doodle
05-15-2011, 04:31 PM
The downside is he may not have any "war stories" to tell if US did.
May 13, 2011
Time to Cut and Run From Afghanistan? | War Stories
This all has to be music to the ears of Vice President Joe Biden, long an opponent of the counter-insurgency campaign advocated by General David Petraeus. Count on the veep to make this argument in the days ahead as the administration decides how many U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan this summer.
It's exactly the wrong message for our friends and enemies in the world's most volatile region.
There is no doubt that the May 2 Spec Ops mission taking out bin Laden was a dramatic success and an example of unique U.S. capabilities. Unfortunately, the administration's decision to reap a political and public relations windfall from the operation has adverse implications for protecting U.S. interests in Pakistan and checking Iranian efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
For an inside "boots on the ground' perspective on how to win a war -- and a "white knuckle ride" along with the eyewitness participants who are fighting it -- this documentary is true "reality television." It's doubtful that Sen. Kerry will be watching. He apparently never met a war he didn't want to lose.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/transcript/colonel-corner/time-cut-and-run-afghanistan#ixzz1MSleWsRt
May 13, 2011
Time to Cut and Run From Afghanistan? | War Stories
This all has to be music to the ears of Vice President Joe Biden, long an opponent of the counter-insurgency campaign advocated by General David Petraeus. Count on the veep to make this argument in the days ahead as the administration decides how many U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan this summer.
It's exactly the wrong message for our friends and enemies in the world's most volatile region.
There is no doubt that the May 2 Spec Ops mission taking out bin Laden was a dramatic success and an example of unique U.S. capabilities. Unfortunately, the administration's decision to reap a political and public relations windfall from the operation has adverse implications for protecting U.S. interests in Pakistan and checking Iranian efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
For an inside "boots on the ground' perspective on how to win a war -- and a "white knuckle ride" along with the eyewitness participants who are fighting it -- this documentary is true "reality television." It's doubtful that Sen. Kerry will be watching. He apparently never met a war he didn't want to lose.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/transcript/colonel-corner/time-cut-and-run-afghanistan#ixzz1MSleWsRt