Clinton defends US strategy in Afghanistan

[Forkboy]

War weariness is growing in the US.

Even allies of the Obama administration in Washington, like Senator John Kerry, are starting to ask if it is time to redefine the goals or whether it is a lost cause.

Polls show more than 50% of Americans want US troops to leave Afghanistan.

But ahead of an international conference in Kabul, Hillary Clinton vigorously defended the war effort and the US strategy, calling for strategic patience.

Mrs Clinton landed in Kabul on Monday amid heavy security and was met on the tarmac by the US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and the new US commander of international troops, Gen David Petraeus.

They represent the two faces of America's strategy in Afghanistan, civilian and military.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10692971

[gratuitous]

1. Nine. Goddam. Years.

I think we've exercised enough "strategic patience," whatever the fuck that means. Enough money. Enough lives. Enough hatred. Enough violence. Enough. Is enough. You can't even land without an artillery battery on full alert. Did I mention that we've been dicking around in Afghanistan for nine fucking years?

Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck, fuck.

[LAGC]

2. Whenever I ask myself if Hillary would have made a better president than Barack...

She reminds me why she wouldn't.

Shame on her.

Enough is enough! Bring our troops HOME!