“Today we can be proud that there are fewer areas under Taliban control, and more Afghans have the chance to built a more hopeful future,” he said. “As your commander-in-chief, I also wanted you to know that we will do whatever it takes to make sure you have the strategy, the resources and the equipment and leadership to get this done.”The only true assertion or implication in any of that sorry soundbite is that he is , indeed, the Commander In Chief.
He is a [war of choice] president.
ReplyDeleteWhen he made the comment of the six soldiers losing their lives and a tear came to his face was a half truth gesture.
He sent them there, he is keeping them there, he could pull them out yesterday, he is guilty of code/double speak.
It is under his watch that more civilians are dying in his Afghanica.
But he did get a tee shirt from Patreus. So I guess to him it is all worth it.
Yes, I followed up your earlier reference to the tee shirs, RZ, and I have to say it brought a tear to my own eye. I also noted, from local news sources, that the six US soldiers, as part of the 'training' were firing shells from a mountainside into a valley full of 'compounds'. Needless to say, without much concern about the effects on the invisible 'compound' people. I wonder what the policeman was thinking as he was watching this.
ReplyDeleteThis is pathetic.
ReplyDeleteO is parroting W, and/or LBJ.
Take your pick.
Either one/both led us deeper into the underworld.
And Canada, too. After promises to remove Canadian forces from Afghanistan in 2011, Harper completely backed down. He also insisted that no parliamentary vote was necessary to extend the presence of Canadians there.
ReplyDeleteMuch howling.
A vote was held. The "opposition" Liberals (they haven't opposed anything Harper's done recently) voted with the Cons. The war goes on, even though somewhere near 70% oppose it.
But who cares what we think?
They will leave with their tails between their legs along with the Americans, Filo. Two years max. Even if the Taliban looked like flagging, NATO/ISAF will breathe life back into them by their crassness and ineptitude (matched by the politicos). The French in Algeria in the analogy, incident by incident and now almost even speech by speech.
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