Quagmire...

SteamWake · 10-27-09, 02:28 PM

That word was bandied about quite a bit during the Bush administration.

I find it a fitting description as to the situation in Afghanistan which BTW according to campaign promises would be "the focus on the war on terror".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foriegen service officer and former Marine Captain Matthew Hoh

"I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States' presence in Afghanistan," he wrote Sept. 10 in afour-page letter to the department's head of personnel. "I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2009102603447

GoldenRivet · 10-27-09, 02:32 PM

GIGGIDY

10-27-09, 02:42 PM

Another bloodiest month, 58 US soldiers dead in Afghanistan. Two helicopters fell recently and today 8 US soldiers died.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapc...ths/index.html

AVGWarhawk · 10-27-09, 02:46 PM

I think Afghanistan will be much worse than Iraq could ever be. It is a tough situation.

GoldenRivet · 10-27-09, 03:10 PM

mismanaged from the beginning... still mismanaged today.

i dont know what i would do any differently, i didnt go to west point... but i can tell you this, Obama needs to crap or get off the pot with this Afghanistan situation.

there are too great a percentage of the population over there who view Bin Laden as a hero... they could search for decades and never find him.

and we all know that the war in Afghanistan reaches across several borders into Pakistan for example.

If we cant be in it to win it... we shouldnt be in it at all IMHO

AVGWarhawk · 10-27-09, 03:24 PM

Truly, I think we ain't seen nothing yet concerning Afghanistan. This time we really on their turf and they understand their turf very well.

Letum · 10-28-09, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

GIGGIDY

I facepalmed and lol'ed because I wasn't the only one.

SteamWake · 10-29-09, 01:14 PM

Ms. Clinton 'puzzled' at Pakistan's goverment lack of knowledge.

Quote:

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's said on Thursday it was "hard to believe" that no one in Pakistan's government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding, striking a new tone on a trip where Washington's credibility has come under attack.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/...s_pakistan_usa

CaptainHaplo · 10-29-09, 06:56 PM

I can't understand why she would be puzzled. After all, she didn't know all those gifts were under her bed or wherever they were......

She should know, it happens? I mean, like she said then, whats the big deal, right?

10-27-09, 02:32 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	GIGGIDY __________________

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think Afghanistan will be much worse than Iraq could ever be. It is a tough situation. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-27-09, 03:10 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	mismanaged from the beginning... still mismanaged today. i dont know what i would do any differently, i didnt go to west point... but i can tell you this, Obama needs to crap or get off the pot with this Afghanistan situation. there are too great a percentage of the population over there who view Bin Laden as a hero... they could search for decades and never find him. and we all know that the war in Afghanistan reaches across several borders into Pakistan for example. If we cant be in it to win it... we shouldnt be in it at all IMHO __________________

10-27-09, 03:24 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Truly, I think we ain't seen nothing yet concerning Afghanistan. This time we really on their turf and they understand their turf very well. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-29-09, 06:56 PM	#9
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I can't understand why she would be puzzled. After all, she didn't know all those gifts were under her bed or wherever they were...... She should know, it happens? I mean, like she said then, whats the big deal, right? __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

10-27-09, 02:42 PM	#3
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Another bloodiest month, 58 US soldiers dead in Afghanistan. Two helicopters fell recently and today 8 US soldiers died. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapc...ths/index.html