With Afghanistan at its worst since the war began and getting worse! With a world record 6,100 pounds of opium grown this year. We obviously can't control the insurgents base of finance let alone the ever growing insurgency or whatever you want to call it, thanks to Bush attacking Iraq and supposedly freeing millions.
Okay, they are killing 100 or so of their own people and I guess they are free to do it thanks to Bush. With the so called sectarian violence running amok. Which by the way seems to amount to Iran backed Shiite Hezbollah fighting Saudi backed Sunni Al Qaeda, I heard today that the judge told Saddam he was not a dictator. Maybe we should put him back in control and keep an eye on him as we do with the current Government. I think it would put a lot of stability back into the region despite what we may think about Saddam.
It is time to hand the reigns over to Iraq at any rate and see how much they want their Democracy. If they do not want it bad enough to fight to the last death the insurgents will kill them and they better realize this. we have got to get re involved like we should have been from the beginning in Afghanistan. I will unfold a great plan after this recent story about NATO.
NATO remains desperately short of reinforcements for its Afghanistan campaign, despite an offer by Warsaw yesterday to send 1000 new troops to join Poland's existing 100-strong contingent.
The announcement came hours after pleas for extra soldiers to reinforce the US, Australian and other Western troops fighting in southern Afghanistan met a disappointing response at a NATO meeting yesterday, when there was not a single offer of new troops.
Commanders in Afghanistan had called for at least 2500 more troops because of growing and surprisingly violent Taliban resistance over the past month, but diplomats from the 26 NATO nations sat on their hands when volunteers were requested at the meeting in Belgium. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...
If we stay in Iraq we will only give the insurgents a reason to go there and fight. it is time to engage brain, adapt, and overcome. We will be fighting them here whether we leave tomorrow or a hundred years from now. He must stop that assholish argument, it is ridiculous! it is time for us to step back and take the role we should be playing had we learned anything in Vietnam.
We should be taking a purely Advisory role at this point. If they need us they know where we are. If they need us too much, we know it is not going to work. We have 36,000 troops in Afghanistan and 150,000 in Iraq. At this point those numbers should be reversed. Our goal is supposed to be freeing Afghanistan. Not happening! With Pakistan setting up a haven for Al Qaeda and announcing there are more Al Qaeda in Pakistan than before the war and knowing attacks on out military and the Afghan Government are becoming more frequent and violent.
I am increasingly more concerned that we are setting the military in Afghanistan up for another TET. Please correct me if I am wrong! Iraq is lost as is the middle east thanks to Bush attacking Iraq and unsettling the region. http://www.dailykos.com/
We can still concentrate on Afghanistan before it gets out of control. Adding a few troops will not do the job! The insurgents will keep coming as this is still just getting started. At least we will be concentrated on one effort at least for now. Someone has got to start thinking like a military man not a politician with an agenda before it is too late.
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com
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