"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:34:36 -0500, HK wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:11:03 -0600, thunder
wrote:

Personally, I don't understand the resistance to Obama's 16 month
withdrawal. The Status of Forces agreement has us out of the cities by
June, and out of Iraq in 36 months. Al-Maliki states an earlier
withdrawal if OK by him. The Sunnis seemed concerned by our leaving,
but
there seems to be an effort to address their issues. I mean, Iraq is
looking relatively stable, though fragile, and we can use the manpower
in
Afghanistan, where things look to be going downhill.

Afghanistan will be President Obama's Vietnam.

Gad, i love these pronouncements from Mt. Olympus. You're beginning to
sound like BAR. I thought you were a lot brighter.

Consider that in your memory, one of the mightiest militaries in the
world, couldn't keep Afghanistan under it's control

The Persians couldn't do it, the Mongols couldn't go it, the British
couldn't do it, the Russians couldn't do it and in truth, we won't be
able to do it either without a massive military commitment that will
make Russia's efforts pale in comparison.

Afghanistan is a harsh and forbiddable place. In some aspects, it's a
lot like Vietnam with ready hiding places, a dedicated faith based
death cult insurgency (as opposed to an ideological based insurgency)
and no ready way to get military assets in and out without assistance
from governments who don't quite see the world the way we do.

I can't wait for all the complaints about dead soldiers in the
upcoming Afghanistan debacle that will be known as "Obama's War".

Keep your liberal fingers warmed up - I expect complaints from you
about the cost of "Obama's War" on Afghanistan.

And I'm archiving all your replies to this post just to keep you
honest. :)

--

"Never fight an inanimate object."

P.J. O'Rourke

Best comment I ever heard about Afghanistan was by a local to a TV reporter
during the Soviet's ass whupping. Good thing they are here. Otherwise we
would just be shooting each other.