eat lots of goat. Get to know the people. <b>That&#8217;s the reason why we&#8217;re here</b>.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a mad world.</a></p>
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		<title>By: MB4</title>
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		<dc:creator>MB4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03282009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bam_channels_lbj_161681.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; DIRT doesn&#039;t matter. You don&#039;t defeat a trans-national terrorist organization by occupying medieval villages.

Yesterday, President Obama presented his &quot;comprehensive new strategy&quot; for Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was neither new, nor a strategy. Behind all the rhetoric, he just said, I&#039;m sending more troops and more money.

Barack Obama? I heard Lyndon Johnson. The only LBJ touch that BHO lacked was the word &quot;escalation.&quot;

The rhetoric was masterly. The content was drivel. He said, &quot;The situation is increasingly perilous.&quot; Which situation? Why? For whom? Certainly, it&#039;s becoming more perilous for our troops as we escalate in support of the wrong policy.

Or how about Obama&#039;s ringing claim that the Taliban have &quot;nothing to offer the Afghan people but terror and oppression?&quot; Many Afghans -- at least among the Pashtun plurality -- don&#039;t agree.

The tribals deep in those valleys and the Pashtuns in Pakistan feel a lot closer to the Taliban&#039;s values than to ours. They might not mind a new road, but they&#039;ll skip the bikinis and Budweiser, thanks. The Talibs are home-boys. We&#039;re the foreign element. Why is that so hard to grasp?

All of this circles back to the core of the problem -- and it&#039;s not Afghanistan. &lt;b&gt;Afghanistan&#039;s not worth a mullah&#039;s hemorrhoid&lt;/b&gt;. Putting the bulk of our effort into Afghanistan amounts to attacking a crisis in California by rescuing Nevada. It&#039;s Pakistan that lies (and lies and lies) at the heart of this problem.

To his credit, Obama noted Pakistan&#039;s importance. Then he got all the solutions wrong.

Start with his inane -- but touchingly American -- statement that &quot;the people of Pakistan want the same things we want.&quot; Oh, really?

How many readers think Sharia law would be a good idea? How about beating the crap out of women just for yuks? Or stoning them to death because they smiled at the wrong time? And let&#039;s ban alcohol, bare arms, dating and jobs for women. And grow those beards, fellas!

And how about asking ourselves the fundamental question: &quot;Why is India a success story and Pakistan a complete failure?&quot; Any chance that backward Islam might have something to do with it? We can&#039;t bribe people to succeed.

Our president identified al Qaeda as Pakistan&#039;s No. 1 enemy. That&#039;s wishful thinking. Pakistan&#039;s leading enemy has always been corruption. No. 2 is its home-grown Islamist insurgency. Al Qaeda&#039;s way down the list.

Our pathetically naive president articulated one sound goal -- defeating al Qaeda -- then told us how he wasn&#039;t going to do it. Like LBJ, all he can think of is more troops and more aid. Can&#039;t we ask ourselves why the Taliban&#039;s thriving? After the military beatings we&#039;ve given them? &lt;b&gt;How many of our troops must die for an empty policy?&lt;/b&gt;

