Comments on: Trying to Remember that Afghanistan is “not Iraq” http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:54:41 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sporkovat http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901423 sporkovat Mon, 18 May 2009 07:42:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901423 <p>so don’t vote Democrat, ever again. Vietnam was their war, remember. Obama is continuing the pointless, missionless occupation and murder in Iraq and Afghanistan, and expanding into Pakistan, just as Johnson and Nixon did into Cambodia and Laos. Its what they do, it wasn’t a secret during the campaign, so those who voted Democrat this time own the consequences, including the 95 children killed in the recent Gurnica-style bombing in Farah province.</p> <p><a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2009/05/13/afghan-mp-95-children-killed-in-" rel="nofollow">http://news.antiwar.com/2009/0.....killed-in-</a>!%0A+us-strike/</p> <p>I wouldn’t want that sticky guilt on my conscience.</p> so don’t vote Democrat, ever again. Vietnam was their war, remember. Obama is continuing the pointless, missionless occupation and murder in Iraq and Afghanistan, and expanding into Pakistan, just as Johnson and Nixon did into Cambodia and Laos. Its what they do, it wasn’t a secret during the campaign, so those who voted Democrat this time own the consequences, including the 95 children killed in the recent Gurnica-style bombing in Farah province.

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/0…..killed-in-!%0A+us-strike/

I wouldn’t want that sticky guilt on my conscience.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901421 MarkH Mon, 18 May 2009 07:08:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901421 <p>Wow, 25 underground stories is a lot. Got an elevator? Heh</p> Wow, 25 underground stories is a lot. Got an elevator? Heh

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901229 macaquerman Mon, 18 May 2009 03:10:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901229 <p>Come to NYC, walk around.</p> Come to NYC, walk around.

]]> By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901218 Synoia Mon, 18 May 2009 02:13:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901218 <p>The US DOS (Department of State) has release a press report praising the success of the Green Zone in Iraq in protecting US lives. The report goes on to state that the embassy in Iraq is not large enough to house of the necessary staff for the new Colonial Agency of the State Department. Consequently the new embassy in the Kabul Green Zone will be 50% larger than the Iraq Embassy, and also only be one story above ground. The remaining 25 stories will be subterranean. </p> <p>The state department statesmen when on to say “The Embassy People will be similar to moles, unseen, unharmed by events on the ground, and will only emerge to excrete and help manage the affairs of the Afghan people.” The spokesman continued “We have learnt from our mistakes, and do not intend to be target again.”</p> The US DOS (Department of State) has release a press report praising the success of the Green Zone in Iraq in protecting US lives. The report goes on to state that the embassy in Iraq is not large enough to house of the necessary staff for the new Colonial Agency of the State Department. Consequently the new embassy in the Kabul Green Zone will be 50% larger than the Iraq Embassy, and also only be one story above ground. The remaining 25 stories will be subterranean.

The state department statesmen when on to say “The Embassy People will be similar to moles, unseen, unharmed by events on the ground, and will only emerge to excrete and help manage the affairs of the Afghan people.” The spokesman continued “We have learnt from our mistakes, and do not intend to be target again.”

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901216 Eureka Springs Mon, 18 May 2009 02:04:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901216 <p><a href="http://www.threecupsoftea.com/" rel="nofollow">Three cups of tea</a> would have been the best route.. unless you are a military profiteer.</p> Three cups of tea would have been the best route.. unless you are a military profiteer.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901215 SanderO Mon, 18 May 2009 01:57:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901215 <p>We’ve been at war one place or another for the last 60 years. Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan, nor Pakistan is a threat to the USA. In fact, the only threat to our well being is the Chinese economy and they only want us buying their goods.</p> <p>It’s time to get rid of the DOD who sees everything around the world as a national security threat and it must be bombed to submission… even when the people who are bombed at not interested in the USA.</p> <p>This is really old, a huge waste of resources and we need to move on Obi the military thing. It has accomplished nothing, (but make people rich) and give sadists the opportunity to use their sadism in service to their country. That’s sick.</p> We’ve been at war one place or another for the last 60 years. Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan, nor Pakistan is a threat to the USA. In fact, the only threat to our well being is the Chinese economy and they only want us buying their goods.

