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Afghanistan Needs 100,000 U.S. Troops ASAP — Peggy Noonan is Dead Wrong
Townhall.com ^ | August 23, 2021 | George Mullen

Posted on 08/23/2021 11:38:46 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: qaz123

I agree. This isn’t 2001. This is the social media woke victim age. They will milk this for money.


61 posted on 08/23/2021 12:35:12 PM PDT by Codeflier (Please stop calling these violent totalitarian collectivist Democrats, liberals. )
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To: stockpirate; qaz123

As qaz123 noted, any US surge would mean death for everyone stuck at Kabul airport. And that includes US and allied service personnel.

Plus you won’t be able to kill all the Taliban anyway. Many of them would just disappear back into Pakistan. Then it becomes a game of whack-a-mole all over again.

Unless you want to continue the surge into Pakistan. No way would most Americans have the stomach for that. So any president who tried it would be instantly impeached.


62 posted on 08/23/2021 12:39:04 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Kaslin

Neither I nor Peggy Noonan has a clue what should be done.

Fortunately I don’t have to write words for a living.


63 posted on 08/23/2021 12:44:32 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: Leep

Or 100K proud boyz...


64 posted on 08/23/2021 12:47:12 PM PDT by moonhawk (Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party? Asking for a friend.)
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To: Kaslin
As such, this situation must be fixed — and the only way to do so is via a massive airlift of U.S. combat troops back into Afghanistan.

Some problems don't have solutions. This is one of them.

65 posted on 08/23/2021 12:47:42 PM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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To: Kaslin
The widely respected Peggy Noonan ...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!

66 posted on 08/23/2021 12:49:55 PM PDT by sauropod (Time is like quicksilver, smearing the years... - Bill Nelson)
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Just an aside, most of the Taliban I’m seeing in the photos were toddlers when Bush went into Afghanistan.


67 posted on 08/23/2021 12:54:13 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: Kaslin

One of the key points in life lessons is learning to know when to quit. I’ve seen a lot of fools doubling down when it was time fold at the blackjack tables. Always make me shake my head. Another bite at the Afcrapistan apple is futile, arrogant and stupid. Walk away and let the Chi-coms take a bite.


68 posted on 08/23/2021 12:55:08 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Kaslin

I remember the joy of the Berlin Wall coming down and the Soviet Bloc dissolving in 1991. And then that damned neocon turd Bush got us embroiled in the Middle East for a bunch of wealthy goat rapists and their oil money. Not a single mud slime is worth one drop of American blood or one penny of American treasure. Leave them all to their lord and master, Satan, whose shrine lies in Mecca.


69 posted on 08/23/2021 12:56:34 PM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: escapefromboston

It is not “their” country, it is now the CCP’s country.


70 posted on 08/23/2021 12:58:36 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: Kaslin

It’s a little late for that unless Peggy wants to see thousands of Americans die.


71 posted on 08/23/2021 1:08:17 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kaslin

She imagines that 100,000 troops can be inserted in a theatre with the snap of the fingers.

She needs to talk to a colonel in charge of a logistical command.


72 posted on 08/23/2021 1:11:36 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: stockpirate

I totally agree. Chase the Taliban to every corner of the Earth and cut them down without mercy. Leave no Taliban barbarian alive. They can never rise to slaughter again if they are all in their graves.


73 posted on 08/23/2021 1:24:25 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: RedElement

Peggy Noonan...The Belle of East Rutherford NJ.


74 posted on 08/23/2021 1:27:57 PM PDT by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: Kaslin
The widely respected Peggy Noonan

Not by me.

75 posted on 08/23/2021 1:31:28 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: no_go_lie

Penny Noogan? I thought she died 5 years ago??


76 posted on 08/23/2021 1:31:30 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: qaz123
Uhhhh……it’s called being in the military and you take an oath to follow the orders of those appointed above you.

Right - but at this point in time, you'd still be an idiot.

Children have no business running the military, and anyone still in the military not recognizing that is in for a world of hurt.

77 posted on 08/23/2021 1:32:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: lurk

Noonan is not the one recommending sending 100k troops.

Her idea is to beg the Taliban to be nice people.


78 posted on 08/23/2021 1:33:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: kiryandil

As usual......you make not one lick of sense.

I’m sorry I replied to your earlier comment.


79 posted on 08/23/2021 1:34:03 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Fido969

Maybe with the female draft, we have a new “woke” pink millie amazon division hiding out down near the Clinton/Epstein Island.


80 posted on 08/23/2021 1:36:47 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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