More evidence that Iraq, Afghan wars have stretched too long
A U.S. Army Ranger from San Diego has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Sunday.
Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, was killed Saturday in Kandahar province when his unit was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device.
Domeij enlisted in the Army in 2001 and joined the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in 2002. He was on his 14th combat deployment.
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Fourteen combat deployments in a 10-year military career. (According to the Pentagon, Domeij enlisted in July 2001, before the terror attacks of that September.) You have to wonder what that does to a person, and to his family. Even had he survived, that’s an awful lot to ask of a soldier, and the soldier’s family. (Sgt. Domeij leaves behind his wife, Sarah, and daughters Mikajsa and Aaliyah.)
Also killed in the attack were 1st Lt. Ashley White, 24, and Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20.
– Jay Bookman
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Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:26 pm
“How do you feel about global warming? Since you know everything, I figure that would be an easy one for you…”
JKL2: that was the previous thread. I have a few comments there. Let’s put it this way: I wouldn’t be investing in any Manhattan real estate.
You Fright Wingers will never learn. I’ll wear all of you down to the final post. You know why: you are all full of BS. Everything you “think” was put there by Lush, Bellow, Speck, Vannity, Doorkz. You can’t really think for yourself. Pathetic really.
getalife
October 24th, 2011
11:26 pm
bman,
My only corporate job outsourced to China and I trained the Chinese that got my job.
Somehow the software got deleted and the training was dead wrong.
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
Scarlet A- I disagree with you about the “evil intent’ of President Obama.
As an Illinois resident, I’ve had the pleasure of voting against him on several levels. A Chicago crook, run by crooks. IE: He wanted the Olympics to go to Chicago because they were going to buy out Valerie Jarret’s slums to build the stadiums. He’s lucky he didn’t get elected Governor because he would be in jail like the rest of them.
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:27 pm
Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:23 pm
You must be Dave R.: masquerading under a different nom de blogue. Ya think?
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Naw. Dave R. NEVER had a good word to say about you. Did he? If so I missed it. Call me a long time listener first time caller lol. But PLEASE don’t call me Dave R. Please? I don’t think I have insulted you at all tonight, much less to that level.
1811/0311
October 24th, 2011
11:29 pm
God bless you Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij.
“RANGERS LEAD THE WAY”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EltBxhL5yM4&feature=related
TAPS ……………………
Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:30 pm
My apologies. Nevertheless, you should know better than to attack me head-on. Most here do it obliquely. Everyone has to learn.
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:31 pm
mick- obama can sink a nice 3 pointer, does any of that really matter when you are president?
For spending sooo much time playing golf and basketball, he is a horrendous athlete. I bet Michelle could beat him at anything.
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:31 pm
JKL2@ 11:27: Interesting. I’ll grant you that. I REALLY dislike Newt, and it stems back to the 90’s when he was my Representative. I can’t even remember what he did to hack me off so bad, but the fact it remains with me is good enough lol. (and I was a Republican back then, before I broke away and became independent).
You saw The President before the rest of us. I’ll never agian call you on your “opinion’ of him and would ask that if I forget and DO that you remind me.
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:33 pm
getalife….i actually remember reading stories about people who unknowingly trained their replacement. When outsourcing first really got moving, they were very, very sneaky about it !
Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:33 pm
Well, then, no further comments. I’m outta here. I’m gonna be checking back in so don’t bad-mouth me while I’m gone.
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:34 pm
kamchak- Are you implying that I have called you a racist before, sport?
Here’s your sign.
Nunya
October 24th, 2011
11:34 pm
Your article is incorrect, friend. My husband grew up with Kris, the soldier which you have written about here. Kris wanted nothing more than to be an Army Ranger, and WANTED to be deployed. He WANTED to take out the bad guys. Obviously, he didn’t not want to die, but you should learn about the people you’re writing about before you go bad mouthing the service that protects your freedoms.
getalife
October 24th, 2011
11:37 pm
bman,
Oh, I knew.
I did a horrible job.
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:37 pm
Sooth….whatever you do, don’t go staring out the front window with your hands on the panes. That sort of thing creeps people out…
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:37 pm
Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:30 pm
My apologies. Nevertheless, you should know better than to attack me head-on. Most here do it obliquely. Everyone has to learn.
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If that was directed to me then let me respond I do NOTHING obliquely. I’m a “damn the torpedo’s, full speed ahead,” kinda guy. you never have to wonder what I mean when I speak lol. I can agree with you one second and disagree with you the next and drink a beer with you the whole time. It’s called life.
