An Observation on Obama’s Decision
It doesn’t feel right. I am left with a sense of dread.
But we have to get beyond this.
We cannot continue to risk life and limb if Afghan men aren’t equipped to grab the baton from us.
Maybe Afghan women should marry American men and produce some Afghans with higher testosterone levels.
I’m only half kidding.
Petraeus IS the man for the job. And I hope he can undo the damage Obama has done.
God, I hope he can.
Because the thought of abandoning Afghan women, again, just sickens me.
“Maybe Afghan women should marry American men and produce some Afghans with higher testosterone levels.” Oh... somehow I don’t think that’s the problem. I’d be willing to support taking all the children out and giving them a first class education so they can return and teach their parents to read and write. 95% illiteracy rate in Afghanistan — it’s a hopeless situation. Can’t even read instruction manuals, have to be shown and learn by rote. How do you think those poor slobs got where they are? It isn’t because they scored high on their ACTs or SATs.
When I was in the Army stationed it Germany, some of the guys were telling the German waitresses that the reason American troops were there was to improve their gene pool so the Germans wouldn't lose next time.
RE: “.............Petraeus IS the man for the job. And I hope he can undo the damage Obama has done...............”
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I hope you are correct. Please tell me Petraeus did NOT vote for Obama, as McChrystal supposedly did........
No, because I believe the reason McC has done this is because under the circumstances, this war cannot be won. OK, well, let Petraeus lose it. At least he has a victory under his belt in Iraq, so he’ll be 1-1. The trouble is, counter-insurgency doesn’t work when you can’t relentlessly hound the insurgents while making friends with the locals. IOW, when the troops have their hands tied. I don’t want more troops to die, but there’s no way we’re winning while this moron sits in the white hut. He would not allow it any more than he’s allowing the gulf to be cleaned up, It’s like he WANTS to fail.
You are dreaming irrational dreams.
Nothing can or will happen for the good until the ROE permit killing people and not worrying about collateral damage.
The troops must be allowed to kill and blow things up. Until that happens and it won’t, there will be stalemate or loss.