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2010-10-27 Afghanistan

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Posted by gorb 2010-10-27 02:42|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Not gonna make any friends inviting the Russkies back in.

Posted by Elmasing Dark Lord of the Huns1475 2010-10-27 12:32|| 2010-10-27 12:32|| Front Page Top

#2 A Faustian bargain with the devil against a greater evil--if that's metaphysically possible.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-10-27 12:38|| 2010-10-27 12:38|| Front Page Top

#3 not gonna make any friends? The afghans are backstabbing bastards at best who gives a shit if they are friends. Look at Karzais shit the last couplke of days accepting bags of money from Iran. T=Yeah they sound like real friends, and remember the russkies don't play by all the same ROES that our troops have too.

Posted by chris 2010-10-27 15:22|| 2010-10-27 15:22|| Front Page Top

#4 1941.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-10-27 16:10|| 2010-10-27 16:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Look at Karzais shit the last couplke of days accepting bags of money from Iran.

We invited Iran in in 2002 to help stabilize things, including helping finance the running of the government -- they were one of the parties that agreed to put Mr. Karzai in office at the time. We fly in planeloads of cash weekly to help run the place -- Afghanistan is a cash-basis society, which means they need lots of it, much more than the local economy can produce, even if they had enough printing presses. Finally, President Obama has promised to pull American troops out next year, which leaves both President Karzai and the country and people of Afghanistan swinging in the wind in a region just full of nasties carrying big sticks to beat the Afghan pinata with.

If I were Hamid Karzai, I'd alternate being furious with America with furiously trying to figure out how to survive the various wolves about to tear at his carcass. It's really not wise to refuse the Godfather's money when you've only got a popgun to protect yourself with, and no spare corks.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-27 18:09|| 2010-10-27 18:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Like giving us a second shot in Vietnam. A (westernized) army learns from its mistakes.

Posted by borgboy 2010-10-27 20:26|| 2010-10-27 20:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Yokay, I'll bite, aren't these News Reports from the SUMMER, i.e. this past JULY-AUGUST 2010???

Anyhoo ...

To wit,

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > RUSSIAN ARMY MAY BE RECALLED INTO AFGHANISTAN.

VERSUS

* SAME > [Rogozin]RUSSIAN NATO ENVOY: WE'VE BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN, WE DIDN'T LIKE IT | ENVOY: NO RUSSIAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

ARTIC = AFGHAN [AFPAK?] Helo Pilots will likely receive any Russ-sponsored formal training outside of Afghanistan.

AND

* SAME > GORBACHEV: NATO VICTORY IMPOSSIBLE IN AFGHANISTAN [US is fighting in Afghan = AFPAK many of the same Militants it recruited + trained to fight the USSR back in the 1980's, WARNS US SHOULD WITHDRAW ALL MILFORS, ETC. FROM AFGHANISTAN [AFPAK]UNLESS IT WISHES TO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER [soul-wrenching]"VIETNAM WAR"].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-27 22:13|| NA 2010-10-27 22:13|| Front Page Top

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