Comments on: Not another Charlie Wilson’s War http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/09/10/not-another-charlie-wilsons-war/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/09/10/not-another-charlie-wilsons-war/comment-page-1/#comment-60490 Tim Hogan Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:04:07 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=9013#comment-60490 Someone listened. The UN is now reporting that the taliban is responsible for most civilian deaths in Afghanistan. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_CIVILIAN_DEATHS?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT The next step is for the Muslim clergy to step forth and condemn the continued illegal and impious killing of innocents by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Someone listened. The UN is now reporting that the taliban is responsible for most civilian deaths in Afghanistan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHAN_CIVILIAN_DEATHS?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The next step is for the Muslim clergy to step forth and condemn the continued illegal and impious killing of innocents by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

]]> By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/09/10/not-another-charlie-wilsons-war/comment-page-1/#comment-53052 Tim Hogan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:01:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=9013#comment-53052 Erich, we went into Afghanistan and ousted the Taliban and al Qaida in short order. We were greeted as liberators. We left our enemies alone for the next eight years and need to do the right thing to put straight our commitments to ourselves and the Afghan people. The Taliban which harbored al Qaida which attacked us must be prevented from rising agin. Perhaps we may yet again be seen as liberators, not occupiers and regain the trust of the general populace in Afghanistan. My biggest concern is over the corruption. I do not generally favor conflict. But, I am sure that we best not again be said to have "f-d up the endgame." Erich, we went into Afghanistan and ousted the Taliban and al Qaida in short order.

We were greeted as liberators.

We left our enemies alone for the next eight years and need to do the right thing to put straight our commitments to ourselves and the Afghan people. The Taliban which harbored al Qaida which attacked us must be prevented from rising agin.

Perhaps we may yet again be seen as liberators, not occupiers and regain the trust of the general populace in Afghanistan.

My biggest concern is over the corruption. I do not generally favor conflict. But, I am sure that we best not again be said to have “f-d up the endgame.”

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/09/10/not-another-charlie-wilsons-war/comment-page-1/#comment-52984 Erich Vieth Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:49:23 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=9013#comment-52984 Charlie Wilson, 2009: Wilson also said that the current war was "a very tough situation," and that if he were President Obama, he's not sure what he would do. He did say: "I'd probably shut it down, rather than lose a lot of soldiers and treasure." Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/charlie-wilson-id-probabl_n_312997.html Charlie Wilson, 2009:

Wilson also said that the current war was “a very tough situation,” and that if he were President Obama, he’s not sure what he would do. He did say: “I’d probably shut it down, rather than lose a lot of soldiers and treasure.”

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/charlie-wilson-id-probabl_n_312997.html

]]> By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/09/10/not-another-charlie-wilsons-war/comment-page-1/#comment-51631 Tim Hogan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:03:40 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=9013#comment-51631 See the current US military assessment of what we must do to avoid defeat in Afghanistan, which in much mirrors my assessments. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920.html See the current US military assessment of what we must do to avoid defeat in Afghanistan, which in much mirrors my assessments.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920.html

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