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| Supplying troops in Afghanistan with fuel is challenge for U.S. |
| 2009-12-15 |
| Some storage facilities won't be finished before withdrawal begins -- "Getting into Afghanistan, which we need to do as quickly as we can possibly do it, is very difficult because . . . next to Antarctica, Afghanistan is probably the most incommodious place, from a logistics point of view, to be trying to fight a war," Ashton Carter, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said recently. "It's landlocked and rugged, and the road network is much, much thinner than in Iraq. Fewer airports, different geography." Navy Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson, who directs the Defense Logistics Agency, earlier this year called support for operations in landlocked Afghanistan "the most difficult logistics assignment we have faced since World War II." |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #8 Hemp seeds from the copious Afghani marijuana fields would have worked exceedingly well for biodiesel fuel production and could spin off several other industries besides the obvious smokeable uses. The Gubmint forced farmers to grow it for us in America during WWII, why not force the Afghanis to give us their stash too! From what I've recently read that is the only way you can get the Afghani cops and soldiers to do anything is to give them weed/hash. Like the VC were in our South East Asian hearts and minds adventure four score and a few years ago, the average Afghani and/or Talibani-Jihadi soldier is stoned to the bone 24/7. I smell a peace accord. Somebody call Ambassador cheech. Or Kumar,he works in the Bambi white house, he's the perfect Ambassador for Afghanistan, he's spent time in Gitmo, he's subcontinental and he chiefs right up there alongside any misguided/reformed/misguided Afghani youth. Problem solved. Hell, Bill Clinton can go into a warzone and inhale for America this time with madame ambassador and our newly elected Commander in "chief" too. What a war. Snark off. |
| Posted by: Arman Tanzarian 2009-12-15 22:03 |
| #7 Would the cars run better? Or would the cars Lazy around in first gear at idle and THINK they were Driving Indialapolis style? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-12-15 12:52 |
| #6 Opium as a biofuel? Gives a new meaning to 'high octane'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-12-15 12:41 |
| #5 Real "climate change" heh |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2009-12-15 12:36 |
| #4 yup |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Glavirong1676 2009-12-15 12:27 |
| #3 Opium as a biofuel? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-15 11:43 |
| #2 Would have been useful to set up biofuel cracking plant in country and pay for crops to feed the thing. Wonder if Afghan farmers would grow stuff to feed it. /rhet question. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-12-15 11:29 |
| #1 May as well settle on using fuel blivets. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-12-15 10:57 |