bunklocoempire
12-03-2009, 06:20 PM
Remind them of McChrystals entitlement program strategy and what an "escalator supporter" is actually cheering on.
In typical party voter language with limited understanding:
Talk of inanimate objects (opium -and guns are also inanimate) and governments inability to raise tax revenue...and people going bad because they don’t have what they need. This is socialism on steroids.
This is dumping money into a ghetto to keep a people docile and needy. This is paying folks to behave. This is BULL. What liberty minded American in their right mind would give into their fear of an enemy, buy into this “strategy”, and cheer it on?
This isn't killing the enemy, it's putting potential terrorists on welfare.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19608/corruptionthe_afghan_wild_card.html
General McChrystal:
• "We face not only a resilient and growing insurgency; there is also a crisis of confidence among Afghans--in both their government and the international community---that undermines our credibility and emboldens the insurgents."
• "Our strategy cannot be focused on seizing terrain or destroying insurgent forces; our objective must be the population."
• "...[A] properly resourced strategy must be built on four main pillars....2. Prioritize responsive and accountable government...assist in improving governance at all levels....that the Afghan people find acceptable...on par with, and integral to, delivering security."
• "Criminality creates a pool of manpower, resources and capabilities for insurgents and contributes to a pervasive sense of insecurity among the people. Extensive smuggling diverts major revenue from [the Afghan government]. Criminality exacerbates the fragmentation of Afghan society....A number of Afghan Government officials, at all levels, are reported to be complicit in these activities, further undermining [government] credibility.
• "The most significant aspect of the production and sale of opium and other narcotics is the corrosive and destabilizing impact on corruption with the [government]. Narcotics activity also funds insurgent groups...".
• "There are no clear lines separating insurgent groups, criminal networks (including narcotics networks) and corrupt [government] officials. Malign actors within the [government] support insurgent groups directly, support criminal groups that are linked to insurgents and support corruption that helps feed the insurgency."
• "The narco- and illicit economy and the extortion associated with large scale developmental projects undermine the economy in Afghanistan. [The government] cannot funds its operations because of its inability to raise revenue, a situation made worse by the illicit economy."
Bunkloco
In typical party voter language with limited understanding:
Talk of inanimate objects (opium -and guns are also inanimate) and governments inability to raise tax revenue...and people going bad because they don’t have what they need. This is socialism on steroids.
This is dumping money into a ghetto to keep a people docile and needy. This is paying folks to behave. This is BULL. What liberty minded American in their right mind would give into their fear of an enemy, buy into this “strategy”, and cheer it on?
This isn't killing the enemy, it's putting potential terrorists on welfare.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19608/corruptionthe_afghan_wild_card.html
General McChrystal:
• "We face not only a resilient and growing insurgency; there is also a crisis of confidence among Afghans--in both their government and the international community---that undermines our credibility and emboldens the insurgents."
• "Our strategy cannot be focused on seizing terrain or destroying insurgent forces; our objective must be the population."
• "...[A] properly resourced strategy must be built on four main pillars....2. Prioritize responsive and accountable government...assist in improving governance at all levels....that the Afghan people find acceptable...on par with, and integral to, delivering security."
• "Criminality creates a pool of manpower, resources and capabilities for insurgents and contributes to a pervasive sense of insecurity among the people. Extensive smuggling diverts major revenue from [the Afghan government]. Criminality exacerbates the fragmentation of Afghan society....A number of Afghan Government officials, at all levels, are reported to be complicit in these activities, further undermining [government] credibility.
• "The most significant aspect of the production and sale of opium and other narcotics is the corrosive and destabilizing impact on corruption with the [government]. Narcotics activity also funds insurgent groups...".
• "There are no clear lines separating insurgent groups, criminal networks (including narcotics networks) and corrupt [government] officials. Malign actors within the [government] support insurgent groups directly, support criminal groups that are linked to insurgents and support corruption that helps feed the insurgency."
• "The narco- and illicit economy and the extortion associated with large scale developmental projects undermine the economy in Afghanistan. [The government] cannot funds its operations because of its inability to raise revenue, a situation made worse by the illicit economy."
Bunkloco