Para_Frog 1 #26 October 30, 2009 Awesome post Marg. Natch.- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #27 October 30, 2009 QuoteMy working hypothesis is that it’s putting pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The ‘fighting season’ is drawing to a close in Afghanistan. Large numbers of additional troops would not be likely to deploy until late winter/early spring. I think that's the obvious conclusion and also why I have no issue with Obama's patience on this decision. Also, as I've said before, I have confidence Obama's patience will not get in the way of the recommended timeline. In other words Obama can take all the time he needs while simultaneously making sure the troops are ready for deployment when the time comes he does make a decision. However General Jones has a different opinion than McChrystal's which may explain Obama's indecisiveness. In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” General Jones asserted that he does not believe Afghanistan is “imminent danger of falling” to the Taliban and that the presence of al Qaeda “is very diminished.” www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,230 #28 October 30, 2009 Quote Read past the OP there doc. Can't find one, can you?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para_Frog 1 #29 October 30, 2009 Here, let me help you. QuoteWow. #1 - You're missing the point. #2 - You suck at the search function. I found 2 pages. However - none were Dr. K. So you get a 5%. See it now? I mean, don't you have like 50 years of post-secondary education? C'mon man.- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,230 #30 October 30, 2009 QuoteHere, let me help you. QuoteWow. #1 - You're missing the point. #2 - You suck at the search function. I found 2 pages. However - none were Dr. K. So you get a 5%. See it now? I mean, don't you have like 50 years of post-secondary education? C'mon man. So are you admitting intellectual dishonesty in the OP?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para_Frog 1 #31 October 30, 2009 Yes indeed. A gross generalization.- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #32 October 30, 2009 Quote Quote My working hypothesis is that it’s putting pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The ‘fighting season’ is drawing to a close in Afghanistan. Large numbers of additional troops would not be likely to deploy until late winter/early spring. I think that's the obvious conclusion [teasing] “Obvious,” eh? So when do I get to hear it on Fox News Sunday or Meet the Press? [/teasing] Quote However General Jones has a different opinion than McChrystal's which may explain Obama's indecisiveness. In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” General Jones asserted that he does not believe Afghanistan is “imminent danger of falling” to the Taliban and that the presence of al Qaeda “is very diminished.” I don’t really ‘hear’ the National Security Advisor’s comment as being antithetical to my speculations regardless of their novelty or even to GEN McChrystal’s recommendations in general. Am I missing something? I thought that particular interview was more in response to GEN McChrystal’s speech he’d given the week previously at IISS in London. The SecDef a couple days later at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting also chided the speaking out of chain-of-command, i.e., as you know, COMUSFOR-A/COMISAF --> USCENTCOM Commander --> SecDef --> President. See slide. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
