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buckman 02-23-2009 03:02 PM

exit strategy?
 
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

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Originally Posted by buckman (Post 667790)
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

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Originally Posted by buckman (Post 667796)
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

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Originally Posted by likwid (Post 667803)
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...111002897.html

RIJIMMY 02-24-2009 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND (Post 667876)
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

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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY (Post 667986)

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

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Originally Posted by Swimmer (Post 668055)
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

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Originally Posted by Joe (Post 667882)
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


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