tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post9149780224176481382..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?ROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-47098212700480590362009-10-30T06:37:22.755-04:002009-10-30T06:37:22.755-04:00Wow, Mr. Stein, this is one meaty post. I'm a...Wow, Mr. Stein, this is one meaty post. I'm a little startled by your description of the Afghan people; it's rather disparaging and sort of mean (but I adore you, so I'll not get too upset about it).<br /><br />We would not still be in Afghanistan if dems would simply approve troops and funding to finish up and get out of there. It's not really a brain-buster.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-64443327126835893122009-10-29T22:26:44.699-04:002009-10-29T22:26:44.699-04:00His early morning visit to honor the incoming coff...His early morning visit to honor the incoming coffins, was a clear indication Obama is considering a major change in policy. Boy do we need one. Friedman is right, the morning after the morning after, thinking will change.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-29487562647705003682009-10-29T15:52:06.758-04:002009-10-29T15:52:06.758-04:00Right on! We are bleeding to death and Obama'...Right on! We are bleeding to death and Obama's job is to stop the bleeding, even if it makes a bunch of neo-cons hold their breath until they turn blue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-27429050307830936012009-10-29T15:51:41.489-04:002009-10-29T15:51:41.489-04:00I don't mind your theft of Friedmans's ide...I don't mind your theft of Friedmans's idea but I wish you had polished it a little bit. The conclusion is symptomatic of the world view that seems to permeate our "elite." How does Al Qaeda get top billing with China and Russia? An honest appraisal of them is they are a ragtag bunch of troublemakers who got lucky but somehow they are the bogey men hiding under our collective bed. This "slow bleed" is self induced and followed exactly the prediction Bin Laden made when he got his lucky strike. Why do we assign "enemy" status to countries that are capable of competing with us? BTW, China could take us down economically at any time but there is no reason for them to kill their best customer.Blakenatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-51053650405382881452009-10-29T14:52:25.064-04:002009-10-29T14:52:25.064-04:00On last Tuesday's Diane Rehm show, McClatchy P...On last Tuesday's Diane Rehm show, McClatchy Pentagon correspondant Nancy Youssef and Tom Ricks couldn't agree on whether or not the Afghan people wanted the U.S. out of their country. Yousseff said "probably not," Ricks wasn't sure.<br /><br />That settled the issue for me. If we don't have strong support from the Afghan people, if I'm Obama, we're out of there. <br /><br />Aloha on a steel guitar.jfhttp://blog.sustainablemiddleclass.comnoreply@blogger.com