tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post1532054620355750500..comments2024-03-28T00:18:10.569-07:00Comments on Demeur: A fools errandDemeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-51207964277809971122009-10-15T11:56:49.530-07:002009-10-15T11:56:49.530-07:00You're all spineless cowards. Gimme a rifle, a...You're all spineless cowards. Gimme a rifle, an American flag, a copy of the Bible - not sure which one though, aren't they burning the King James one these days? - and I'll conquer those goat herders. Semper Fudge!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-85617307918769941842009-10-15T05:51:36.420-07:002009-10-15T05:51:36.420-07:00Two books on Afghanistan I recommend are Afghanist...Two books on Afghanistan I recommend are Afghanistan, A military history from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban by Stephen Tanner and Ghost Wars by Steve Coll. Tanner pretty much sticks to the official USA script for the last part but the rest is superb. Coll's book is much better on how the CIA created El Quaida.<br />Pakistan views Afghanistan as an Indian tool so they (unofficially, of course) support the Taliban in Afghanistan even as it is slowly creeping into their own country.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-16082012014138918152009-10-14T19:08:31.400-07:002009-10-14T19:08:31.400-07:00Our country is a war machine, the economy depends ...Our country is a war machine, the economy depends on it, never mind the cost of lives. <br /><br />Even your trade depends on it. <br /><br />We can't whip them over there unless we make the place a wasteland, wipe out everyone, men, women, and children. <br /><br />Why even bother, they are doing a pretty good job of destroying themselves without our involvement anyway.<br /><br />Oh, I forgot for a second, it's the money.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-81807188933442117452009-10-14T17:54:38.409-07:002009-10-14T17:54:38.409-07:00Tom - You are right, British involvement goes back...Tom - You are right, British involvement goes back to Blair (Bush's Poodle as he was called in the UK), it wrecked his credibility with British voters, he never had the same respect ever again. Apparently the populace knew more history than the pair of them.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-73922448972740795332009-10-14T15:34:42.565-07:002009-10-14T15:34:42.565-07:00The Art of War by Sun Tzu is supposedly part of th...The Art of War by Sun Tzu is supposedly part of the curriculum at all military colleges and academies. You wouldn't know it. "Know your enemy" is one phrase that keeps getting repeated throughout the book. And it's full of other common sense wisdom, like never underestimate another country (or tribe, region, whatever) because it's small, primitive or in the throes of civil chaos.<br /><br />And yet every elective war we've gotten quagmired in was preceded with "look how small and primitive they are; we'll just swoop in and perform this quick operation and then get out."<br /><br />I assume England's role in Afghanistan dates back to when Bush's Bitch (Tony Blair) was still in charge.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-30554427739505191272009-10-14T14:58:11.997-07:002009-10-14T14:58:11.997-07:00The British Military, currently has about 9500 men...The British Military, currently has about 9500 men and women in Afghanistan, and being big on history, you think they look back at their military past in that graveyard. Loyalty to NATO and the US must be the only reason they are still there, but as you say The Military Industrial Complex is calling the shots. My question is; What would constitute a victory in Afghanistan? I'll be damned if I know the answer.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.com