tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post9166390586925875023..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Afghanization?Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-9887910381009099022010-09-02T11:33:47.799-05:002010-09-02T11:33:47.799-05:00Ha! Tho the Alsatians and Lorrainers never did ha...Ha! Tho the Alsatians and Lorrainers never did have the luck and skill to throw out anyone who wanted to occupy their land.<br /><br />The better European comparison is surely Switzerland, if you can imagine an Islamic, sodomitical, five-times-as-rugged Switzerland.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-27401423825688805342010-09-01T18:43:10.808-05:002010-09-01T18:43:10.808-05:00At least as stable as Alsace-Lorraine, I imagine.At least as stable as Alsace-Lorraine, I imagine.PMS_CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185377866040009902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-32941115820924894782010-09-01T10:56:36.375-05:002010-09-01T10:56:36.375-05:00I believe we were supposed to be assisting in the ...I believe we were supposed to be assisting in the creation of a stable Afghan regime. <br /><br />After which our troops would be redeployed to hunt down the Easter Bunny.<br /><br />(Has there *ever* been a "stable Afghan regime"?)Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-16790554627676545062010-08-31T18:40:15.655-05:002010-08-31T18:40:15.655-05:00As a conservative Republican, I agree absolutely. ...As a conservative Republican, I agree absolutely. Our purpose in Afghanistan was to topple and punish the Taliban for providing a safe haven for Al Quiada. We did that. If we want to maintain enough troops there to throw the balance of power in a civil war and keep them from taking back over, that's one thing, but we shouldn't be there with massive numbers of troops in a war we cannot win.<br /><br />What exactly is our objective? Does anyone know of a realistic objective other than to muddle along?Rebelyellnoreply@blogger.com