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Originally Posted by Griff
I guess I'm assuming (very bad idea) that we'll commit more resources to Afghanistan when we give up on Iraq.
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That would require advance planning since Afghanistan is only one or two years away from disaster. Planning, which requires at least 6 months, is not happening. Neocons are not ready to admit defeat in Iraq. Trench warfare is ongoing in Washington with everyone second guessing the Baker / Hamilton report AND colonel’s military analysis being seriously spun into confusion.
If an Iraqi magic solution existed, then that solution would have been found long ago. Solution is not military. Problem is American politicians without intelligence, who lie, and worry more about their legacies. American politicians with extreme contempt for the troops as to still believe 'stay the course'.
Only question is whether Baker / Hamilton will report so honestly as to create a political avalanche. I suspect that committee to be too political - not sufficiently patriotic - to tell it like it is. Military situation is obvious. But George Jr political types are so attached to a political agenda as to even massacre American soldiers.
'Stay the course' is not a dead issue. Ongoing trench warfare remains predicated on that myth that Iraq can be conquered. President Cheney, et al still believe democracy can be forced upon people who did not want it.
Meanwhile time is quickly running out to save Afghanistan. Instead anti-American Republican extremists with their mental midget frontman will not even concede to the inevitable. 'Blame and run' is what 'cut and run' will eventually become. Therefore Afghanistan will go just like Iraq - because planning to save Afghanistan is not ongoing.
Meanwhile, when do we go after bin Laden? How many years do I ask this never answered question? Don't fool yourself for one minute. Neocons now more than ever need bin Laden still running out there to advocate myths about world wide terrorism. Neocons are not yet done. There are still lots of American soldiers to sacrifice for the cause. Neocons are even ignoring a pending disaster in Afghanistan.