
8 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Attack
SNAFU, FUBAR, a total complete out of control disaster, whatever you want to call it. Obama and his general are at odds. No surprise. Yesterday on CNN, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State were interviewed. The take home lesson: We’re in Afghanistan for the long haul. Ummm…not to put too fine a point on it, but we’ve already been IN Afghanistan for the long haul. Longer that either world war, Korea, or Vietnam. We’ve been there longer than the Soviets or the Brits or anyone else who’s tried and failed to subdue the Mujahadeen. No one seems willing to admit that the Taliban is like a cockroach. You can kill all of them a hundred different ways, leave nothing but a smoking crater, and sooner or later the roach comes crawling out of the rubble, reproduces, and covers your kitchen counters in the dark of night. Has anyone in Washington heard that old saw about discretion being the better part of valor? The generals want another “surge”, and I have no doubt that a surge would succeed…as long as we keep surging…which we can’t do forever. It’s long past time to walk away from this mess, not that that’s going to happen.
BW