Hey, hey, ho, ho, BHO, why don&#039;t your supporters go?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03282009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bam_channels_lbj_161681.htm" rel="nofollow"> DIRT doesn&#8217;t matter. You don&#8217;t defeat a trans-national terrorist organization by occupying medieval villages.</p>
<p>Yesterday, President Obama presented his &#8220;comprehensive new strategy&#8221; for Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was neither new, nor a strategy. Behind all the rhetoric, he just said, I&#8217;m sending more troops and more money.</p>
<p>Barack Obama? I heard Lyndon Johnson. The only LBJ touch that BHO lacked was the word &#8220;escalation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The rhetoric was masterly. The content was drivel. He said, &#8220;The situation is increasingly perilous.&#8221; Which situation? Why? For whom? Certainly, it&#8217;s becoming more perilous for our troops as we escalate in support of the wrong policy.</p>
<p>Or how about Obama&#8217;s ringing claim that the Taliban have &#8220;nothing to offer the Afghan people but terror and oppression?&#8221; Many Afghans &#8212; at least among the Pashtun plurality &#8212; don&#8217;t agree.</p>
<p>The tribals deep in those valleys and the Pashtuns in Pakistan feel a lot closer to the Taliban&#8217;s values than to ours. They might not mind a new road, but they&#8217;ll skip the bikinis and Budweiser, thanks. The Talibs are home-boys. We&#8217;re the foreign element. Why is that so hard to grasp?</p>
<p>All of this circles back to the core of the problem &#8212; and it&#8217;s not Afghanistan. <b>Afghanistan&#8217;s not worth a mullah&#8217;s hemorrhoid</b>. Putting the bulk of our effort into Afghanistan amounts to attacking a crisis in California by rescuing Nevada. It&#8217;s Pakistan that lies (and lies and lies) at the heart of this problem.</p>
<p>To his credit, Obama noted Pakistan&#8217;s importance. Then he got all the solutions wrong.</p>
<p>Start with his inane &#8212; but touchingly American &#8212; statement that &#8220;the people of Pakistan want the same things we want.&#8221; Oh, really?</p>
<p>How many readers think Sharia law would be a good idea? How about beating the crap out of women just for yuks? Or stoning them to death because they smiled at the wrong time? And let&#8217;s ban alcohol, bare arms, dating and jobs for women. And grow those beards, fellas!</p>
<p>And how about asking ourselves the fundamental question: &#8220;Why is India a success story and Pakistan a complete failure?&#8221; Any chance that backward Islam might have something to do with it? We can&#8217;t bribe people to succeed.</p>
<p>Our president identified al Qaeda as Pakistan&#8217;s No. 1 enemy. That&#8217;s wishful thinking. Pakistan&#8217;s leading enemy has always been corruption. No. 2 is its home-grown Islamist insurgency. Al Qaeda&#8217;s way down the list.</p>
<p>Our pathetically naive president articulated one sound goal &#8212; defeating al Qaeda &#8212; then told us how he wasn&#8217;t going to do it. Like LBJ, all he can think of is more troops and more aid. Can&#8217;t we ask ourselves why the Taliban&#8217;s thriving? After the military beatings we&#8217;ve given them? <b>How many of our troops must die for an empty policy?</b></p>
<p>Hey, hey, ho, ho, BHO, why don&#8217;t your supporters go?</a></p>
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		<title>By: shmendrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>shmendrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Putting the Marines in small groups in remote outposts with restrictive rules of engagement. That sounds like a perscription for a Custer&#039;s last stand franchise. Too bad the Big Zero CIC won&#039;t be there in one of those small groups so he could take responsibility for his orders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Putting the Marines in small groups in remote outposts with restrictive rules of engagement. That sounds like a perscription for a Custer&#8217;s last stand franchise. Too bad the Big Zero CIC won&#8217;t be there in one of those small groups so he could take responsibility for his orders.</p>
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		<title>By: aceinstall</title>
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		<dc:creator>aceinstall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just spoke with my future son in law at 7:20 est, he says they are right this moment loading ord. on choppers around the clock bringing it to the tali&#039;s. They are our finest and will get it done, say a prayer for them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just spoke with my future son in law at 7:20 est, he says they are right this moment loading ord. on choppers around the clock bringing it to the tali&#8217;s. They are our finest and will get it done, say a prayer for them.</p>
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		<title>By: Hog Wild</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hog Wild</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not suprised to hear such a declaration from the Obama administration.  I&#039;m shocked General Jones would be the one to say it.  

