Comments on: The Great Afghan Numbers Debate

By: papa54

papa54 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:36:14 +0000

first lets set the record straight.
President Obama commited high treason when he as a leader of the United States BOWED TO A MUSILUM ISLAMIC KING..

plane and simple we need a president that is not always seeing the worlds wonders while we are losing good men in afganistan and Iraq and in my opinion its because he doesnt want to send troops to kill his brothers in Faithj. he is most certainly a islamic musilum or else he would not have bowed to the king on National Television.. thats where i lost all hope or beliefs that he might indeed to the man to help this nation. instead he brings us since we are his servants under bondage to a musilum king.. what a disgrace.. i say he needs to be impeached at the least for high treasom.. the United States President Bows to no one…
but Obama showed his colors on live TV..what a idiot…

By: Laila

Laila — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:51:06 +0000

My dear friends,
I can say like this.
You went to Afghanistan or Iraq and you have no success there. The Arabs as killers won the war. You lost everything and we whites have the global crisis. The decision to win is one. You have to numbering all Afghans and close them in camps. Then kills all talibans. If you are not to be prepared for this move because “you humans” get out of Afghanistan and Iraq, because over there there is no countries. They have still riotes. the 16 ages organization. And their thinking is a fatva. And for them the“Democracy” is the death.

By: Boomer735

Boomer735 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:15 +0000

I’d love to see our forces disengage in Afghanistan; western civilization has no idea how places like that, just like Viet Nam, operate. Unfortunately, Taliban will step back in as soon as we’re gone and rebuild their base for planning attacks on the West. As was borne out at Fort Hood, the Obama administration has returned our intelligence posture to that of pre-9/11/01. The firewalls are back up to prevent agencies from comparing notes and effectively deterring attacks.
I predict that Obama will commit enough forces to keep us engaged in the fight, but not enough to win it.

By: JCitizen

JCitizen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:24:21 +0000

I really could care less about Afghanistan; I’m more worried about Pakistan. We’ve been pounding on them to get tough with the Pashtun provinces, and now that they finally do and the understandable leakage at the border is occurring — we give up??

Makes absolutely no sense!!! We should stay long enough to satisfy Pakistan’s defense needs then let them tell us when it is a good time to leave. They’ve put up with our chiding and bullying so far, the least we could do is show them a little respect. This is the whole problem with why America is disrespected in the first place. Honor you commitments and people will respond positively.

By: JCitizen

JCitizen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:15:06 +0000

I don’t know Chris, I’m taking Mylegacy seriously! I’m a Christian conservative, and even I agree with him.

We call them the American Taliban. That nut that shot Doctor Tiller in Kansas is a good example.

By: Thunderhorse19

Thunderhorse19 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:01:05 +0000

What is Gates, Mullen, Cartwright and McChrystal’s exit plan? Do they have one? I doubt it. All we see is more and more thousands of contractors being hired in Vietnamistan. We see hundreds of billions in construction projects building bases/forts for long-term use like Iraq, Germany, Korea and the old West.

Bush and McCain wanted a 100-year war so we can be just as dysfunctional and corrupt as Karzai’s regime in Afghanistan. We don’t control anything there except the air. The $250 billion we’ve spent could have been used for education, healthcare, job training and unemployment benefits for Americans. Instead Bush and his cabal spent it in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

By: Drake1

Drake1 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:22:27 +0000

The President just sent all options (including the Gates and the secret 4th) back for revision.

By: Daniel Russ

Daniel Russ — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:58:22 +0000

Obama wants commanders to show him an exit strategy. So does the public.

I salute him for his efforts.

Respectfully,

Daniel Russ
civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:21:35 +0000

Mylegacy– if you want to be taken seriously, you should probably refrain from comments such as your last line.

By: Thomas Rodriguez

Thomas Rodriguez — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:10:11 +0000

I believ that the time line is right to sent 20.000 now befor more of our troops get hurt or Kill over there now is the right time for President Obama to do the right thing to sent reinforments why wait any longer the time now not next year he most give his Word now befor the snow begains to fall in washinton this year this is what i believe’

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:32:23 +0000

Firstly, get the mission right. Then, figure out the boots needed to successfully complete the mission. In the case of Afghanistan the “mission” should be to get the f*ck outta Dodge as quickly as possible. Now how many guys do we need to act as a rearguard while we bring the boys home.

Afghanistan has NEVER been anything but a group of tribes and clans fighting each other with some King or Dictator sitting in Kabul robbing them all blind. The bad guys DON’T NEED training grounds there, they can get together in their college dorms in Germany, France and Spain with a few of their English friends and plot quite nicely — thank you.

The REAL surprise of Islamic militancy is HOW PUNY the number of bad guys really is. IF — most of the followers of Islam wanted to rumble with the West — trust me — we wouldn’t be chasing a few beards in caves at the far end of nowhere — we’d have MULTIPLE THOUSANDS of attacks weekly — world wide. Polls in EVERY Muslim country show over 70+ think the Islamists are EVIL and MISREPRESENT their faith. Sorta like most Americans think the Religious Right are bat-shit-crazy neocon retards.

Peace brothers.

By: DC2 Jennings

DC2 Jennings — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:52:02 +0000

ISR assets whould be the key here. There hasn’t been enough in the past and obviously there aren’t enough now. This requirement is especially true given the terrain and how desolate the country is. To maintain a constant “boots on the ground” footprint is very difficult, especially when the only way to provide logistical support is by helicopter.

DC2