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2008-02-03 Afghanistan

Kabul is like Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-03 10:35|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 From what I understand the Opium crops, at least a large percentage of them are in enemy held territory and the profits are used against us. If this is true they should be hit with a few Arc Lights followed by napalm, followed by salt in the Earth.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-02-03 11:05|| 2008-02-03 11:05|| Front Page Top

#2 pretty hysterical bleating from the UK press.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-03 11:17|| 2008-02-03 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 They want so desperately for us to fail like they have.

Posted by lotp 2008-02-03 11:33|| 2008-02-03 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 George W Bushs reckless elevation of Al-Qaeda after 2001 promoted a small group of alien Arab guests into global warriors for Islam. It also destroyed Islamabads hold over the Taliban.

WTF? This sort of defines the incomprehensibly stupid reaction to the world we live in by many who unfortunately have access to media, academia, and political power. Even 9/11 called for a non-response, you see.

Especially rich is that the column refers to one of the signal developments of the day - the increasingly obvious and shameful lack of adult resolve among most western nations, and the utter dependence of civilization on American courage, grit, and sense of responsibility to get through the day.

One of the key components of the robust trap of free-ridership in which the US has been stuck for so long - our "allies" are incapable of being shamed by almost any situation, and thus is lost one important and powerful lever over the behavior of friends. There are of course many honorable exceptions to this pattern - I've seen first-hand the agony of allied personnel in Iraq who were furious with their own governments and electorates for their moral collapse WRT to terrorism and the fight against the abominable psychos of the islamist enemy. But with the objective situation (Uncle Sam will, per force, take care of matters if they get serious) and the all-encompassing environment of soft-disinformation (this column), hard disinformation, and perverse politics (US-bashing as a reliable political tactic), it's hard to see much chance of improvement.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-02-03 13:13|| 2008-02-03 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Why are we still subsidizing the European welfare state? I remain supremely skeptical of socialized health care in its many shades, but the amount of our defense budget, and the corresponding amount Euro govt's don't spend, must amount to a large portion of what they do spend on their various welfare programs. What happens when we stop the spending?

Do they have a clue as to the answer?

Posted by Rupert Whitle5109 2008-02-03 14:22|| 2008-02-03 14:22|| Front Page Top

#6 IO PAKISTAN > GULFNEWS - PAKISTAN MUST REMAIN A NUCLEAR ARMED STATE, + FOXNEWS > Legislation being introduced in Congress calling = in suppor of a greater US mil presence in Pakistan.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-03 17:48|| 2008-02-03 17:48|| Front Page Top

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