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buckman
02-23-2009, 03:02 PM
So if we send 15K more troops to Afghanistan, we must have a clear objective and a defined exit strategy right? Anyone know what that would be.........

JohnR
02-23-2009, 03:23 PM
So if we send 15K more troops to Afghanistan, we must have a clear objective and a defined exit strategy right? Anyone know what that would be.........

I'm told exit strategy is the wrong term. Need to define an "End State" - what is the "End State" the administration defines for AFG. Before you send another 15K troops (and yes, they could be used) better define your backup(s) over land supply routes :eek5:

likwid
02-23-2009, 03:24 PM
I believe you have Iraq and Afghanistan confused.

buckman
02-23-2009, 03:29 PM
So we don't need a clear objective and a defined exit strategy this time? Only in
Iraq? Why's that?

likwid
02-23-2009, 04:03 PM
Only in
Iraq? Why's that?

The two situations/countries have absolutely nothing to do with one another.

buckman
02-23-2009, 04:06 PM
The two situations/countries have absolutely nothing to do with one another.

OK

RIROCKHOUND
02-23-2009, 07:10 PM
Get Bin Laden.
Kill the Taliban

Leave

Joe
02-23-2009, 07:29 PM
The Taliban now are again a legitimized government of the Swat Province in western Pakistan. The Packistani military could not oust them.

striperman36
02-23-2009, 08:08 PM
We can expect a new mid-east policy from Obama prior to the Nato Summit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002897.html

RIJIMMY
02-24-2009, 09:00 AM
Get Bin Laden.
Kill the Taliban

Leave

So lets put on our Anti-Bush hats for a minute and look at Obama.

1. is a war in Afghanistan legal? Were there UN sanctions against them? Did we use up all diplomatic options? When does Obama break international law?
2. How many civilian deaths are we willing to put up with? When does Obama become a murderer?
3. How far do we go in Pakistan, isnt any attack on their soil illegal?
4. How many Americans have to die before we quit?

justplugit
02-24-2009, 12:23 PM
1. is a war in Afghanistan legal? Were there UN sanctions against them? Did we use up all diplomatic options? When does Obama break international law?
2. How many civilian deaths are we willing to put up with? When does Obama become a murderer?
3. How far do we go in Pakistan, isnt any attack on their soil illegal?
4. How many Americans have to die before we quit?

Fair questions. We need to know what the our goverment's objective is and a time table.

Time table would be the hardest to predict with their very tough fighting terrain.
Russians found that out.

Swimmer
02-24-2009, 12:29 PM
Did you know that we just negotiated with Russia who is going to start allowing supplies for Afganistan to travel through Russia to get to our troops? Yes we did.

justplugit
02-24-2009, 04:06 PM
Did you know that we just negotiated with Russia who is going to start allowing supplies for Afganistan to travel through Russia to get to our troops? Yes we did.

I wonder what that negotiation cost us, or will cost us?

Raven
02-24-2009, 04:53 PM
100 more drones

Swimmer
02-27-2009, 12:16 PM
The Taliban now are again a legitimized government of the Swat Province in western Pakistan. The Packistani military could not oust them.


Thats because no one else can or will protect the heroin trade.

Nebe
02-27-2009, 01:04 PM
dont forget what happened when we left afghanistan the last time...we helped them kick the ruskies out and abandoned them to grow poppies, hash, and left a power vacuum for the taliban to flourish.

maddmatt
03-12-2009, 07:46 AM
i say....
carpet bomb everything from I to I (israel to india) for a year

stop and listen, if we hear anything, do it again.

very tired of the muslim thing, good, bad, whatever, time for the fad to end