Well if that happens the soldiers escorting them to school will be blown up as well. But I'm sure the girls would rather return to the wonderful picnic in the park era of early 2001 where they remain illiterate, keep everything but their pupils covered and never be allowed to leave their homes. Er-right!
Well at least you've modified the forecast down to "thousands", which is nearing a point of reasonable possibility.
As for them "planning more attacks on U.S. soil", no problem. They managed to pull off two in my 50 years of life so far. I think that's a reasonable risk to take and we're certainly more able to impede any such action if we've returned over 200,000 U.S. military back home to the USA
That noted, if anyone in the now 500 or so known members of AQ really, really really wants to do something on American soil, there's actually not much anyone - including the U.S. military home or abroad - can do to stop them.
At least this chipper Thread of discussion illustrates one serious point of agreement among us here at the PPub.
That is - the primary and prevalent mission of U.S. military in Afghanistan in the year 2010 is to serve as mercenary security and protection forces serving one half of the Afghani population against the other half (Taliban-led) of the Afghani population, with a now secondary mission to do the same for one half of the Iraqi population against the other half.
The fraudulent Pentagon and GW-Bush (now Obama) mantras of "Protecting American freedoms and capturing Osama Bin Laden" have been fully exposed as utter lies nine years and well over 5000+ American lives later.
OBL and AQ have cheerfully raked 2x the number of American dead during the past nine years as they could ever have nailed on 9/11/01 and they've also succeeded in assisting a virtual financial collapse of the USA at the federal goverment level.
That is - the primary and prevalent mission of U.S. military in Afghanistan in the year 2010 is to serve as mercenary security and protection forces serving one half of the Afghani population against the other half (Taliban-led) of the Afghani population, with a now secondary mission to do the same for one half of the Iraqi population against the other half.
The fraudulent Pentagon and GW-Bush (now Obama) mantras of "Protecting American freedoms and capturing Osama Bin Laden" have been fully exposed as utter lies nine years and well over 5000+ American lives later.
OBL and AQ have cheerfully raked 2x the number of American dead during the past nine years as they could ever have nailed on 9/11/01 and they've also succeeded in assisting a virtual financial collapse of the USA at the federal goverment level.
The President of Afghanistan has set a renewed deadline for removal of the truest core of mercenaries (aka - 30-40,000 in 'security firms') to disband operations within his country.
It will of course be interesting to observe how much respect the Pentagon chooses to give to the President of the sovereign nation of Afghanistan on this very important matter.
Karzai Orders Private Security Firms To Disband
It will of course be interesting to observe how much respect the Pentagon chooses to give to the President of the sovereign nation of Afghanistan on this very important matter.
Karzai Orders Private Security Firms To Disband
The whiskey swilling General Petreaus might want to step up that media bullshit campaign....Would hate to see him fail to convince the American people how smart it is to continue sending their sons and daughters into the meatgrinder of his Forever War
Poll: U.S. opposition to Afghan war at all-time high
Unpopularity with the war in Afghanistan reached an all-time high in CNN polling with 62 percent saying they oppose it, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey. Moreover, confidence in the Afghan government is low. Seven in 10 Americans are not confident that Hamid Karzai's government can handle the situation there.
In an interview with NBC on Sunday, Gen. David Petraeus, the top general in Afghanistan, made clear that it will take a lot of time and commitment to achieve the overall goal of preventing Afghanistan from again becoming a haven for international terrorism.
"I didn't come out here to carry out a graceful exit or something like that," Petraeus said of taking command in Afghanistan this summer to replace ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Petraeus also repeated the administration line on plans to begin withdrawing some troops from Afghanistan in August 2011, saying the "transition" will be based on conditions on the ground.
Poll: U.S. opposition to Afghan war at all-time high
Unpopularity with the war in Afghanistan reached an all-time high in CNN polling with 62 percent saying they oppose it, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey. Moreover, confidence in the Afghan government is low. Seven in 10 Americans are not confident that Hamid Karzai's government can handle the situation there.
In an interview with NBC on Sunday, Gen. David Petraeus, the top general in Afghanistan, made clear that it will take a lot of time and commitment to achieve the overall goal of preventing Afghanistan from again becoming a haven for international terrorism.
"I didn't come out here to carry out a graceful exit or something like that," Petraeus said of taking command in Afghanistan this summer to replace ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Petraeus also repeated the administration line on plans to begin withdrawing some troops from Afghanistan in August 2011, saying the "transition" will be based on conditions on the ground.
Never fear, whiskey-swilling Petraeus is here!
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General Petraeus is on the scene in Afghanistan — and by “Afghanistan” we mean “the Sunday morning political talk shows, in America” — to announce his intention to just stone cold win this war for you, whether you like it or not. “The president didn’t send me over here to seek a graceful exit,” Petraeus said, as he made his plans for a bloody, desperate exit midway through President Palin’s first term. In order to achieve these goals, he’s bringing in all the folks who helped him out in Iraq, including some dude from the American Enterprise Institute.
Read more at Wonkette: http://wonkette.com/417450/the-battle-of-meet-the-press#more-417450#ixzz0wvBpBzHV
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General Petraeus is on the scene in Afghanistan — and by “Afghanistan” we mean “the Sunday morning political talk shows, in America” — to announce his intention to just stone cold win this war for you, whether you like it or not. “The president didn’t send me over here to seek a graceful exit,” Petraeus said, as he made his plans for a bloody, desperate exit midway through President Palin’s first term. In order to achieve these goals, he’s bringing in all the folks who helped him out in Iraq, including some dude from the American Enterprise Institute.
Read more at Wonkette: http://wonkette.com/417450/the-battle-of-meet-the-press#more-417450#ixzz0wvBpBzHV
GOOD NEWS.....President Obama is being presented with a "Plan B" for Afghanistan!!
A Plan B For Afghanistan
A Plan B For Afghanistan
heh...
Is "Captain Beatty" > or < smakish than "Sgt Enfuego"?
I can't keep up with military ranks and I'm not sure which one kicks more ass.
I do recall that Captain Kirk pretty much was The Man on Star Trek, but that might be due to their being no Sgts in the sci-fi future.
