Obama sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

[Johnny]

Re: Obama sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Go jump in a billabong ... 500,000 Soviet troops failed to subdue that country.

Didn't the official afgan government ask the soviets for help against the Islamic rebels?

Seems more like Afghanistan failed to keep it's **** together despite outside help.

 

[Dondrei]

Re: Obama sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

A Middle Eastern country that can't keep its **** together? Boy, everyone must've been so surprised.

 

[Johnny]

Re: Obama sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

If that's their culture then we need to accept and respect their religious tradition of not keeping **** together.

 

[jmervyn]

Re: Obama sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Didn't the official afgan government ask the soviets for help against the Islamic rebels?

That's the cover story, sure. In reality, the USSR was using the same sort of play Russia recently pulled off on Georgia - they established a puppet government (actually two) and then had it request aid.

Another over-simplification: the mujahideen were actually being gang-raped by the USSR until the U.S. increased support to the muj via Pakistan. Turnabout is fair play from the Vietnam experience.

But don't worry - Obama will now play snugglebunnies with the "moderate" Islamists and everyone will sing Kumbayah.