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2008-06-25 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-25 07:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Great idea. Send more money so it can be stolen by local officials. Sorry, but this isn't an original idea, and it doesn't work because of corruption.

Posted by gromky 2008-06-25 08:43|| 2008-06-25 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 With the U.S. preoccupied with the war in Iraq in this election year

Primary false assumption. Only the professional media are preoccupied, and they're preoccupied with the coming election. The Surge in Iraq is over; we're now increasing the number, and the aggressiveness, of the troops in Afghanistan, hence the increased number of encounters resulting in scores of dead Taliban.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-25 11:20|| 2008-06-25 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Wishful thinking rears its ugly head again.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-25 11:51|| 2008-06-25 11:51|| Front Page Top

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