Speaking the truth,in public,in today’s Military is always a career ending event.
What the heck are we doing there other than trying to prop up a corrupt regime which doesn’t enjoy the support of its people and which would turn on us in a second if it felt that it would benefit them?
We should fire Karzai and put this guy in his place.
Not as long as Imam Obama is their CinC at any rate.
Politico is collecting a lot of heads lately.....hmmmmmm.
The American military has done enough. Let this puke president suffer the security consequences of bringing them home. I’m sick of this low life CiC putting all the burden and more on our soldiers while forcing them to endure fags, multicultural commies and a no victory mission. I’m perfectly willing to keep an eye out for mullah omar here at home.
The Armed Forces have re-adopted the policy —only changing it to “Don't ask [the truth], Don't Tell [the truth]!!
It is well past time for America to take action on Pakistan. We call Iran the big threat - Pakistan is also a big threat. Our attempt to buy the loyalty of anti-American nations is ridiculous.
I totally agree with the general. The afghans have learned nothing from all of our years of mentoring and assistance. they don’t care to learn. and they are either OK with us leaving because they think they can secure their own family, or they are too stupid to think past the nose on their own face.
this general told it like it is. i agree 100 pct with what he said. any NORMAL person would. unfortunately, our politically correct society won’t allow the truth to come out. the real insult was Karzai saying he’d back pakistan against the US. why was he not asked to apologize?
i have zero confidence in our ability to turn the situation around in afghanistan, even if we had all the poeple we wanted. the afghans have given up. we have largely given up. the rules of engagement are stupid. and there’s a never-ending stream of bad guys coming across the border.
let them place implode. almost all of the money in afghanistan is brought in by ISAF. when ISAF goes, so goes the money. these people will be able to last maybe a year or two when we leave. no more. but since we are leaving, come hell or high water, let’s just go now. don’t waste another American life for these people and their perpetual problems. if they start training terrorists again, we can send a few cruise missiles in and blow em up i guess.
Oklahoma’s National Guard brigade combat team in Afghanistan now has suffered significant losses (14 to date, IIRC, since June) and I’m really tired of seeing these young people on the front page. This general’s comment seals the deal for me that it is time for the US to get out while retaining armed drone sorties and some Special Forces like the “Horse Soldiers” that went in there in 2001-2. Keep any Taliban off-balance and make smoking holes where al-Quaeda leadership pops up on the landscape.
General Fuller has a point.
$11 billion for what ?
When did the truth become inappropraite
The money is viewed as “Jizya” that we Infidels are required to pay to the koranimals for use of their “-Stan” & it buys no allegiance what-so-ever from them.
Koranimals support each other.
That is all.
Just keep documenting all of this. Eventually justice will come...it has to.
Equip our drones with spray tanks and dust Afghanistan with persistent nerve agent and defoliant/soil sterilant for the next five years. Turn it into Carthage.
Another good and brave leader canned.
The longer a liberal Democrat is president, the worse our military officer class becomes. By worse, I mean bowing to the politicians, being “correct” on homosexuality and advancing women over men, being good at desk work and not a clue on leadership or battle skills and making the troops do chicken sh!t like painting rocks or meals on wheels, instead of battle readiness.
This happen under Carter and is happening under Omama.
Cain needs to talk to this general about the VP slot.
Ending this man’s military career & putting out into the media to say what he wishes might not have been the best move for Barry the Imposter.
If we had a Republican-led Congress and a conservative Republican President, if a two-star general was making public comments critical of conservative policies, many of us would be furious — and likely for good reason.
I haven't seen the full interview so I don't want to sit in judgment of the general. I am going to say any general who gets to that rank knows good and well the importance of submission of the armed forces to civilian control, and if he doesn't, there's a problem.
Either the general was misquoted or quoted out of context (possible but not likely — the reporter and the general both know if a tape recording exists, it will prove the point one way or the other) or the general did something really stupid (in which case he should be sacked) or the general did what he did knowing full well he would cause an uproar.
The day the general is out of uniform is the day he can run for office, speak out against abuse in the military or in our foreign allies, or otherwise fight bad political decisions.
Given the likelihood of the Republicans winning big next year, I don't know why the general didn't just sit tight and wait.
A lot of questions need to be answered. There may be good answers for what and why he did what he did, but we probably won't hear them until the general is out of uniform.