[Gene Eric]

The Leftwing tenor will be completely different given Obama is POTUS, and not Bush.

[R_Kangel]

Analysis: Obama's Afghanistan problem gets worse...

Oh c'mon people .... How the heck can it be getting WORSE?

There is no way on this planet that Mr. Obama's Afghanistan problem is getting worse ..... at least as long as the Main Stream Media isn't reporting it to the masses!!!!

The media is reporting in a fashion the creates a perception to the electorate. As they say .... perception is reality ... and until otherwisw reported ... the perception shall be the reality of the people!!

Unless the masses find out about this ..... it will be shuffled to the outer darkness where no human shall be privy to this knowledge.

And the Nation shall dwell in their perceived bliss.

Perception IS reality!!! What are we doing to change that perception folks?

[longhorn too]

I didn’t know that NATO forces were involved in Afghanistan. Wonder what country they represent?

[cpdiii]

Afghanistan holds no strategic importance. We went there to get Ben Ladin and the Taliban and Al Queda. There is a nation called Afghanistan but it is not truely a nation. It is a collection of tribal areas ruled by tribal leaders and warlords. Some of them are good and some of them are bad.

We must leave that place. If the Taliban give aid and support to Alqueda after we are gone, bomb the s—t out of them from the air and have special forces kill others on the ground. If the Taliban take over the government of Afghanistan, kill the leaders of the government. Kill them from the air, or on the ground, or pay their enemies to kill them for us.

Afghanistan is basically a feudal society. Leave them to kill each other at their pleasure. If they try to project harm from Afghanistan toward our interests, kill the leaders in any manner that is necessary.

But first, WE NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THAT PLACE!!!

[Mister Da]

Afghanistan is certainly FUBAR.

George Bush made it that way when he began the idiotic process of civilizing a country of essentially rabid dogs.

That Obama has made the effort even more FUBAR is hardly a surprise.

If the Afghan effort is to EVER succeed, we must replace the Karzai gov’t with US martial law, severely loosen the ROEs to allow our soldiers to do their job of killing Al-Queda & Taliban, & bomb our enemies to rubble.

Frankly, I don't think our leaders have the stomach for the brutality required to do the above, so I favor a complete pullout.

IMO, the entire country of Afghanistan is not worth the life of ONE US soldier.