winsor 236
QuoteQuote***I'm going to assume that was meant to be satirical.
No really! Thank you for agreeing to the cut in your retirement pay entitlement.
Of course if you all had been up to the task of winning in Afghanistan our country would be enjoying a much rosier economy.
The US bet on you to get the job done and you let the people down.
But thank you for atleast seeing your failing and quietly accepting the retirement cut.
Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires!
Yup, we should have gone in there and showed the Brits and the Soviets how it's done.
"This time it's different!"
Right.
i think afghanistan could have been 'won' - iraq was the backbreaker...
stay away from moving propellers - they bite
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***Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires!
QuoteWell wait one second!
Didn't Alexander the Great hold it for all of four years?
Maybe instead of tanks,humvees, and predator drones we should be supplying our boys with elephants and
spears.
i think afghanistan could have been 'won' - iraq was the backbreaker...
Iraq wasn't the problem.
The problem is if you're going to have a war than mean it!
It's like holding back on the force of your punches or not kicking below the belt in a bar fight.
If you are going to commit to war then the total annihilation of the country should be your goal!
Otherwise peaceful negotiations may make better sense.
overreach was the problem...
stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
winsor 236
Quote***Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires!
QuoteWell wait one second!
Didn't Alexander the Great hold it for all of four years?
Maybe instead of tanks,humvees, and predator drones we should be supplying our boys with elephants and
spears.
Nope, Alexander had the presence of mind to avoid military confronatation in Afghanistan. He married into their royalty, and thus coopted their forces.
Quoteoverreach was the problem...
No, it was not really commiting to the war.
We have plenty of nukes to turn both countries into glass.
If you're gonna have a war have a WAR.
If you can't stomache that then peaceful negotiations may be a better tact.
QuoteQuoteoverreach was the problem...
No, it was not really commiting to the war.
We have plenty of nukes to turn both countries into glass.
and the rest of the world have enough nukes to turn you to glass in return - checkmate...
stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
Nope, Alexander had the presence of mind to avoid military confronatation in Afghanistan. He married into their royalty, and thus coopted their forces.
Thanks for the education Winsor.
I hadn't ever learned that piece of history.
So maybe George , Cheney or Rumsfeld should have married a Taliban chieftan!
***and the rest of the world have enough nukes to turn you to glass in return - checkmate...
A little global cleansing might do the world some good.
Either that or a Coke and a singing lesson on the side of a mountain.
Besides ,we have enough nukes to turn them into glass three times!
winsor 236
Quote***I'm going to assume that was meant to be satirical.
No really! Thank you for agreeing to the cut in your retirement pay entitlement.
Of course if you all had been up to the task of winning in Afghanistan our country would be enjoying a much rosier economy.
The US bet on you to get the job done and you let the people down.
But thank you for atleast seeing your failing and quietly accepting the retirement cut.
Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires!
Yup, we should have gone in there and showed the Brits and the Soviets how it's done.
"This time it's different!"
Right.
i think afghanistan could have been 'won' - iraq was the backbreaker...
Afghanistan showed what cheating your way through history class does when one has to make decisions that have solid precedent.
Iraq was a case of incompetence supercharged by hubris.
In any case, one must have clear objectives and a realistic plan for the end game to have any hope of success. In any of the conflicts in which we are now embroiled, we have had neither.
There is nothing we are now undergoing that was not glaringly apparent at the outset. The fact that we still have no one in charge that has the slightest inkling of how to extract ourselves from this quagmire bodes badly for the forseeable future.
BSBD,
Winsor
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No really! Thank you for agreeing to the cut in your retirement pay entitlement.
Of course if you all had been up to the task of winning in Afghanistan our country would be enjoying a much rosier economy.
The US bet on you to get the job done and you let the people down.
But thank you for atleast seeing your failing and quietly accepting the retirement cut.
Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires!
Yup, we should have gone in there and showed the Brits and the Soviets how it's done.
"This time it's different!"
Right.