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Isn’t this the limit - Afghanistan “war”?
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by YankeeJim | October 8, 2011 at 04:19 am
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Isn’t this the limit?
The Afghanistan “war” isn’t really a war per se, it is a prolonged mission to identify and eliminate populations of radical Islamic terrorists, insurgents, leaders that America doesn’t like because some of them participated in attacking America or otherwise served as hosts for al Qaeda who did.
Does that sound complicated and convoluted? Well, it is. It is too much.
Because American government leaders failed to define its capacity for governance and its capacity for wars, it presumed unlimited resources for such things. Instead of carefully assessing the situation and targeting and concentrating on specific achievable objectives, we bit off more than we could chew.
Iraq and Afghanistan continue to undermine America’s limited resources and our actions are depriving the nation of its own future.
“Afghanistan war marks 10 years with little commemoration
October 07, 2011|By the CNN Wire Staff
The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan marked its 10th year Friday having passed two major milestones: The Taliban has been forced out of power and Osama bin Laden is dead.
But there was little observance by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, where a month earlier many participated in commemorations to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"We really celebrated the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and we were out here in Afghanistan," Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John Toolan Jr., commanding general of ISAF troops in southern Afghanistan, told reporters during a briefing on Thursday.”
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at 04:24 on October 8th, 2011
This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue, this is an American issue that needs to be addressed by We the People. Our government is failing and this is a prime example.
at 09:08 on October 8th, 2011
Couple thoughts..
You forget about the military industrial complex. It's presence and power in our government hierarchy..What that means. What it has mean't. It's feeding the mouth of the lion_corporate industrial complex and banking conglomerate power..NWO
As for Afghanistan, it's not really about nation building or Taliban. It's a military presence in that region the US will need to maintain for many years to come. We will invade and/or use any nation thats critical or crucial to the needs of national security for the United States.
at 14:26 on October 8th, 2011
Nice words, The 1, but I want that "national security"mish mash defined in detail.
at 16:08 on October 8th, 2011
Defining our purpose in foreign countries may never be fully understood or specifically disclosed to the general public. Needs of National Security means national state secrets..Thats of course unless WikiLeaks gets ahold of them..
Top Secret America by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin hints at the hidden world I described..NWO
If interested, also see my article..
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/top-secret-america
at 17:10 on October 8th, 2011
We the People are the "general public." National Security is our business. Thank you for the reference.