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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:47 AM Original message |
Another 45,000 US troops needed in Afghanistan, military adviser says |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. How many nations have gone under in wars in Afganistan? Anyone know the #'s? |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The Af/Pak War surge is a bail-out for the Military-Industrial-Media complex. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. you bet your sweet bippy it is!! ..it's all about payoffs!..and i am damn sick of it! eom |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Two. And the Pashtuns had extensive foreign help both times. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. To be successful, we need less troops: |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. If the advisors & generals actually led from the front, the useless bastards |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. General Westmoreland, Vietnam, 1967 |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yup. Here we go again -- Vietnam revisited. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. Nine combat brigades? |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. No, what is needed is for all US troops to leave. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. absolutely!.without a doubt..but that won't happen..gotta keep the MIC going! debts to pay you know! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, now. Put them on planes and start the engines up. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The only invader to ever subjugate Afghanistan... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And Alexander promptly left the Country and headed for Pakistan. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. And 45,000 more troops will "win"? Guaranteed? |
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Lost Jaguar (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. I fear that... |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. 45000 new jobs, why not a million ? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. only 45,000? |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Afghanistan - Population: 32,738,376 (July 2008 est.) |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sorry, we can't afford it. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. uh, tough shit...we should not be there anyway...nt |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Holy smokes! That's a lot of troops. |
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