It’s time to get rid of the DOD who sees everything around the world as a national security threat and it must be bombed to submission… even when the people who are bombed at not interested in the USA.

This is really old, a huge waste of resources and we need to move on Obi the military thing. It has accomplished nothing, (but make people rich) and give sadists the opportunity to use their sadism in service to their country. That’s sick.

]]> By: cosanostradamus http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901214 cosanostradamus Mon, 18 May 2009 01:56:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901214 <p>.<br /> Iraq was a freakin’ piece of CAKE compared with Afghanistan & Pakistan. And now we’ve put Cheney’s chief assassin & torturer in charge of the AfPak Wars, instead of sending more men as requested by the guy for whom the new guy suggested HIMSELF as replacement. Is Rumsfeld on Gates’ speed-dial? Betchya Cheney is.</p> <p>Well, as long as we still have <a href="http://blog-me-no-blogs.blogspot.com/2009/05/torture-music.html" rel="nofollow">torture music…</a><br /> .</p> .
Iraq was a freakin’ piece of CAKE compared with Afghanistan & Pakistan. And now we’ve put Cheney’s chief assassin & torturer in charge of the AfPak Wars, instead of sending more men as requested by the guy for whom the new guy suggested HIMSELF as replacement. Is Rumsfeld on Gates’ speed-dial? Betchya Cheney is.

Well, as long as we still have torture music…
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]]> By: libbyliberal http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901213 libbyliberal Mon, 18 May 2009 01:51:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901213 <p>Thanks, Siun. The accounts are heart-breaking. Surreal and heartbreaking. Handing out crisp bills to compensate for dead relatives. Post traumatic stress disorder for all, bottom line, and more for the survivors. </p> <p>Why don’t we fix their infrastructure instead of bombing it further. What a nightmare. </p> <p>What is it we want from Afghanistan? Oil? Land accessibility for a future pipeline? Justification for military spending and survival. Justification for a bigger military budget? Wanting our not popular guy’s regime to stay propped up for our future aggrandizement?</p> Thanks, Siun. The accounts are heart-breaking. Surreal and heartbreaking. Handing out crisp bills to compensate for dead relatives. Post traumatic stress disorder for all, bottom line, and more for the survivors.

Why don’t we fix their infrastructure instead of bombing it further. What a nightmare.

What is it we want from Afghanistan? Oil? Land accessibility for a future pipeline? Justification for military spending and survival. Justification for a bigger military budget? Wanting our not popular guy’s regime to stay propped up for our future aggrandizement?

]]> By: Kassandra http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901211 Kassandra Mon, 18 May 2009 01:27:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901211 <p>You mean the USA is invading a nation that doesn’t want our democracy??? Again?</p> You mean the USA is invading a nation that doesn’t want our democracy??? Again?

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901208 eCAHNomics Mon, 18 May 2009 01:22:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/trying-to-remember-that-afghanistan-is-not-iraq/#comment-1901208 <p>Never fear. Tom Ricks in the book salon today assured us that the surge worked in Iraq, well except for that political part, and that it will work in Afghanistan because it is completely possible to bomb civilians with one hand and increase their security with the other. He saw it with his own eyes. <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/ricks-book-club-hedtk/#comment-1901028" rel="nofollow">Here’s my Q</a>, and <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/17/ricks-book-club-hedtk/#comment-1901033" rel="nofollow">here’s his A</a>.</p> Never fear. Tom Ricks in the book salon today assured us that the surge worked in Iraq, well except for that political part, and that it will work in Afghanistan because it is completely possible to bomb civilians with one hand and increase their security with the other. He saw it with his own eyes. Here’s my Q, and here’s his A.

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