Comments on: Time for a Commitment to Victory in Afghanistan

By: collect bag

collect bag — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:39:54 +0000

Scores of American soldiers have been killed in these past weeks since our leader ‘publicly’ began to ponder whether our nation’s armed forces should receive the support recommended (ordered) by our Defense Department.

By: Danielle Dunsmore

Danielle Dunsmore — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:04:46 +0000

Myth-Buster:

Yes, that should have been done after 9/11. It wasn’t thanks to the United Nations….which is on the WORST list!

By: Now and Then

Now and Then — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

53. David P:

General Shinseki

By: David P

David P — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:25:26 +0000

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:39:54 +0000

#51,
If you re-read my original post, you will find no indication that I believe Bin Laden is living in a cave, or even that he is in Afghanistan. But, I have also not heard any mention, beyond yours, that he could be in Florida. I get your limited point on this, but who are you quarreling with?

“Last but not least, you really don’t think the Usurper is going to get up off a check for 50 mill, do you? If I picked up ObL tomorrow, I would put him up on E-Bay and let the US try and out bid the KSA, or his family.
What would King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud offer? A million barrels of OIL, 400 goats and his oldest unwed daughter?”

And what is the point of this discussion? I Did not use a ransom to support my idea. I am likely to be wrong about what I said I believe, as are you, but I guess my point was that I have no other understanding about why our President is waffling on his General’s and now his Secretary of Defense’s requests. Please re-read my original post and I am sure you follow what I have just said?

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:32:06 +0000

#49,
You seem to have it all figured out You know how Bin Laden communicates, you know where he lives, you know the CIA knows, you know that 50 million bucks would produce Bi Laden( even though 10 million has already been offered ), and best of all, you know Bin Laden is smarter than anyone at the CIA and knows he has hundreds of years to win this war. I think I will stay with my theory for a while longer, no disrespect to you, of course.

By: John "birther" Samford

John "birther" Samford — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:54:09 +0000

“How did that work out in the First Iraq War”

Worked out pretty good for Tukulti-Ninurta.
He sacked Babylon and looted the temples.
His sons revolted and murdered him, so in the end he died, just like everyone else does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukulti-Ninurta_I

Jim, the problem with your theory is that Osama is smarter then ANYONE at the CIA. He knows his broadcast communications is compromised and only uses it for laying false trails. Real communications go by courier. Granted that takes a long time, but the war Osma is fighting has been going on since 621 AD and will go on for anther thousand years or more. Osama isn’t in a hurry.
My theory is that Osama is living in Flordia as another rich old jew and getting dialysis thru medicare. Certain people at the CIA know where he is, they just have to keep quiet to protect themselves.
The way to capture Osama is not by tramping thru the hills of Pakistan or the mountains of the Kush, but to offer a no questions asked pardon and that 50 mill reward to the CIA. Within 24 hours he would be in jail.
IF the capture team was on it’s game. Osama, like Saddam and the Mad Dog Mullahs, never goes anyplace that doesn’t have an escape route. 2 or 3 is better.

By: myth buster

myth buster — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:39:21 +0000

There is a third option, however, it’s even more radical than the other two: nuke the bastards. This war would be over in short order if we stopped fighting with both hands tied behind our backs and unleashed our full fury on them. All Taliban and Al Queda must surrender or be vaporized.

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:42:03 +0000

I have believed, for quite some time now, that the reason a more aggressive search for Bin Laden has not been made is because years ago our government compromised his internal communications. This allows our government valuable intelligence that helps to prevent more terror attacks in our country. The government has made a decision that this intelligence is more valuable than limited military success in Afghanistan. We can eliminate Bin Laden and bring our kids home, but in doing so, we lose our valuable intelligence network. It is just possible that Obama and his minions have decided that keeping our troops in Afghanistan is not as politically acceptable to them as it was to the Bush administration. Obama may have activated the plan to get Bin Laden and is stalling on the troop commitment until Bin Laden is killed or captured. Obama can then declare the war on terrorism to be over and please his lefty political base, at the expense of losing a valuable tool for protecting the US citizens. I could be wrong, but this is the only explanation for Obama’s ‘dithering’ that I can make to fit with reality. Of course, I do have my doubts about whether Obama and his friends are actually connected to reality.

By: Alan P Simon

Alan P Simon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:17:30 +0000

It’s hard to find fault with General McChrystal’s strategic program as described. However, all is based upon the presence of a valid, popular, relatively corruption-free government. We do not yet have such a government and without it, the general’s program for releasing the country from the grip of the Taliban will come to naught. Without such a government there can be no national police force or national army. Immediately upon our departure, the country would be sure to sink back into the morass in which we currently find it.