Bruce All of what you say is probably true but still. Given all of that does "bring it on" in retrospect seem wise?
On 2/27/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure about Afghanistan but in Iraq, on the FOBs, we have over 200 > local nationals that work on the base every day. They come in in the morning > and leave in the evening. Add to that the few dozen interpreters that go out > on patrols with us, live with us, and you can bet that there are at least a > couple of bad apples in the bunch who are gong to tell things to the bad > guys. I am sure that the same is happening in Afghanistan. > > As far as units not being ready, well you have to consider that many units > have just completed their tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Gitmo and > Bosnia. Now when a unit returns, of course they are not ready to turn right > around and go back They have equipment and personal items that are on a boat > somewhere arriving to the states, the soliders are off of stop-loss which > means they can now transfer to another unit or get out, so they have to > re-fill the ranks. They have to rest a while as there is really no time to > rest in country. There are other factors as well but you get the picture. > > We know that Afghanistan is not totally under control, but I think that it > is better off right now than Iraq is. I mean, at least in Afghanistan we > have NATO troops there keeping peace and what not. It is getting to be > spring time there and in Iraq, and that is when the insurgents start coming > out and doing their thing or, in the case of Iraq, stepping up their > attacks. Expect a lot more attacks in both regions in a few months. And this > is NOT a national secret. All you have to do is a little research in both > countries and you will see a trend. > > As far as Korea, how is that Bushes fault? Even if Kerry or Gore were > elected, N. Korea would still be who they are today. I don't think that they > care who is President. They just want to flex what little muscle they have. > That country (or rather their leader) is suffering from a severe case of > short man complex. > > And I am sure that once again, no matter who is president, Iran would still > be wanting and making nukes. Again I do not think that they care who is > President. > > These are my thoughts. > > Bruce > > > On 2/27/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So, jokes aside, the Taliban took a shot at Cheney. Does it bug > > anyone that Cheney's visit was secret yet, somehow, the Taliban knew > > when ....... > > > > Tally it up and you've got Iraq at the the worst it's ever been, > > Afghanistan that clearly is regressing enough to not even be able to > > control state intelligence and is a Narco-state, Iran that's about to > > go nuclear, Pakistan that is and rests on the razor ... then there's > > North Korea ... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
