Afgham war:- The truth is out

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...r-daniel-davis

Gee i hate to see the West in this jam, may be you could get the amry of South Vietham to help?
;)

Mike

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Re: Afgham war:- The truth is out

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...r-daniel-davis

What Davis wants – and what several politicians are lobbying for – are congressional hearings on the issue. He wants the generals grilled on his report and on how their comments compare with the evidence. But that needs the support of party leaders such as Democratic senator Harry Reid or Republican House speaker John Boehner, and that seems unlikely because such hearings would be a political minefield.
This only serves to infuriate Davis. "Wouldn't you want to know the truth when you are making a war-and-peace decision?" Does he have any regrets? "There has never been a fraction of a question as to whether I did the right thing," he said. "Lives are at stake."

+1
the most outrageous aspect of the afghan operation is that it was essentially complete when the functional ability of osama with help from the taliban to launch attacks against The US was shutdown.

any objective beyond this was futile, as the russians/soviets proved decades ago.

WHY is The US still there and WHAT is the OBJECTIVE? (i mean, HEY, at least iraq has some oil)

when it took 'our fearless leader' 6 months to come up with an answer to that one, that very fact suggests that nobody in the administration or the pentagon has a clue... err... i mean answer.

just how many more trillions will we piss down that rathole before sanity prevails....

sez a kinda rightwinger who has absolute faith/confidence in The US Military but NONE in the civilian 'leadership'

[Mega]

Re: Afgham war:- The truth is out

The Leaders of the Tilban visted the US before all this began.........the US wanted bases & piplines......they where taken by private jet to Texas, & stayed (i joke you not) On G W Bush ranch !!!!!

They discussed the idea, went home & decied NO.
Suddenly the West was funding other groups to attack them, the Tailban struck back by stopping DEAD the drug trade......then shorty afterwards........planes started flying into buildings......

Mike