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2008-04-10 Afghanistan

Bush gets an earful from Afghan governors

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Posted by Steve White 2008-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 "You got a lot of baddies jugged at Bagram - but some of 'em is also our kin..."

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-04-10 08:50|| 2008-04-10 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 ..a few unpleasant truths about the plight of their country...

You mean like the foretold mass starvation that the usual critics and writers waxed about that was to befall Afghanistan if we dared to enter the country? Or the explosion of refugees that would swamp already overburden dislocation camps in Pakistan? The Awesome Humanitarian Disaster(tm)? That one?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-10 09:01|| 2008-04-10 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 yup 1, but more like

"you got baddies in Bagram, but some guy comes crying on my doorstep that his kid is missing, and I cant tell em a thing - not only dont I know why hes being held, I dont know IF hes being held, cause we govs dont get lists of whose detained. And the dad may try to kill me, and under the local code of honor most folks where I live are gonna think its justified. I's got problems, and the fact that things arent as bad as some leftie moonbats said way back in October 2001 doesnt pay my bus fare"

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-04-10 09:26|| 2008-04-10 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush should tell them that to address their concerns he will be remanding all the inmates to their custody and removing the troops from the country. Afghanistan has no secure logistical routes from the sea. Our mission in Afghanistan will prove to be untenable when the new Paki government provides no security for our lines of communication and covertly aids those who seek to interdict it. When we have to go to Afghanistan next time, we should do so by working with India to assure we have a secure route to the sea. Right now it seems like a Dienbienphu in the making.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-10 09:33|| 2008-04-10 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Yep. In addition, Pakistan is making a huge profit from the logistics and US aid. Before Sept 11, 2001, the Pakistan economy was collapsing.

I wouldn't worry about Western forces fighting the Taliban, instead pay a bounty to the Tadjiks, etc. for Arab and Pashtun scalps. Bullets and cash are easy to airlift in.

Posted by ed 2008-04-10 09:47|| 2008-04-10 09:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, a few nukes will end these governors' problems once and for all. Maybe Bush should suggest it.

No, I didn't think that was acceptable, either. These guys want miracles. Maybe they should pray to Allan.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-10 13:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-10 13:02|| Front Page Top

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