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**markoiutrfffdsa** · 08-29-2012, 10:31 PM

If you wish to call all of our top military retarded, that makes your thoughts not worth a damn. Not only Gates, but every top military man in Afghanistan, in the cabinet and the Chief of Staffs disagree with you. You might try doing some reading about the current situation in Afghanistan, and by those that really know, instead of running off at the mouth.

As I said, our military leaders say that we cannot actually bet the Taliban in Afghanistan, as they are now too deeply entrenched, and the locals know they'll be around when the US goes home, as we must at some point.

The best our combat tested military brass says, we can make them ineffective, but we can no longer beat them, nor win. Well, actually, they say that with somewhere between 80,000 and 100,000 more men on the ground there, for several years, we could win. They also say that is impossible.

How many field grade commanders were "interviewed" either by Woodward or as part of a Congressional panel whose transcripts he read?

How many have you spoken to personally in the past week who are actually over in Afghanistan?

Zero?

Figured as much.

My prediction, Woodward's inane book and your inane commentary notwithstanding, by the time American forces have been drawn down to non-combat levels the Taliban will have been marginalized in Afghanistan to the point where they're no longer a threat to anyone.

Let's revist this topic in about a year and a half and then play "told ya so".

08-29-2012, 10:31 PM	#26
markoiutrfffdsa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	If you wish to call all of our top military retarded, that makes your thoughts not worth a damn. Not only Gates, but every top military man in Afghanistan, in the cabinet and the Chief of Staffs disagree with you. You might try doing some reading about the current situation in Afghanistan, and by those that really know, instead of running off at the mouth. As I said, our military leaders say that we cannot actually bet the Taliban in Afghanistan, as they are now too deeply entrenched, and the locals know they'll be around when the US goes home, as we must at some point. The best our combat tested military brass says, we can make them ineffective, but we can no longer beat them, nor win. Well, actually, they say that with somewhere between 80,000 and 100,000 more men on the ground there, for several years, we could win. They also say that is impossible. How many field grade commanders were "interviewed" either by Woodward or as part of a Congressional panel whose transcripts he read? How many have you spoken to personally in the past week who are actually over in Afghanistan? Zero? Figured as much. My prediction, Woodward's inane book and your inane commentary notwithstanding, by the time American forces have been drawn down to non-combat levels the Taliban will have been marginalized in Afghanistan to the point where they're no longer a threat to anyone. Let's revist this topic in about a year and a half and then play "told ya so".
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