I guess what astonished me is that the US was able to do in 4 days what the Soviets had been unable to do in 8 years.
I was really worried when we first went into Afghanistan. So the quick military success was surprising. A country clear of terrorists? Drug prod near zero? Secure borders? HA...we can't even do that at home. > > "Astonishing"? I would define astonishing as: > > 1.) Taliban defeated/UBL captured > 2.) Country clear of terrorists > 3.) Gov't democratic, stable, and self-supporting > 4.) Drug production near zero. > 5.) Country and borders secure. > 6.) No US security/military help needed. > > As it is, I think the best you could say was mildly successful with > "success" defined a secure occupation. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171378 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
