whack a mole….

Filed in National by on October 1, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its allies should rush more troops “as quickly as possible” to Afghanistan, the top American commander in that country said Wednesday, warning that the fighting could worsen before it get better.

 

On a positive note, the Soviets were there for like 30 years….

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  1. Von Cracker says:

    You win a fluffy suicide bunny.

  2. with marbles?

    or

    with ball bearings?

  3. pandora says:

    I might actually start feeling sorry for McCain. This news just makes Obama right again.

  4. Steve Newton says:

    Actually, the news doesn’t make Obama right, it just points out that the US was wrong.

    Nobody has ever successfully done what we’re trying to do in Afghanistan, not the US, not the USSR, not the British Empire, not the Mughal Empire, not the Mongols….

    Hell, not even the Persian Empire or Alexander the Great.

    Obama has no more idea about what we need to do in the so-called War on Terror than Sarah Palin or John McCain.

  5. mike w. says:

    The “war on terror” isn’t something that can be won by killing the terrorists, it’s something that must be won by changing cultures and mindsets.

    In that respect your title for this post is fitting. We can kill a terrorist and another will pop up in his place.

  6. pandora says:

    Geez, I’m slipping tonight. I was referring to what Obama said during the debate about how we should be (and always should have been) focusing on Afghanistan.