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2009-08-17 Afghanistan

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-17 15:39|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 This sounds a lot like, "We don't care if you win, we just want you to look good." McChrystal has his work cut out for him.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-17 17:41|| 2009-08-17 17:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting that Adm. Mullen fires Gen. McKiernan who reports to Gen Petraeus and Petreus' only action is to "agree" with Gates and Mullen. Very adroit.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-08-17 17:59|| 2009-08-17 17:59|| Front Page Top

#3 People are so concerned with style over substance. We could have cleaned out the ME a long time ago if we were actually allowed to take a few skull trophies and go guns blazing. Instead we have a bunch of overly queesy pencil pushers running a war. We need a real brute in charge that doesnt care about all that.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-08-17 18:05|| 2009-08-17 18:05|| Front Page Top

#4 What it basically means is that military leaders have to fight a two-front war: one in their theater of operations, and one in Washington.

Posted by Pappy 2009-08-17 22:40|| 2009-08-17 22:40|| Front Page Top

#5 And Pappy, that has been true for virtually every war.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-08-17 22:46|| 2009-08-17 22:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Now, now, what worries would those be?

* FREEREPUBLIC > WND - AYATOLLAH [Khameini] SEES NEW GLOBAL "MAHDI" ARMY: CALLS ON MUSLIMS TO UNITE UNDER THE COMING ISLMAIC MESSIAH [ + defeat iff notdestroy Israel + USA]???

The closer IRAN, etc. is to DE FACTO NUCLEARIZATION, the MORE INTENSIVE WILL BE THE ISLAMISTS' MILACTIONS.

OLD DREAM/VISION > The USA is already begun its force downsizing. Radical Islam must still engage and destroy a MAJOR US ELITE FORCE [ e.g. US ARMY-MARINES UNIT vee "DECISIVE BATTLE"].

E.g. CHOSIN, KHE SANH, ........

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-08-17 23:49|| na]">[na] 2009-08-17 23:49|| Front Page Top

#7 AND, under a POTUS BAMMER many US Netters believe will get Amer cities nuked = roll back Amer geopol power???

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-08-17 23:51|| na]">[na] 2009-08-17 23:51|| Front Page Top

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