Comments on: Afghanistan Sold Short — Allied Troops Die

By: alfa 29

alfa 29 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:12:54 +0000

we need to demand help from our so called allies and get help to stop the sale of weapons, drugs ‚human trafficing being sent in to the states that support the war .weneed to start at the schools and tell parent s that we are at war and at war some things need to be done and done right and bring the terrorest to just us

By: reshtet

reshtet — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:27:26 +0000

I’ve learned to never get mad over GOvernmental
slackness or decissions…Since they are the ones
who fail every time.…Therefore don’t vote…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:29:54 +0000

Inquiring minds would like to know, ELP.
And Christian — you make this all sound as though the failure of this administration and most Republicans surprises you.

By: Rhyno327/lrsd

Rhyno327/lrsd — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:50:43 +0000

Yes, the Europeans are not helping much, and Iam talking about Italy, Spain, and finally, Germany. Germany is a nation with a strong economy, great social programs, and a sizable moslem pop. However, they spend only 1.5% of thier GDP on defense, and thier leaders lack the will to send thier troops into the fight, handcuffing them with ridiculous caveats and ROE’s. The German military, while being well equipped, is below average. NATO is a paper tiger, our enemies know this, and I include Russia in that category. The UK, Canada, the Dutch are doing thier part and more. There are French troops there, but more are needed, if we are to keep supply routes open, and block intrusion from militants. The US better re-access thier role in NATO, coz half the alliance is a DISGRACE.

By: hooded swan

hooded swan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:55:57 +0000

1) Petraeus is going to have to choose between keeping people in Iraq or reinforcing the people in Afghanistan. Gen. Conway asked for his people to be sent to Afghanistan instead of Iraq this past week.
2) When criminals can destabilize a government, there’s not much difference between them & an insurgency. Look at what’s going on in Mexico.
3) There’s reports that China will NOT back the Russians in the Georgia situation because they do not want to support secessionist movements (S. Ossetia, Abkhazia)in general.

By: Adrianne GC/Aust.

Adrianne GC/Aust. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:54:48 +0000

Maybe Osama has gone back to the holiday region of his youth. A foresty area accessable by boat in Scandinavia? I think if he was somewhere else some extremist would have lost their temper and given him up for the reward money. Maybe Osama has gone to a no.1 shave or gone blond but unless he has an opium habit and overdosed he is definately the world‘s best hide and seek player!

By: CSI

CSI — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:07:04 +0000

Roy had a good idea (gasp) about simply subsidizing it
Problem is drug users will always be able to outbid government. Unless production shifts elsewhere to Golden Triangle or Columbia.

By: TB

TB — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:51:53 +0000

Does anyone know what the dollar value of the opium crop is? Roy had a good idea (gasp) about simply subsidizing it and either using it for pharmacuticals or setting fire to it until we can figure out a better method of getting them to switch industries.

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:17 +0000

Cole,
I believe that we are about to see a coalition form around Russia that will defy common sense & conventional wisdom. The idea of “the enemy of my enemy” is about to be turned on its head. when you see Muslims unite with what has to be the most “anti-muslim & unfriendliest towards Muslims” nations that both Russia & China are,well what can you say?

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:08:42 +0000

You’d probably need Vietnam War/Desert Storm peak level number of troops in Afghanistan to secure it. The Soviet Union never really had sufficient number of troops in Afghanistan,they had about as much troops as we have in Iraq right now during the surge.
Dreaming of having a half-million troops in Afghanistan is an impossible dream because NATO combined could not raise that level. However,that is the only way to maintain the status quo in Afghanistan & not lose any more ground to the Taliban. You’d also have to force open a “supply pipeline” to sustain that number of troops that the Russians or the Pakistanis could not be able to close. Good luck with THAT.