I just ain’t buying the Twin Towers conspiracy theory though……….
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:38 pm
sooth-
You Demwits will never learn. I’ll wear all of you down to the final post. You know why: you are all full of BS. Everything you “think” was put there by Schultz, Maddow, Olberman, Stewart, and Colbert.(The last two are actually comedians, but seem to be a important news source to the left). You can’t really think for yourself. Pathetic really.
Soothsayer
October 24th, 2011
11:39 pm
Take your time!
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:40 pm
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:37 pm
Sooth….whatever you do, don’t go staring out the front window with your hands on the panes. That sort of thing creeps people out…
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So THAT’S why all the neighbors look at me funny-like……..
Note to self: Hands off the glass…………
And here all this time I thought it was because I had no drawers on………
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:41 pm
But wait, wouldn’t they be MORE worried if my hands were on my…….. whoops. nevermind………
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:42 pm
Scarlet A- I REALLY dislike Newt
Newt is damaged goods and he did it all to himself. I have no idea who told him he should try to run for president.
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:42 pm
TSA – lol
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:43 pm
JKL2: Could you help me out a little please? Who are Schultz, Maddow, Olberman, Stewart, and Colbert?
I always thought that the idiots Huff, Moore, and Soros were the lefties mouthpieces.
The Kid
October 24th, 2011
11:44 pm
You so-called cons kill me. You call President Obama a crook. It seems to me that your heros Bush and Cheney did more damage to America than bin-Ladin and al-Quaida ever did. They killed more Americans in their get-rich quik scheme than any terorrist. If you don’t think there was a moneymaking plan behind it; check Haliburtons books. Draft-dodging Cheney is still collectting his cut. You people are shameless. How many of you are of the 1% who the Repubs represent?
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:53 pm
I need a good book to read. ANy suggestions from anyone? Oh and let me set some conditions. I don’t want a political book or a damn Harlequin romance. Historical fiction or science fiction are always good. I’ll do fantasy and drama. War stories. Mystery. Kids books, I’m easy as long as it’s good. Don’t suggest a “classic” I already read the damn thing more than 30 years ago, all of them, YES even Chaucer. What I would like to re-read is ‘The Past Through Tomorrow” by Heinlein but that damn thing has been out of print forever and the Dekalb library doesn’t carry it. My brother stole my copy 25 years ago……….. Some Louis L’AMour would be good as well. But I only have a few and they are tattered with use over the years……….
Suggestions? If I had a good damn book I wouldn’t be reading blogs…….
The Scarlet A
October 24th, 2011
11:57 pm
The Kid
October 24th, 2011
11:44 pm
If you don’t think there was a moneymaking plan behind it; check Haliburtons books.
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I’m missing your point. President Bill Clinton hired Haliburton with a no bid contract for the thing in Bosnia much like Bush did for Iraq. They (Haliburton) are the ONLY company of size that does that stuff and have been the “go to guys” for about 30 years.
Or are you just too uneducated in American affairs to know that? Haliburton is an equal opportunity corrupter. They know no political boundaries. They are freely used by the left AND the right.
You had a point somewhere in your nonsensical rant didn’t you? I’m sure you did, but I missed it……..
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:58 pm
you could write one??
JKL2
October 24th, 2011
11:59 pm
Scarlet A- I always thought that the idiots Huff, Moore, and Soros were the lefties mouthpieces
Huffington sold out, Moore is so crazy the left doesn’t even believe him anymore, and soros is pure evil (best time of his life was as a Nazi spy) but he does a good job of staying under the radar.
Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olberman, John Stewart, and Stewphen Colbert. CNN is int the tank, MSNBC is the new lib hotspot, but comedy central is where most Democrats get their news. Makes it easy to translate from comedy central to the OWS movement. Clueless people seaking their 15 minutes of fame based on the opinions of comedians. What a country!
Peter
October 25th, 2011
12:02 am
The Wars ?
How about the 75 commute Republican’s …..is it a shorter ride for you now ?
The Scarlet A
October 25th, 2011
12:03 am
bman
October 24th, 2011
11:58 pm
you could write one??
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I have. But since I did, I know how it goes…………..
JKL2
October 25th, 2011
12:04 am
Kasim Reed is against the occupy idiots. He’s such a racist.
Why stand up to cancer when you can stand up for handouts. I spent over two months in a tent this year. Can I get one of those union jobs hanging out in the park?
