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2008-08-19 Afghanistan

Pentagon: Sending More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan

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Posted by Sherry 2008-08-19 17:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 A good thing the armed forces have been hitting their increased recruitment numbers. One wonders how Candidate Obama is going to vote when increased funding requests for the war in Afghanistan come up, given how he has always thought that's the right war.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-19 18:27|| 2008-08-19 18:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Didn't he want us to invade Pakistan as well?

Posted by Scott R 2008-08-19 18:58|| 2008-08-19 18:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Send them to Georgia, at least it is a deomocracy with people that are willing to be our allies and should I mention religion.

Posted by bman 2008-08-19 18:59|| 2008-08-19 18:59|| Front Page Top

#4 bman -- when I read this --- I quickly glanced at a map to see how far Georgia is from The Stan.

Russia has now "stolen" some military equipment of ours that hadn't yet left country after some training stuff.

That's lots of boots on the ground and thank goodness, Petraeus is watching.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-08-19 19:14|| 2008-08-19 19:14|| Front Page Top

#5 IMB this move by the US indir suppors my contention that RUSSIA may actually covertly desire to have the US-NATO/Allies = EU around to help isolate a future NUCLEAR IRAN = NUCLEAR RADICAL ISLAM/JIHAD-TERR IN ASIA, entities which Russ ironically helped empower vv "the Great Game". RUSSIA > needs to keep NUCLEAR ISLAMISM from its CENTER, and hegemony- and "living space"-minded, massively overpopulated ambitious CHINA from its FAR EAST, ALL WHILE STILL MODERNIZING ITSELF + STRENGTHENING ITS GEOPOL POSITION VV USA + MAJOR WORLD POWERS.

* JUST-OVER-IRAN'S/ISLAM'S-BORDER ARMENIA SHOULD BE ECSTATIC WID BOTH RUSSIA + US-NATO/EU ON ITS SIX.

US-NATO/EU + RUSSIA IN CASPIAN + BLACK SEA REGIONS > generally induces Radical Islam to focus its Jihad = "WAR OUTSIDE OF IRAQ" agz CHINA + INDIA + SOUTH/SE ASIA, AUSTRALESIA, etc. besides AFRICA + Peripherals.

E.g. WIRED.com > WTF:HEZBOLLAH SUBMARINES IN SOUTH AMERICA [Drug trade only]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-19 19:18|| 2008-08-19 19:18|| Front Page Top

#6 A. Sounds like the comments just before the Sons of Iraq and the Surge took hold.

B. Also sounds like the media is confusing normal rotations with additional troops.

C. I STRONGLY doubt that we backed "warlords" who are now attacking us. Libtard talking point.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2008-08-19 23:31|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2008-08-19 23:31|| Front Page Top

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