It seems we have a knack for deluding ourselves and it seems we are deluding ourselves once more. Again we have a president telling us that if we do not make a stand in place X (Afghanistan on this occasion) our whole way of life is in jeopardy. Keenly reminiscent of our experience in Vietnam, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘war’
And This Is Different – - How?
Posted in The War, tagged delussion, insurgents, war on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Will Adding More Troops Solve the Problem?
Posted in The War, tagged tactics, unnecessary casualties, war on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the fighting in Afghanistan intensifying we’ve begun to lose more troops. Listening to news reports, one of the missions we have undertaken was to deny transit routes to Al Qaeda and the Taliban. I think there are some fundamental problems that unnecessarily expose our troops to hostiles and renders them much more vulnerable. While [...]
Did He Really Say 100 Years?
Posted in In the News, The War, tagged 100 years, McCain, war on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah yes, 100 years, that seems to be a real failure as the political blue light special of the week. And, slowly the McCain Straight Talk people are beginning to realize that is more straight talk than the American public is willing to consume. So watch how they will spin themselves out of this one. [...]
