The article states "Among the questions being asked of McChrystal is whether a return of the Taliban to a position of political strength would automatically result in a new sanctuary for Al-Qaeda, the stated target of Obama's Afghanistan policy.
Military officials think the Taliban's return to power would mean a new haven in Afghanistan for Al-Qaeda, and a sanctuary for Pakistan's Taliban from which to stage attacks against that neighboring government.
The article "Deadly Attack By Taliban Tests New Strategy at
details our losses and how al-queda is happy to use the conflict as a propaganda boon. "When soldiers from a new brigade took over the outpost earlier this year, one of their top priorities was to leave as quickly as possible, a process their commanders had begun planning as early as December 2008. Before the planned U.S. retreat, American and Afghan army commanders tried to strike a deal with a senior insurgent commander in Kamdesh, a man named Mullah Sadiq. He had been on the U.S. list of enemy targets for several years, and may have led or ordered Saturday's attack.
"Many civilians have been injured and killed during the fight, and I offer apologies to the Nuristani people for the bombings that hurt the innocent," Lt. Col. Robert B. Brown wrote in a letter to Sadiq dated Sept. 6. "We ask for your guidance in developing a plan that will improve security and development in the area."Â Brown promised not to arrest Sadiq if he agreed to a meeting. But Sadiq, a local commander of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin insurgent group, refused to meet with the Americans.
We are apologizing for using the only methods we have superiority in. We don't have the support of the local inhabitants and the enemy can do what they want as they are in charge. The article states "The provincial governor, Jamaluddin Badar, said on Sunday that security had steadily deteriorated around Kamdesh. The Taliban leadership has appointed a shadow governor in the province, Mullah Dost Muhammad, and had opened a training camp in the forest, he said.
Isn't the fear-- as articulated above, that they can open training camps and bases to attack Western interests the main reason we are there? According to this Mullah Dost Muhammad we've already failed.
The GOP can explode in ecstasy when their President fails in getting the Olympics for Chicago. The article "Krugman: Republican Party has ˜emotional maturity of bratty 13-year-old' at
states that Paul Krugman said "The modern conservative movement," Krugman declared, "which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.
Krugman penned the line in response to what he called "puerile" tactics of GOP partisans who cheered the failure of Chicago to win the 2016 Summer Olympic games. "'Cheers erupted' at the headquarters of the conservative Weekly Standard, according to a blog post by a member of the magazine's staff, with the headline 'Obama loses! Obama loses!'" Krugman wrote. "Rush Limbaugh declared himself "gleeful. "World Rejects Obama, gloated the Drudge Report.
What will they do if Obama doesn't follow the orders of his military? 43 put Petraeus in charge because he knew Petraeus agreed with 43's policy. Maybe that was a lesson Obama should have learned.
We will ultimately be saying who cares about the Olympics, but it showed that the Chicago style of politics that Obama adheres to is far from flawless. Another, more dangerous laxity in what Obama has done is that he has allowed cronies of 43 stay in his administration. Maybe their intentions were examined, but with the Olympics fiasco, the probability is that 44 was just lazy.
The article "Senior official in Bush domestic propaganda program remains Obama's Pentagon spokesman at
http://rawstory.com/2009/09/bryan-whitman-part-1/
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