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2009-08-26 Afghanistan

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record - Feingold wants withdrawal timetable

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-08-26 12:59|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 And so it begins...

Posted by Bobby 2009-08-26 13:21|| 2009-08-26 13:21|| Front Page Top

#2 ...again.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-08-26 13:27|| 2009-08-26 13:27|| Front Page Top

#3 In addition to a biography of Carter, Barry should be reading a bio on LBJ.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-08-26 13:28|| 2009-08-26 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Both McCain and Feingold should shut up. Neither has anything but their own personal political career in mind every time they open their pie hole. Both are disgusting creatures of Washington, and the sooner they either are voted out of office or retire, the better.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-08-26 13:45|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-26 13:45|| Front Page Top

#5 NS - hes reading a bio of John Adams. That bodes well, IMO.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-08-26 13:53|| 2009-08-26 13:53|| Front Page Top

#6 seems to me BHO is going to need liberal hawks and the DLC, which needs to become more active, again.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-08-26 13:54|| 2009-08-26 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Is there anything left of the DLC?

Feingold has visions of being the next Ted Kennedy dancing in his eyes. The treasonous cur.

McCain's alright, Old Patriot. Anybody with a lick of sense would be alarmed with the current trends in Afghanistan, and he is ranking member on Armed Forces. It kind of *is* his business to express concern.

Talk of exit strategies is inherently rubbish, but I'd like some achievable victory conditions.

Afghanistan without a friendly seaward neighbor - either Pakistan, Iran, or some successor state carved from the territory of either of those two states - seems to be doomed to be Asia's bitch.

It isn't in Iran's national interests for Afghanistan to be a fetid psychotic shithole, speaking abstractly. That's just the current regime's inclination. On the other hand, Pakistan requires an Afghanistan either in shambles or in chains, so long as they're intent on waging cold war with India. It would seem logical, then, that the quickest way towards a stable Afghanistan & an end to the international force would be a sane & friendly regime in Iran.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-08-26 14:37|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-26 14:37|| Front Page Top

#8 More troops + more restrictive ROE = more troop deaths

which was the plan to provide cover for surrendering this front of the war on muslim terrorists.

Posted by Hellfish 2009-08-26 15:14|| 2009-08-26 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 The Dems in Congress are probably working towards the following scenario:
1) "Train" the Afghan army.
2) Declare them ready to fight on their own.
3) Withdraw the majority of US troops
4) Cut off all funding for support of Afghanistan
The result will be just like Viet Nam - and we'll end up with another picture like the one in the article. After all, steps 1 through 4 were what happened in Viet Nam.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-26 18:27|| 2009-08-26 18:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Feingold wants withdrawal timetable

Oh, about the time the replacement for the Twin Towers is up and open for business.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-26 18:27|| 2009-08-26 18:27|| Front Page Top

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