Looks like I may have been too hard on Gen. McChrystal. Our in-the-tank MSM didn't give me the whole story. Thank God for the WSJ opinion pages.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574428961222276106.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion dj On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Obama's war is winding down. I wish he had the guts to cut bait > or fish but it seems the strategy is to remain there putting our > soldiers lives at risk fighting a half-ass war with one arm tied > around our back. The unfortunate leaks have only exacerbated the > problem. Gen. McChrystal may very well have sacrificed his career > going public with this disaster but I understand why he did it. I > wish he'd just quit; talking sets a bad precedent. We don't need our > military bickering with our elected officials. Mr. President, in > Afghanistan it is time to shit or get off the pot. All this > indecision is making us look weaker and weaker. > > dj > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:07 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> the louder the erudite tunes from the latest best and >> brightest -- whistling past graveyards, to be filled by people far >> away. Orn. >> >> That's about it I'm afraid. The only way any of this might make sense >> is through dreadful assumptions about someone's human nature. A >> brilliant turn of phrase Orn. >> >> On 6 Oct, 09:48, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I hesitate to repeat my views again about such things Neil. So, here >>> are some words from someone else. >>> Orn. >>> =========== >>> Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan >>> >>> October, 02 2009By Solomon, Norman >>> >>> October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the >>> president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, >>> intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a >>> windowless basement room of the White House for three hours on >>> Wednesday to chart a new course in Afghanistan." >>> >>> As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in >>> Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor. The structure >>> of thought and the range of options being debated in Washington's high >>> places are notably insular. The "new course" will be a permutation of >>> the present course. >>> >>> While certainty is lacking, steely resolve is evident. An unspoken >>> mantra remains in effect: When in doubt, keep killing. The knotty >>> question is: Exactly who and how? >>> >>> News accounts are filled with stories about options that mix >>> "counterinsurgency" with "counterterrorism." The thicker the jargon in >>> Washington, the louder the erudite tunes from the latest best and >>> brightest -- whistling past graveyards, to be filled by people far >>> away. >>> >>> In the White House, there's no indication of a pane that's facing the >>> pain in Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, where >>> the U.S. government continues to bring gifts: a dollar's worth of >>> warfare for a dime's worth of everything else… >>> >>> For the rest of the story, >>> see:http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/4000 >>> >>> Again, one small vignette about a few people, humanity and the lack >>> thereof as well as what feeds insurgency. The USSR had it right… >>> retreat. >>> >>> On Oct 6, 12:44 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> > "Truth..."http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1ACGWCENUS3... >>> >>> > All clear now? ;-) >>> >>> > On Oct 5, 5:29 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > > Perhaps the recession is a depression after all. It seems Chris was >>> > > approached to lend his ear in traditional manner so we could have a >>> > > basis for a just war (the second war of another Jenkins' Ear) and >>> > > refused on the moral grounds that he was not offered enough money and >>> > > exclusion from the draft. In place of this, the powers that be are >>> > > ramping up Afghanistan, where we can fight a just war on behalf of the >>> > > new tradition of protecting unfairly elected governments and a >>> > > necessary search for WDM there (weak, democratic malcontents). In >>> > > once smoke filled rooms, our foreign policy analysts and >>> > > econometricians have decided we need a war, any old war, to recover >>> > > from the recession. The first stage will be a draft of 50,000 new >>> > > troops to protect a run off election between Khazi and Abdullah >>> > > Abdullah (votes for him will only count half). In my view, these >>> > > battalions should consist only of unarmed bwankers parachuted in at >>> > > random and led by Rumsfeld espousing that a sensible strategy must >>> > > make no sense at all to the enemy and that all must remain silent on >>> > > it on pain of death. There is no shortage of recruits to kick him out >>> > > of the plane first to further protect the strategy. >>> >>> > > Any more sensible suggestions on what we are doing in this country?- >>> > > Hide quoted text - >>> >>> > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
