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**2swasseneons** · 03-03-2011, 04:41 PM

Ahoy me mead-soaked pirate friend,

Me be a thinkin' that maybe the US military ran out of any significant Al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan some time ago and the situation been turnin' into a classic example of mission creep. Especially since NATO got involved.

Aye

- Capt'n Hairball

*nods to Hairballxavier*

hail oh captain Hairballxavier!

mission creep...aye, that does sound like the right way 'o describin' it.

'twas written earlier in this thread that this be not a critique 'o our forces thar, or the various NATO factions, and its not.

the men and women who serve thar be doin' so at the behest 'o our President and the civilian leadership that hath decreed that we fight our brave fight in the land 'o Afghanistan.

i just be unclear at what the tactical and strategic endgame be.

i really gotta go buy me that Woodward book and get me a clearer insight into the thinkin' 'o our president. to me untrained eye, it just seems like President Obama trapped himself inside a rhetorical box and committed himself to this fight when he was but a candidate fer POTUS.

yet...surely that cannot be the reason that we've spent almost $400,000,000,000 dollars thar and done all this killin' aye? i mean, god forbid that Fishjoel gets hurt or loses his life thar...what the hell would he be dyin' fer, exactly?

i looked back at Jviehe's "Good News From Afghanistan" post, which glorifies our good works there...the fact that we helped the Afghani citizens make a bar 'o soap and compare it to our errant strike that blew nine boys to bits, and feel a sense 'o nausea overwhelmin' me.

- MeadHallPirate

03-03-2011, 04:41 PM	#27
2swasseneons Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 385 Senior Member	Ahoy me mead-soaked pirate friend, Me be a thinkin' that maybe the US military ran out of any significant Al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan some time ago and the situation been turnin' into a classic example of mission creep. Especially since NATO got involved. Aye - Capt'n Hairball nods to Hairballxavier hail oh captain Hairballxavier! mission creep...aye, that does sound like the right way 'o describin' it. 'twas written earlier in this thread that this be not a critique 'o our forces thar, or the various NATO factions, and its not. the men and women who serve thar be doin' so at the behest 'o our President and the civilian leadership that hath decreed that we fight our brave fight in the land 'o Afghanistan. i just be unclear at what the tactical and strategic endgame be. i really gotta go buy me that Woodward book and get me a clearer insight into the thinkin' 'o our president. to me untrained eye, it just seems like President Obama trapped himself inside a rhetorical box and committed himself to this fight when he was but a candidate fer POTUS. yet...surely that cannot be the reason that we've spent almost $400,000,000,000 dollars thar and done all this killin' aye? i mean, god forbid that Fishjoel gets hurt or loses his life thar...what the hell would he be dyin' fer, exactly? i looked back at Jviehe's "Good News From Afghanistan" post, which glorifies our good works there...the fact that we helped the Afghani citizens make a bar 'o soap and compare it to our errant strike that blew nine boys to bits, and feel a sense 'o nausea overwhelmin' me. - MeadHallPirate
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