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2008-04-10 Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-10 11:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Doing nothing on the part of the dhimmicrats is better than doing something since the "something" always involves pullout and surrender.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-04-10 19:49|| 2008-04-10 19:49|| Front Page Top

#2 if we fail in Afghanistan, then we will indeed offer al Qaeda another potential base from which to operate.

Nonsense. They've already got Pakiland which makes Afghanistan ultimately untenable. It will take at least 40 years to unscrew Afghanistan, and I suspect closer to twice that. Do anyone think we can maintain a presence there for that long? Let's declare victory and withdraw while we still can and devote our resources to making Iraq a success.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-10 19:59|| 2008-04-10 19:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno, NS - Afghanistan is between Iran and Pakistan. With Iraq to the west of Iran and India to the east of Pakistan. I suspect we're gonna have to try to keep both as stable as we can manage in order to deal with those two nuclear pains in the ass.

Posted by lotp 2008-04-10 20:05|| 2008-04-10 20:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Afghanistan's position is great as long as you have a secure supply line from somewhere. And the only one I can see is through Pakistan. And that is looking a lot less secure than it was when Perv was in power. This is starting to smell like Dienbienphu. Good as the Afghans have been, they're victims of geography, like the Poles. No point leading them on when we can't support them. Let's leave now, gracefully, so that they can fend for themselves as they see fit and come back another day to finish the job properly, via Islamabad.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-10 20:41|| 2008-04-10 20:41|| Front Page Top

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