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Can win the war in Afghanistan in a week but don’t want to kill 10 million people: Trump
2019-07-23
[KhaamaPress] The U.S. President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
has claimed that he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week and could wipe the country ’off the face of the earth’ in ten days.

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
he said he did not want to kill ten million people, suggesting that pakistan could play a vital role to ’help the U.S. out.’

He made the remarks during a presser with the visiting Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan
... aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
at the White House.

Calling the war ’ridiculous’, Trump went on to claim that the fight against Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
has made the US the world’s ’coppers.’

He Said "I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth, would be gone, it would be over. Literally in ten days."

Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
the Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan said "And there is no military solution in Afghanistan, there is no military solution because as Mr. President says if you go out all military there will be millions and millions of people who would die."

He also expressed hopes that they would be able to ask the Taliban in coming days to negotiate with the Afghan government and come to a settlement and political solution.
Posted by:trailing wife

#11  I didn't make the world, Herb, I just live in it. Where do you live?
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-07-23 13:03  

#10  Putting on my contrarian hat let me (partially) agree with HMcC. It is crappy that I have reached the point that genocide is not a horrific idea. On the other hand, I put the blame where it belongs - on a 8th century mindset that not just accepts genocide but makes a religious duty, along with slavery and subjugation of everyone other than their own particular cult/sect.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-07-23 13:02  

#9  Hey Herb read history? Anyone f*** with the Mongols? Sherman said it correctly - war is hell. We just don't practice war anymore. Probably why we don't see any 'win' anymore just endless police actions around the world.

Don't do war. It's nasty, destructive, and exhausting. However, as Trotsky said - you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. If you are going to do it, don't hold back. Don't let anyone tell you how to fight a war without explaining what 'winning' means. Winning isn't about making friends or making people feel virtuous about themselves. Winning means they leave you alone and don't disturb you.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-23 12:49  

#8  Our Defender of All that is True and Right slurs everyone else. Fuck off anti-American hater
Posted by: Frank G   2019-07-23 12:35  

#7  Fuck off herb
Posted by: chris   2019-07-23 12:33  

#6  What's wrong with large parking lots?
Posted by: 3dc   2019-07-23 10:43  

#5  Can win the war in Afghanistan in a week but don’t want to kill 10 million people and turn Pakistan into a paved parking lot.

FIFY
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-23 07:26  

#4  ^They migrate
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-07-23 07:06  

#3  A very good place to be away from. As far away as possible.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-07-23 05:25  

#2  We would have to destroy the country in order to save it, and it just isn't worth it.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-07-23 02:50  

#1  that is the crux of it
Posted by: lord garth   2019-07-23 01:04  

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