Cool points took a dive for Jones on this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not suprised to hear such a declaration from the Obama administration.  I&#8217;m shocked General Jones would be the one to say it.  </p>
<p>Cool points took a dive for Jones on this.</p>
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		<title>By: Eagles Dominion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eagles Dominion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a Vietnam Veteran and the father of an active duty son who is currently home on leave before being deployed to Afghanistan I&#039;d like to submit the following:



 4TH OF JULY

 

   Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ?
   Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
   Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sonsserving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
   Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
   They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
   What kind of men were they?
   Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, ninewere farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated,but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full wellthat the penalty would be death if they were captured.
   Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his Ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
   Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress withoutpay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken fromhim, and poverty was his reward.
   Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
   At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.
   He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
   Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
   The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
   John Hart was driven from his wife&#039;s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives.
   His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste.
   For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn&#039;t.
   So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday andsilently thank these patriots.
   It&#039;s not much to ask for the price they paid.
   Remember: freedom is never free!

   It&#039;s time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a
sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball. 


&quot;The Value Of Freedom Is Not Realized Until It Is LOST!!!&quot;

God bless all who serve this Great Nation!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Vietnam Veteran and the father of an active duty son who is currently home on leave before being deployed to Afghanistan I&#8217;d like to submit the following:</p>
<p> 4TH OF JULY</p>
<p>   Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ?<br />
   Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.<br />
   Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sonsserving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.<br />
   Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.<br />
   They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.<br />
   What kind of men were they?<br />
   Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, ninewere farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated,but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full wellthat the penalty would be death if they were captured.<br />
   Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his Ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.<br />
   Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress withoutpay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken fromhim, and poverty was his reward.<br />
   Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.<br />
   At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.<br />
   He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.<br />
   Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.<br />
   The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.<br />
   John Hart was driven from his wife&#8217;s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives.<br />
   His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste.<br />
   For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.<br />
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn&#8217;t.<br />
   So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday andsilently thank these patriots.<br />
   It&#8217;s not much to ask for the price they paid.<br />
   Remember: freedom is never free!</p>
<p>   It&#8217;s time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a<br />
sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball. </p>
<p>&#8220;The Value Of Freedom Is Not Realized Until It Is LOST!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>God bless all who serve this Great Nation!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris_Balsz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris_Balsz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m just a civilian who likes military history...but...

if our guys are going to be dispersed, forbidden to saturate their immediate surroundings with air support or artillery, won&#039;t have the manpower to do sweeps of the surrounding territory, and can&#039;t get armor in country...aren&#039;t they going to die like Custer whenever the enemy chooses?

Ho Chi Minh proved our enemies don&#039;t have to break the spirit of the Marines doing the bleeding...just the spirit of the US Senate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just a civilian who likes military history&#8230;but&#8230;</p>
<p>if our guys are going to be dispersed, forbidden to saturate their immediate surroundings with air support or artillery, won&#8217;t have the manpower to do sweeps of the surrounding territory, and can&#8217;t get armor in country&#8230;aren&#8217;t they going to die like Custer whenever the enemy chooses?</p>
<p>Ho Chi Minh proved our enemies don&#8217;t have to break the spirit of the Marines doing the bleeding&#8230;just the spirit of the US Senate.</p>
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		<title>By: wkgdyw</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;But before we can build a modern Afghanistan, we have to ensure security throughout the country.  
  
Building a nation.  Too bad the nation is Canada.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;But before we can build a modern Afghanistan, we have to ensure security throughout the country.  </p>
<p>Building a nation.  Too bad the nation is Canada.</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But I thought all of the combat forces leaving Iraq would go to the &quot;real fight&quot;, against Al Qaeda, that Obama championed, in Afghanistan and &lt;em&gt;Pockeestahn&lt;/em&gt;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But I thought all of the combat forces leaving Iraq would go to the &#8220;real fight&#8221;, against Al Qaeda, that Obama championed, in Afghanistan and <em>Pockeestahn</em>?</p>
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		<title>By: ReagansRight</title>
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		<dc:creator>ReagansRight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A message to National Security Adviser Jim Jones:


