Comments on: British allies lose five more in Afghanistan; public support wanes

By: Archie1954

Archie1954 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:08 +0000

As difficult as it is too put this tragedy in perspective, one should remember that the job of these five in Afghanistan was to kill Afghanis. that is what they were trained for. They are after all hired killers and they are good at it if the news stories about Afghanistan are true. So why would the police officer not do his duty to his fellow Afghanis and stop these men from ever killing another of his fellow Afghanis?

By: Hard Right Hook

Hard Right Hook — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:58 +0000

English Bloke

November 5th, 2009
2:05 am
“Hey Common Sense, don’t get on the Brits case, ask where are the German, French, Spanish and Italian Nato troops eh? Not in Helmand province doing the dirty work I can tell you.”

Like George Patton said, “I’d rather have a German Division in front of me that have a French Division behind me.”

By: classychick

classychick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:22:24 +0000

I don`t know what the answer is for Aghanistan.But i 100% support every soldier out there as they are doing what they are told.How about sending all those neds that think they are so brave cos they are carring a knife, to the frontline?that would solve our over crowding in jails plus it would get them off our streets.Lets see if they are so brave when they face the Taliban

By: Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth

Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:41:20 +0000

If the Afghani security forces can show that they can defend the people from violence and crime, then we have hope to defeat the Taliban. We can help with stabilizing the country- nation building. And we could make appeal to the ninety per cent of the Taliban who only want jobs.
Wee must keep terrorists from taking over Pakistan and keep from killing or maiming the civilians there!
I’m with Obama-Biden-Gates!

By: Drifter

Drifter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:01:35 +0000

It’s obvious no one is going to fix that dump of a country. Russia got bogged down there and now we didn’t learn anything from their experience there (or our experience in Vietnam). You can’t occupy a country indefinitely and expect anything but resentment and rebellion. It’s past time to bring our troops home.

By: English Bloke

English Bloke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:05:03 +0000

Hey Common Sense, don’t get on the Brits case, ask where are the German, French, Spanish and Italian Nato troops eh? Not in Helmand province doing the dirty work I can tell you.

PS, you ‘Rebels’ cheated in that war, throwing our Tea supplies into in Boston Harbour was a dirty mean underhand trick.

By: md

md — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:19:31 +0000

For Joan:

There are a lot of troubled, mixed up people in this world that had loving parents. So your remedy is to whack them all? If they are unloved and unwanted its easier to just kill them?? You may want to re think your views on life.

By: Boots

Boots — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:59:12 +0000

Cheney complained that Obama was “dithering” regarding Afghanistan. Would to God Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeldt had “dithered” — had gone for a walk to think things through — before commiting American troops to Iraq and Afghanistan.

These wars are cesspools — a quadmire — and quicksand where our troops are exposed as they try to fight a conventional conflint with an unconventional enemy. It’s doomed.

Furthermore, if we’re there one week, one year or fifty years — when we leave it will implode into regional, ethnic, religious and tribal factions just like its been from 5000 years.

Get our troops out — leaving a few hundred “special ops” to go after Bin Laden and Taliban leaders.

History will prove that the Bush decision to go into Iraq and their handling of the search for Bin Laden were a disaster!

By: RGB

RGB — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:31:14 +0000

“I voted for President Obama because he said he would pull our troops out.”

Really? Do you ever listen to what Obama says or did you just hear “hope and change” and said to yourself: “Self, I’m pullin’ that lever for Obama.”

Obama termed the war in Afghanistan “a war of necessity”, scolded Bush for fighting the wrong war (Iraq), berated Bush for not capturing bin Laden, and declared his full support for prosecuting the war in Afghanistan.

Read his lips from Real Clear Politics:

“This is not a war of choice,” Barack Obama told the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Aug. 17. “This is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9-11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaida would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense of our people.”

Perhaps you should be more careful before you vote.

Now, Obama is risking the lives of U.S. troops by not providing the resources the General McChrystal requested. Obama handpicked McChrystal, selected the war plan, and now will not or cannot make a decision.

It’s Obama voting “present” all over again.

What does he have against our troops?

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:51 +0000

Sorry. The above post was from “Common Sense”. I am on my daughter’s computer and it picked up her handle.