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Taliban Now Winning (U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Rising Casualties/ Quagmire)
Wall Street Journal ^ | AUGUST 10, 2009

Posted on 08/10/2009 10:02:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 08/10/2009 10:02:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I wonder where the antiwar demonstrations went?


2 posted on 08/10/2009 10:12:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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I thought things were going pretty well in Afghanistan... at least up until just about 7 months or so ago... what changed???

Oh...wait...

Nevermind. Praying for our troops.


3 posted on 08/10/2009 10:12:10 PM PDT by TheBattman (Pray for our country...)
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That is a good question. But ya know the saying by the moonbats: “it’s only an evil war if a Republican is president”.


4 posted on 08/10/2009 10:15:34 PM PDT by max americana
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But ya know the saying by the moonbats: “it’s only an evil war if a Republican is president”.

Or, 'it's only an evil war if America is winning it.'

5 posted on 08/10/2009 10:18:22 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Islam offers three choices: surrender, fight, or die.)
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Don't worry. The MSM will blame Bush. Despite Obama and the libs saying Afghanistan was where the real war on terror oh excuse me. ‘Overseas Contingency Operation,’ is taking place.
6 posted on 08/10/2009 10:19:23 PM PDT by dancusa (The word "racist" is a magic shield word that's supposed to stop any dissent.)
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To: beethovenfan
I wonder where the antiwar demonstrations went?

They're busy attacking senior citizens who ask questions about Obamacare.

7 posted on 08/10/2009 10:22:13 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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What happened to General Petraeus? I thought he was in charge of Afghanistan now?


8 posted on 08/10/2009 10:23:58 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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9 posted on 08/10/2009 10:25:11 PM PDT by Thunder90
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I thought the magic negro was going to focus on winning?


10 posted on 08/10/2009 10:27:10 PM PDT by Anti-Kenyan
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“Taliban Now Winning... Quagmire” = Obama Mission Accomplished.


11 posted on 08/10/2009 10:29:31 PM PDT by 24-7Freeper
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Beware of hyped reporting, even from the Wall Street Journal. A sidebar article said that Taliban Attack Afghan Town.

Eight Taliban on a suicide mission took over a building in a lightly guarded little town and they were wiped out after killing three Afghanis.

Watch to see if this is made into the Viet Cong attack on the US Embassy during Tet 1968. The VC never got into the embassy despite poor reporting that they had, and all 8-11 got killed for their troubles.

However, you would have thought that the Alamo had fallen again if you read the press in the US.

See Don Oberdorfer’s “TET” and Peter Braestrap’s “The Big Story” for the truth.


12 posted on 08/10/2009 10:29:51 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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President Bush, being a very smart man, understood the British experience and the Russian experience in Afghanistan and decided to do just enough to keep things from exploding. Even then, it was a rough ride.

The Failed Democratic Party© and The Failed Obama Administration© are clueless of history. They and their media hacks led folks to believe that Iraq was a mistake and the real threat was Afghanistan. How very wrong they were (as usual). These deaths are the fault of Obama and the Democrats. Period...

13 posted on 08/10/2009 10:42:16 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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Defeat rescued from the jaws of victory?


14 posted on 08/10/2009 10:49:53 PM PDT by dila813
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To: RedRover; jazusamo; Girlene; 4woodenboats; Grimmy; xzins; smoothsailing; lilycicero; bigheadfred; ..
Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that means U.S. casualties, already running at record levels, will remain high for months to come.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander, is making protection of civilians a priority over hunting Taliban rebels.

Is somebody freaking kidding me?

15 posted on 08/10/2009 10:55:45 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Well gee, what a frickin’ surprise.

I guess this is what happens when our troops are ordered NOT to shoot.


16 posted on 08/10/2009 11:40:34 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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just SWAT the Taliban

They are NOT winning ....we are kicking the snot out of them in Helmand


17 posted on 08/11/2009 12:29:31 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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In an effort to regain the upper hand, Gen. McChrystal said he will redeploy some troops ...

Where? Detroit, maybe?

18 posted on 08/11/2009 2:39:18 AM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: Talisker
Yes is obama telling our troops not to fire?What orders has he giving them?
19 posted on 08/11/2009 2:53:28 AM PDT by GregB (let me be the first to congratulate President Palin on becoming President Of The U. S.)
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Yes is obama telling our troops not to fire?What orders has he giving them?

He drastically restricted the rules of engagement so as to offer the enemy cover anywhere near civilian populations, and has pretty much banned pursuit, or the security check of women.

So, they fire on our troops or plant IEDs, many times from civilian areas or afterwards running for the civilian areas to avoid pursuit, and then dress as women in full burkha covering and simply walk past our forces in groups of women to escape.

And of course, they are terrorists, so they are civilians living in civilian areas in the first place. So by banning so-called civilian areas for military operations, Obama has literally banned our troops from the battlefield, while simultaniously requiring them to remain in a position where they can be constantly targeted by the enemy.

20 posted on 08/11/2009 3:22:07 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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