JKL2
October 25th, 2011
12:11 am
the kid- Draft-dodging Cheney
We all can’t be war heroes like obama and Clinton…
PS: obama is a crook. Ask his real estate agent/fundraiser Tony Rezco.
The Kid
October 25th, 2011
12:41 am
the scarlet a, and right-field jkl2, I’ve been to war. Where have you been. Maybe the library or one of your sheet parties. If one tells a lie and Americans are killed because of it and moneys made from it; how else would or should I see it. But I forgot; you are lead by Pig Limbaugh and Fox News. Hannity Pannity may be your fearless leader.
2/75 ranger
October 25th, 2011
2:39 am
Mr Bookman, I am from Kris’s unit and did 12 deployments. Don’t exploit our guys for your own agenda. He would have gone on 15 and 16 and 17 given the chance!
And guess what people, Me, Kris, and the rest of us supported Bush’s desicions and would do it all over again.
granny godzilla
October 25th, 2011
6:14 am
My deepest sympathies to the family.
Did this young man have any choice ?
Bud Wiser
October 25th, 2011
6:32 am
Ole Bud goes off for another week, and what do I return to reading here first, but the same old crap of people berating each other instead of focusing on an issue?
And Bookman leads the charge in the game of personal attacks, when in fact you should be more of a referee of sorts in this constant barrage and idiotic repartee. Not that I expect anything like that when one has let himself become a stooge mouthpiece for the democratic party, but still, one can always hope.
When I was younger (college days, so very very long ago) and before I had made my life choice in a career, I was proud to tell the world I was getting a degree in radio/tv broadcast journalism, following in my father’s footsteps of his 55+ years in the newspaper business.
These days, when I see the likes of Bookman and associates, the biased flat-liner ‘reporters’ on the so-called ‘major’ networks, and read through the trash once known as the New York Times, Washington Post, etc., if faced with the same situation as in my youth, I’d rather say I was unemployed.
At least I’d be getting a government handout.
marko
October 25th, 2011
6:34 am
Never in our proud history have so few been asked for so much. Ten year wars are tolerable only when nobodies drafted and nobodies asked to pick up the tab. Will Rodgers once said that no new wars should be started until the last one is paid for. If we take his advice, will have peace forever.
Bill Orvis White
October 25th, 2011
6:35 am
…and you’re wrong as usual,Liberal Jay. The job isn’t finished which means that the cockroaches in this region will multiply while Hussein Obama plays politics t appease the far left liberal base. This is treason and more reason to send Lil Hussein, Joey Biden-time, Crook Holder and the rest of the band of liberal thugs off to Gitmo for a series of trials and investigations. Waving the white flag of surrender should never be U.S. policy. We are now more disrespected in the world than ever under Hussein Obama’s “leadership.” The time is now to impeach and remove this clown.
GOOD NIGHT!
Amen,
Bill
Misty Fyed
October 25th, 2011
6:47 am
Ok…Here’s a plan….No President should be able to order US military troops into a conflict that lasts greater than one year without implementing a draft that has no limited exemptions. Furthermore, a budget to pay for the war must be approved by Congress.
It’s a rudimentary plan but when all families share the risk of a loved one and the burden of payment, maybe our elected officials will spend the lives of our troops a bit more judiciously.
Normal
October 25th, 2011
6:52 am
I wonder if Bill Orvis White ever served?
And a grand Tuesday to all of y’all. Gotta run…early meeting…
pcBobby
October 25th, 2011
6:55 am
My deepest sympathies to the families of the fallen and my higheest honor, thoughts and appreciation to the fallen who gave all. No one sacrifices more than they have throughout all of our conflicts.
I do not think that Mr. Bookman is/has/ever exploited anyone for his own agenda. He is pointing out flawed policy — something so separate from the brave men + women in the military who are given direct orders and follow through with no questions asked. It’s because of them that we are able to live, breathe and write the drivel that we write (I speak for myself of course, not you, Jay) on the Web.
Hopefully in the future, U.S.-led and/or NATO-led coalitions will look to higher tech alternatives rather than commit so many ground forces. Indeed, that approach opens up another can of worms, but one day, perhaps, peace and diplomacy will be first options before heading into armed conflicts.
Granny Godzilla
October 25th, 2011
7:03 am
Bill Orvis White
God is very sad when you speak.
Mad Max
October 25th, 2011
7:03 am
josef
October 24th, 2011
6:34 pm
The reason is we have a Democrat in the White House now. When it was Bush’s war, the press had no problem keeping us informed on the front page. Now that Obama is in charge, it is not an issue to the media, after all, it is Bush’s war and he’s gone so they don’t want to make it seem like they’re anti Obama.
