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2012-02-27 Afghanistan

US shouldnt speed up Afghanistan pull out-- envoy

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Posted by Steve White 2012-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I have a sinking feeling that the departure from Afghanistan will be like the departure from Vietnam. Followed shortly thereafter by a flood of Taliban and al Qaeda back into Afghanistan to overthrow the government.

And about two years later Kabul will fall and Afghanistan will be returned to utter chaos and anarchy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-02-27 08:49|| 2012-02-27 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and harder to get at than Somalia or Yemen.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-02-27 09:46|| 2012-02-27 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 not like Vietnam. We actually had allies that would fight, a large christian population, and there was Cam Rahn Bay.

Posted by bman 2012-02-27 11:29|| 2012-02-27 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 That's about right moose. Just in time for the election and the Cindy Sheehan vote. Reputation of the US and well being of the troops are not in the equation.

Posted by Hellfish 2012-02-27 12:14|| 2012-02-27 12:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think this will be another Vietnam (as much as the Democrats want to relive their glory days of old...). I think it may be a lot worse. Vietnam wasn't as 'tribal' and the government wasn't actively against us. Bumbles won't want to 'antagonize' the enemy by sending in choppers to pull the diplomats from the Embassy's roof. Or worse yet he'll order them in 'unarmed' - remember to him the Taliban are 'honorable'.
Damn fool is going to get a lot of good people killed.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-02-27 12:22|| 2012-02-27 12:22|| Front Page Top

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