Comments on: McChrystal Digs In, Afghan Women Say Get Out http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JLML http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1935030 JLML Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:31:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1935030 <p>Siun. This is an invaluable series. Thank you so much.</p> Siun. This is an invaluable series. Thank you so much.

]]> By: Kassandra http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1935029 Kassandra Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:17:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1935029 <p>Once again troops are over there without sufficient material to fight this thing. It was in the BBC yesterday.<br /> I would presume, with the states of both economies that our troops are also in the same position. ( don’t know but I’ll take bets)<br /> McChrystal wants more billions and troops we don’t have. I guess he thinks he can do what Alexander the Great and Rome couldn’t do…and everybody else since then.<br /> Obama looks more and more like a leaf in the wind.</p> Once again troops are over there without sufficient material to fight this thing. It was in the BBC yesterday.
I would presume, with the states of both economies that our troops are also in the same position. ( don’t know but I’ll take bets)
McChrystal wants more billions and troops we don’t have. I guess he thinks he can do what Alexander the Great and Rome couldn’t do…and everybody else since then.
Obama looks more and more like a leaf in the wind.

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934802 macaquerman Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:52:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934802 <p>,,,,,,Failure is an orphan..</p> ,,,,,,Failure is an orphan..

]]> By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934790 Synoia Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:26:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934790 <p>He won’t be deterred form transferring the blame of failure to someone else.</p> <p>“It wan’t me who failed, I didn’t get the resources I needed to finish the job”</p> He won’t be deterred form transferring the blame of failure to someone else.

“It wan’t me who failed, I didn’t get the resources I needed to finish the job”

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934787 macaquerman Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:20:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934787 <p>Sure as hell agree that we haven’t done well and also that we haven’t done much good.</p> <p>The request was very clear and certainly wasn’t going to be accepted without the Taliban losing face. They chose, we chose, and everybody lost more than face.</p> Sure as hell agree that we haven’t done well and also that we haven’t done much good.

The request was very clear and certainly wasn’t going to be accepted without the Taliban losing face. They chose, we chose, and everybody lost more than face.

]]> By: PJEvans http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934781 PJEvans Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:05:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934781 <p>I think that’s covered by ‘not doing very well’. (For all I know, the request was phrased so badly that they couldn’t come up with a way to hand him over without losing a lot of face. The Taliban losing face wouldn’t have been a bad result, actually ….)</p> I think that’s covered by ‘not doing very well’. (For all I know, the request was phrased so badly that they couldn’t come up with a way to hand him over without losing a lot of face. The Taliban losing face wouldn’t have been a bad result, actually ….)

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934755 macaquerman Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:37:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934755 <p>We did ask them to hand over OBL after the attack and they did actually refuse.</p> We did ask them to hand over OBL after the attack and they did actually refuse.

]]> By: PJEvans http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934729 PJEvans Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934729 <p>We weren’t actually attacked by the Afghans, and we’re not doing very well at attacking the Taliban, either.<br /> (Iraq is a case of ‘they have oil, we want it, let’s take it’, AFAICT.)</p> We weren’t actually attacked by the Afghans, and we’re not doing very well at attacking the Taliban, either.
(Iraq is a case of ‘they have oil, we want it, let’s take it’, AFAICT.)

]]> By: Sharkbabe http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934709 Sharkbabe Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:47:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934709 <p>Great post. Thanks.</p> Great post. Thanks.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934706 Twain Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:41:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/12/mcchrystal-digs-in-afghan-women-say-get-out/#comment-1934706 <p>sleep well.</p> sleep well.

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