Granny Godzilla
October 25th, 2011
7:04 am
I need to askk my question again….
Did this young man have a choice? Did he volunteer 14 times or
was he following orders?
Mad Max
October 25th, 2011
7:12 am
Ganny – both. With 10 years of service, he re-upped so he had a choice but he was a soldier.
Normal
October 25th, 2011
7:13 am
Granny G.
Good morning! I would venture to guess that he did not volunteer for all of them. The Army sends units, not individual soldiers, usually.
Though through my own experience, I can see how one would volunteer at least for a couple of them. If he did volunteer for all, his devotion to duty was awe inspiring.
Jm
October 25th, 2011
7:18 am
Granny. He didn’t have to serve 10 years. No one does when they enlist. So it was voluntary.
Normal
October 25th, 2011
7:22 am
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#45025144
ken
October 25th, 2011
7:23 am
And the war on poverty ?
Toby
October 25th, 2011
7:30 am
The US invasion of Iraq was a crime & the invasion of Afghanistan has also been too destructive. The military industrial complex has profited while hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the fall-out for nothing of value. Tax funds have been wasted in these wars & the ensuing torture consisted of war crimes. Of course the wars have stretched too long.
Normal
October 25th, 2011
7:35 am
Just think of all the happy, healthy people we would still have around and all of that money we would have to spend on creating jobs and stuff, if that unnecessary war had not been started. Just think, people, how different it could have been. It truly was a crime.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:38 am
No more. And time to bring most of the rest home from all our other outposts.
like Paul said.
>> the supercommittee is talking about cutting benefits to our veterans….. shame. It’s time to end these wars, bring them home, and be sure they are taken care of to the best of our financial ability.
> For once I totally agree with Keep! Well said Sir or Ma’am.
like Keep and Martin said
Compare and contrast that with Hopey/Changey’s girly man throw
Eff you with a rusty chainsaw sideways, Sinkwich.
Mick
October 25th, 2011
7:39 am
Spain used to rule the world but that came to an end, why? Wars. Britain used to rule the world but that came to an end, why? Wars.
France used to rule europe but that came to an end, why? Wars. Anybody notice a pattern here? Ten years of war have just about bankrupted the US, bring them to an end and start the rebuilding here at home.
bill orvis
This is america and the people chose obama, like it or not, you get your chance to change that next november. In the mean time, take a deep breath and have a little more respect for the people and the president. Not everyone holds your views, and thank god for that…
GT
October 25th, 2011
7:39 am
No recent war has been shared by the nation at large. We do not trust our politicians right or left. It is a part of this occupy Wall Street mentality. Here is a man that has served 14 combat tours. Kind of like the tax thing, he does 14 while you would be hard press to find 14 in the entire 1%. You cannot continue to have first class seats in this country. If anyone deserved a first class seat it was this soldier. But a lot of the reason he probably served 14 combats is he couldn’t fit into the American society.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:42 am
It truly was a crime.
for which no time will ever be served by those responsible.
(alas, hardly the first time in our nation’s history I can write this.)
Jerry Frey
October 25th, 2011
7:44 am
RIP
http://napoleonlive.info/see-the-evidence/state-by-state-casualties-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:48 am
This is america and the people chose obama, like it or not, you get your chance to
change thatget your whiny-assed teaty baby selves’ arses kicked yet again, perhaps by an even bigger margin than a mere 52.7%-45.9% next november, ya never know.fried yer tamale.
Jm
October 25th, 2011
7:54 am
Sfd
Keep dreaming
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:54 am
I need a good book to read. ANy suggestions from anyone?
Given the topic, I have to recommend this. Great account from someone who was still at the top of his mental powers to recall the real life horrors of WWII.
http://www.amazon.com/Wartime-Understanding-Behavior-Second-World/dp/0195065778
and no, it’s not a “political” book at all, unless by “political” you mean a book that both I (a certified dirty effing hippie) AND William F. Buckley consider(ed) to be essential reading.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:56 am
jm, with Mittens leading the Gooper charge, Intrade has you at a 33.5% probable win today.
And this is before Team Obama shoves a shiv into his candidacy’s chest. Which they will, quietly, when the time is right.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:57 am
Shall I share with the class what kind of odds people with skin in the game give the other Goopers against Obama, jm?