Go foxtrot yourself !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A message to National Security Adviser Jim Jones:</p>
<p>Go foxtrot yourself !</p>
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		<title>By: Virus-X</title>
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		<dc:creator>Virus-X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t believe anybody could&#039;ve thought Obama could be anything but a disaster as a C-in-C.  He&#039;s cutting military forces in wartime, he&#039;s putting the troops in danger with his stupid ideas to release more pictures of prisoner torture, and he&#039;s afraid to commit forces where they&#039;re needed (North Korea, for instance).  He&#039;s shaping up to be nothing more than a black Carter, and I hope he suffers Carter&#039;s fate:  a landslide defeat after 1 term, and being known as one of the worst American presidents (if not THE worst) of his century.  Hopefully a new Reagan (Thompson/Palin) will crush him, and undo the damage he does to the nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t believe anybody could&#8217;ve thought Obama could be anything but a disaster as a C-in-C.  He&#8217;s cutting military forces in wartime, he&#8217;s putting the troops in danger with his stupid ideas to release more pictures of prisoner torture, and he&#8217;s afraid to commit forces where they&#8217;re needed (North Korea, for instance).  He&#8217;s shaping up to be nothing more than a black Carter, and I hope he suffers Carter&#8217;s fate:  a landslide defeat after 1 term, and being known as one of the worst American presidents (if not THE worst) of his century.  Hopefully a new Reagan (Thompson/Palin) will crush him, and undo the damage he does to the nation.</p>
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		<title>By: Akzed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Akzed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2009/07/02/101924.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;administration&#039;s &lt;/a&gt;decision not to challenge this important civil rights ruling is a welcome sign that it intends to live up to its commitment to help end transgender discrimination in the workplace,&#039;&#039; said Sharon McGowan, a staff attorney with the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.


&lt;strong&gt;Finally, some leadership!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The <a href="http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2009/07/02/101924.htm" rel="nofollow">administration&#8217;s </a>decision not to challenge this important civil rights ruling is a welcome sign that it intends to live up to its commitment to help end transgender discrimination in the workplace,&#8221; said Sharon McGowan, a staff attorney with the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.</p>
<p><strong>Finally, some leadership!</strong></p>
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		<title>By: Bomber</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
kelley in virginia on July 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM

well, if bambi isn’t going to support our operation in Afghanistan, then we need to come home.

i never thought i could possibly be an anti-war protester,but if he doesn’t want to win, then we need to bring our soldiers home.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I understand your sentiment, but I don&#039;t agree with it.  I&#039;m eight months into a year-long deployment in Eastern Afghanistan.  I know we won&#039;t win before I go home, but I don&#039;t want this year to be wasted.  I have family members who are still bitter (and rightly so) over Vietnam.  We don&#039;t need to do that again.  Too many people have already given up too much to just quit and go home.


&lt;blockquote&gt;and btw, i know of black soldiers &amp; their families that voted for bambi. because bambi is black or 1/2 black. are these people racist?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I know some too.  Yes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>
kelley in virginia on July 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM</p>
<p>well, if bambi isn’t going to support our operation in Afghanistan, then we need to come home.</p>
<p>i never thought i could possibly be an anti-war protester,but if he doesn’t want to win, then we need to bring our soldiers home.
</p></blockquote>
<p>I understand your sentiment, but I don&#8217;t agree with it.  I&#8217;m eight months into a year-long deployment in Eastern Afghanistan.  I know we won&#8217;t win before I go home, but I don&#8217;t want this year to be wasted.  I have family members who are still bitter (and rightly so) over Vietnam.  We don&#8217;t need to do that again.  Too many people have already given up too much to just quit and go home.</p>
<blockquote><p>and btw, i know of black soldiers &amp; their families that voted for bambi. because bambi is black or 1/2 black. are these people racist?</p></blockquote>
<p>I know some too.  Yes.</p>
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		<title>By: N4646W</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;So our “wise CinC” did not “rule out that possibility”. It says so explicitly right there. How did you miss that?

orange on July 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Those will be the attornies for the new ROE.  Should be and extra 100,000 any day now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>So our “wise CinC” did not “rule out that possibility”. It says so explicitly right there. How did you miss that?</p>
<p>orange on July 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Those will be the attornies for the new ROE.  Should be and extra 100,000 any day now.</p>
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