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2009-03-19 Afghanistan

Obama to send Community Organizers to Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-19 02:37|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Kinda reminiscent of LBJ sending tens of thousands of US bureaucrats to Saigon to tell the Vietnamese how to do what they'd been doing quite well for a thousand years or more. It might help, but what I envision is a lot of US military pinned down "escorting" these political appointees to wherever they want to go, ripping the bottom out of combat operations.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-19 02:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-19 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 HMMMMMM, HMMMMM, compare wid BIGNEWSNETWORK > OSAMA BIN LADEN TELLS MILITANTS TO ENTER JORDAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-19 03:23|| 2009-03-19 03:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Also on BIGNEWS > SECDEF GATES: US MAY SEND MORE SPIES INTO PAKISTAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-19 03:24|| 2009-03-19 03:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe some will get wacked.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-19 03:49|| 2009-03-19 03:49|| Front Page Top

#5 One of the few things the Taliban haven't yet latched on to is the value of western hostages.

Nice of Obama to facilitate a solution for the Taliban.

Posted by phil_b 2009-03-19 04:03|| 2009-03-19 04:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Send them all. Acorn, too.

Posted by SR-71 2009-03-19 06:38|| 2009-03-19 06:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Democracy and the rule of law in Afghanistan cannot be incubated by a few or even thousands of State Department and OGA wonks. This is just more of the same "nation building" folly. These buggers will severly inhibit any military effort and help to ensure that a victory is entirely unattainable.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-19 08:28|| 2009-03-19 08:28|| Front Page Top

#8 I remember all the whining when Bush tried to draft State Department employees to go to Iraq. This one serves the State Dept. right.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-03-19 08:46|| 2009-03-19 08:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Nice of Obama to send more targets and hostages for the Taliban.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-19 09:56|| 2009-03-19 09:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Hope these mooks get hazard pay.

Posted by mojo 2009-03-19 11:11|| 2009-03-19 11:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Q. What are 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A. A good start.

Q. What are 500 U.S. community organizers in Afghanistan?
A. A good start.

Posted by Darrell 2009-03-19 12:07|| 2009-03-19 12:07|| Front Page Top

#12 This is starting to look like the Vietnamization of Afghanistan.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-03-19 12:33|| 2009-03-19 12:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Maybe the first good idea I've heard. Are the ACORN thugs going to go to Afghanistan? The Tailban and ACORN are meant for each other.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-19 13:23|| 2009-03-19 13:23|| Front Page Top

#14 The Tailban and ACORN are meant for each other.

I'm putting $20 on the Taliban for the win.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-19 13:50|| 2009-03-19 13:50|| Front Page Top

#15 Mouth versus weapons, no contest.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-19 16:52|| 2009-03-19 16:52|| Front Page Top

#16 Back when Eikenberry was commander in Afghanistan he tried to use Civil affairs in beefed up in a model similar to the JTF in the Philippines. He also did a pretty fair job there as commander keeping the insurgency to a minimum while America was focused on Iraq. Ambassador Ricchardione has a good understanding of COIN and FID from both the Philippines and when he was sent on assignment to Iraq. He also has a good understanding of the military and trusts the commanders. Obama has chosen probably the best two out there to go to Afghanistan, I wish Bush would have done this

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-03-19 17:18|| 2009-03-19 17:18|| Front Page Top

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