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
7:58 am
hey jm, GA was just a 5 point win for Gramps/BibleSpice. Care to speculate what kind of spread the Goopers will manage in GA in 2012?
USinUK
October 25th, 2011
7:58 am
dB – 7:57 – go for it – I love some lunchtime entertainment!
They BOTH suck
October 25th, 2011
8:00 am
Stands @ 7:58
“Bible Spice”
hahahahahahhahaha
That gave me a great belly laught to start this daty
Thanks
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:05 am
Here’s the “front runner” for the GOPee actually winning–woo hoo! THREE PERCENT!
http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=749136
THREE THREE THREE BAYBEE!
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:06 am
whereas the Texas pRick still garners a 6.5% chance of winning it all.
http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=749989
guess it helps to be white, huh?
Jimmy62
October 25th, 2011
8:07 am
I’m no military guy, but I don’t think they force anyone to go on 14 deployments. That guy made a choice, a bunch of choices, and who are we to say he was wrong to do so? Who are we to say it was a mistake? It was his choice, and I think it’s a shame that you are using something he must have been proud of to score political points. And it’s a shame that you have so little respect for his choices that you want to denigrate the purpose of those choices after his death.
But then you have no shame!
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:08 am
Hey, remember the not-horrible Gooper in the running?
http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=748416
1.4% chance.
(Maybe it doesn’t help to be *that* white.)
Obozonomics
October 25th, 2011
8:10 am
Bring ALL of our troops home from everywhere, and before all you losers start with the “We can’t isolate ourselves from the world, we are a world market”. Seems like the rest of the world has trade without troops, I wonder why? How about we take the 38,000 troops at the North\South Korea border and put them on our southern border, why do we only have 1600 troops there? All we have to do is tell people that we do “business” with when your goods get to our port we can pay you; I bet they would take care of their own interest instead of us doing it for them…
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:11 am
even the hard-right-leaning Real Clear Politics acknowledges Obama has the polling edge against Mittens.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
…and you don’t want to even scroll down to see how the other Goopers fare against him.
Jay
October 25th, 2011
8:14 am
fresh sheets
Granny Godzilla
October 25th, 2011
8:14 am
Talking to a Republican can be frustrating. Often, it seems like they are speaking an entirely different language — and in many cases, they are! For this reason, in the hopes of facilitating cross-party dialogue and mutual understanding, I have compiled what I believe to be the first comprehensive Republican-to-English dictionary, featuring words commonly used by Republicans, and their English translations, alphabetized for your convenience:
Can’t decide which is funnier “Jesus” or “Organic” or “Unbiased”
AmVet
October 25th, 2011
8:21 am
stands, as if that would make a difference?
Last night, the burn of the evening went to N-GA, who made a wry and pointed observation about the blogger using the Sinkwich name.
The great Disaster of the New Millennium – the neo-cons and chickenhawks – cannot be allowed to play toy soldiers ever again.
They are deadly and completely incompetent.
They are immoral, not at all bright and have been thoroughly disgraced by their choices.
And they simply are not trustworthy with the lives of our sons and daughters.
I pray the American voters do not forget this…
TruthBe
October 25th, 2011
8:26 am
Yes, Jay the wars have been going on for too long. President Obama should instruct the military to pump 2 tillion dollars worth of oil from Iraq to pay for the war. After all we Americans freed them with our blood and taxpayers money. The money from the oil could be used to pay off the war debt and to care for the Veds and their the families of the fallen soldiers. Thank you to all of our brave men and women in uniform.
TruthBe
October 25th, 2011
8:29 am
Granny, You and the rest of the liars of the democrat party use the language of deception.
Ron Paul 2012
October 25th, 2011
8:31 am
There’s only one candidate who will end the wars, but that won’t stop the libs from re-electing Obama. They only find themselves anti-war when it’s convienient to use the corpses of our soldiers to get a republican out of office.
GT
October 25th, 2011
8:39 am
One of the real problems in fighting wars like Iraq is the US Military loses that mysteriousness that filled the world with fear. We were counting on it when we entered Iraq, we show up they are scared to death and the war is over. What I do not understand while we are pouring 700 billion dollars into this thing, not to mention lives, and we can’t train a homeland army in nine years to protect themselves, yet a rag tag homegrown army with far less resources has held us at bay. Where is the value in the money spent? Where is the superior management skills? The same thing can be said about our banking and business skills. What has happen to America on our watch? New Orleans is another example. The money wasted by the US government is just nasty. This after a propaganda machine about homeland defense that cost billions was sounded from every hilltop. Where was the value?
