Posted by fayeroe on March 6, 2009, at 10:06:02
In reply to Re: Pakistan » fayeroe, posted by Sigismund on March 5, 2009, at 23:52:54
> Informed opinion seems to be saying that there is no hope of western victory in Afghanistan: the window of opportunity was open for a few years and is now shut.
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> However that may be, I would not like to see the Afghanistan war consume Obama's presidency.
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> I've just read some of the book. It is all hellishly complicated.Yeah....my take on it is we did have a window and it has slammed shut. I fear many, many more deaths and not much to show for our efforts. Of course if the dude who runs some of that (Mr. Gates?) stands steady and they make full use of his intelligence...it won't be as bad as Iraq. Bush ran the show in Iraq. Obama won't do that. He will call for , rightly so,personal responsibilty of the leaders of the military branches. He also has a huge group of retired generals and such to advise him. Bush did'nt listen to them. Watch me get called out for that statement.
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