tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498414607834532875.post1850559749104551226..comments2015-11-03T10:39:15.271-05:00Comments on onetimespook: How Long, General Petraeus, How long?Al Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02360002492225320096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498414607834532875.post-72317942365146917002015-11-03T10:29:54.897-05:002015-11-03T10:29:54.897-05:00I tend to look upon such adventures as our Afghani...I tend to look upon such adventures as our Afghanistan campaigns as the ultimate corruption in our government. Tens of thousands of dollars to establish a gas station in Kabul? Which bundler of campaign money got that contract? No, this is a nonsensical effort to take the Islam out of the Afghanis. Can't ber done. They are who and what they arfe and any effort at "nation building" is doomed from the start.Al Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360002492225320096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498414607834532875.post-85396884312459746012012-03-05T17:32:00.266-05:002012-03-05T17:32:00.266-05:00On our part: we have not defined who our enemy tru...On our part: we have not defined who our enemy truly is, we have not really stated why we are in Afghanistan, and we have again engaged in nation building where there is no nation... We need outta there, unless the true reason for our staying (which I imagine is to keep an eye out on Pakistan) is stated to OUR people... <br /><br />One day, when we state who our enemy is, and if we have the stomach for it, and if we remember what it is to wage real war- not pretty or civilized- then we should go to war. Destroy first, rebuild later. Until then, we need to stop trying to build the world in our own image--- would be nice, but as you state, it ain't gonna happen.<br /><br />The undefined kinds of war we have gotten involved since WWII can only lead to this infinite quagmire where there is no defined outcome. It is however very possible that this quagmire is the indeed the defined outcome decided on by those running the show; and if so, it should be stated clearly so that we know what we are squandering our treasury and American lives on. ...And then we should ALL vote on it.Katya Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117299019522692874noreply@blogger.com