Comments on: More Bombs Less Butter

By: robert1234

robert1234 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:27:20 +0000

In all of history, no one has "killed" their way out of war of patriotism or terrorism. It won't happen in Afghanistan either. Check out 2000 years of history because it tells you how to stop terrorism. The first step is to realize that the terrorists are ALWAYS right in one way or another. In Afghanistan, it's because the "government" is utterly corrupt and the Taliban are the better of the two available options. Stop the corruption and you'll stop both the Taliban and terrorism. You probably don't like this, but it's true. Widespread terrorism only exists because the motivation for it is honest and the opposition isn't. That's why we lost in Vietnam, why the Brits, Germans, Spanish, French, etc. lost their empires, etc. Ask yourself, if you were an Afghan, for instance, would you support a foreign led government that will starve you to death, has crooked judges and police, etc. or a Right-Wing nut case that has a solid and consistent, but harsh, system that allows you to live, work, and socialize in a consistent and safe manner?

By: Ptsfp

Ptsfp — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:07:34 +0000

My Uncle was at Hue and he told me that at first, because of the “historic” nature of Hue, they would not allow the Marines to use air support, artillery or mortars.
It wasn’t until a lot of good men died that they changed their mind. This fighting wars with our hands tied behind our backs to “appease” foreign nations, many who secretly support terrorism, and at the expense of Americans lives, is just nuts.
Unleash the hounds, let them do what needs to be done. Then when it is over, don’t crucify the spec ops troops, cia, and blackwater guys that do the things no one else can or will do.

By: Rhyno327

Rhyno327 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:10:39 +0000

Why not use tear gas? Smoke ‘em out and put them down. The Marines used it in Hue, and damn it worked. They will continue to use civvies as shields, so better find a way around it. How about SDB’s? Can you imagine how many of them a B1-B can carry? Even an A-10 or F-16. Thats a lotta bombs. Secondly, the comments about the Saudi’s are correct. If there is to be a stable A-stan, those “safe havens” in PAK need to be very UNSAFE. If not, we are p-ssing in the wind.

By: Oblat

Oblat — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:44:17 +0000

The point Bing West is trying to make is that the US is losing in Afghanistan because the Taliban are just ordinary afghans.
It’s always the same story, losing to the people genocide is proposed as the solution.
It shouldn’t be forgotten that the most bombed country in history was a US ally at the time, all (as the pentagon papers show) to preserve some US prestige in a failing war.
Bing has been running the same hollow story of defeat his entire career.

By: AMMO

AMMO — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:06:06 +0000

Yeah, right now our aircraft scare them, because they know we could still shoot. Once you remove the bullets from the gun, nobody will be scared anymore.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:52:53 +0000

The Taliban protected Bin Laden, who attacked our non-military friends and families. They should face the same risks.

By: tim

tim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:12:41 +0000

Pakistan is to blame for ninety percent of this , nearly all the fighters are foreign and backed by the rogue paki intelligence officers .
As for Saudi Arabia ‚more than anyone else they were responsible for 9/11 .
God speed to the UK and US troops

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:17:39 +0000

Cannon, what do you propose? Nuking Saudi Arabia? If we didn’t piss off enough people we’ll sure to do so by occupying Saudi Arabia, or openly meddling in their affairs.
Perhaps if the al-Sauds all died in a mysterious accident…

By: Razer

Razer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:21:56 +0000

You have to realize that part of the Afghan war is political. Other countries have boots on the ground, and we require the assistance of Afghanistan’s neighbors to try to choke off the flow of weapons and troops across the borders. You don’t keep allies by flattening villages and allowing the Taliban to show dead women and children on CNN again.
Open warfare on civilian centers also does nothing but increase the number of insurgents that you face. You kill a mother and you essentially force her 8 sons to join the Taliban (or some other militant group).
At least Obama is sending troops there. Under Bush Afghanistan was an afterthought to the Iraq conflict.

By: Drake1

Drake1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:16:28 +0000

While progressives may be amenable McChrystal’s new approach to the conflict, it was him not the Administration that put the restrictions in place.