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:58 am
PD, will it help to know she’s, um, what’s the word… yummy?
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/04/nyregion/04blog.1901.jpg
naw, probably not.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2011
8:58 am
whoops, wrong thread…
Obozonomics
October 25th, 2011
9:04 am
Granny;
Did you really site the HuffingtonPuss.com as a source of news or anything that is even remotely not biased? This is the problem with liberals, they really don’t know certain words like, fact, truth, laws, and upholding the constitution.
GT
October 25th, 2011
9:14 am
The New York Times runs an interesting feature this morning on how the US is infiltrating the drug cartels in Mexico. I find it fascinating that the Democratic Party that is considered soft on crime and the drug war is making inroads into an area that was a dismal failure under the previous administration. There is so much good work going on now in this country and no trumpet blowing about it. If these cartels were allowed to grow any larger the terrorist would use them for acts in this country. Tell me why we felt safe under the Bush administration? An administration that was always reacting to an event instead of stopping it. An administration that spent billions on horror shows of what could happen and then was never prepared for what did happen. The only attack on this country by terrorist was under the Bush administration, yet they brag that it was the only one. It was by large part blind luck that we didn’t have more under Bush, I think the enemy overestimated us and believe the same hot air the American public was buying.
Allan Hytowitz
October 25th, 2011
9:21 am
The other likely reason why we still have troops in Afghanistan is to make sure that the Russian mob has a steady supply of heroin. Heroin addiction in Russia is now a bigger problem than alcoholism.
The only solution to our “winning” a war in Afghanistan is our total troop withdrawal and have the US forces replace by 250,000 UN sanctioned PeaceKeepers from its next-door neighbor China who can seal the Afghan border, disarm and destroy the Afghan insurgents, destroy the heroin crop, and develop the rare earth minerals into a major source of Afghanistan income.
GT
October 25th, 2011
9:40 am
Heroin is a growing problem in the states too. Where this stuff shows up there is definite terrorist influence. A drug dealer in this country is pretty well committing suicide. Once he or she is caught they will serve the rest of their lives in prison. This is great recruiting grounds for terrorist. Legalize drugs and this problem goes away.
zeke
October 25th, 2011
10:13 am
What is sad is that the hippies, socialists, communists in our country have succeeded with the wusses in our political weenie class to prevent the military from doing the jobs they are trained to do! In the case of Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, the military is not allowed to prosecute a war! All would have been over in 6 months or less if the military was allowed to fight a war and not a political beauty pageant! Patton was right at the end of WWII! We should have destroyed the Russian commies! But no, political desires over ruled common sense! Same in Korea! MacArthur was right that we should have invaded China and killed the commies there! But no! Once again politics over ruled common sense! Same in Viet Nam! This time Westmoreland was right and it could have been over in 6 months! Once again politics over ruled common sense! Ever since, politics has over ruled common sense! We should have stormed Iraq in the early 90’s! We did not, probably causing the rise of Bin Ladin and others! When we again went to Iraq, it should have been full force destroying any and all, and, it would have been over in 6 months! Same in Afghanistan! But no, our government lies about protecting civilians in Libya, while actually facilitating the rise of islamic radicals that will cause us and the world loads of problems with the oil wealth and arms in Libya! IF THE MORONS IN POLITICS AND THE SOCIALIST SCUM IN THE GENERAL POPULATION WILL NOT ALLOW THE MILITARY TO DO THE JOB IT IS TRAINED TO DO, AND, IS EXTREMELY EFFICIENT IN DOING, BREAKING THINGS AND KILLING PEOPLE, THEY SHOULD NEVER BE SENT AGAIN INTO A POLITICAL POLICE KEEPER ROLE FALSELY BRANDED AS A WAR!!! IF WE GO TO WAR, WE SHOULD NOT GIVE A RAT’S REAR END WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS OF US, ONLY THAT WE DO THE DEED AND GET IT OVER ASAP! In some cases, some so called innocent civilians will be collateral damage, so what, that is the consequence of war!!!!!
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SDSD
October 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
“With the economy having started tanking after 9/11 he possibly saw the military as the only way to support his family and may have paid the ultimate price for the folly of the BS artists in DC.”
He joined BEFORE 9/11. He told me, “I never EXPECTED us to go to war.” Are your political leanings more important than respecting this man’s sacrifice for your freedom to cowardly volunteer your vitriol? Please show some respect for the family’s loss of a wonderful son, brother, husband, and father.