Go back and read what the President laid out as the surge strategy. Then tell me how it applies to Afghanistan. If you want to declare that putting more soliders in Afghanistan and then having them coordinate with local tribes is a surge, fine. But that is not the surge strategy (tactic, whatever) that was laid out by Bush as his plan for Iraq.
And next time you quote an answer from someone like McKiernan, include the question. Questions are kind of important, no? Judah On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You said: > "As for the 'working with the tribes', that's not a surge strategy" > Clearly it is a part of it. > > > He actually said: > "The word I don't use for Afghanistan is 'surge,' " McKiernan > emphasized, saying that what is required instead is a "sustained > commitment" to a counterinsurgency effort that could last many more > years and would ultimately require a political, not military, > solution. > > So he didn't say the surge strategy won't work he said it's more long > term and surge means short term. > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well that's pretty disingenuous of you Sam. The question was on the >> surge and you quote a bit where McKiernan says that part of it is the >> same. Which I might possibly be convinced of, except that the question >> he is answering (which you notably did not include) has nothing to do >> with the surge. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
