Afghanistan, the war that will not go away

[isobars]

[windoggie]

powerful idiot.

[feuser]

[keycocker]

"But even most liberal pundits and politicians concede that "the surge worked",
The head of that military effort, on the three occasions I have heard him discuss it, said about the surge:
More boots on the ground always helps but the biggest help has come from the Awakening.
This local Sunnis movement could not exist in the first years of the war because we treated all Sunni leaders as the enemy. When the US military finally got good leadership, the Awakening was being promoted quietly by foreign journalists including Al Jazeera and Mike Weir, who could talk to these folks without Bushs permission.
Our present military leaders there are a lot more competent and they are using this movement to help us win. On one of the few talk radio programs I heard in recent years some idiot was attacking the military for giving arms to these guys. This smacks of treason to me and is one reason I so dislike Talk Radio A##holes who keep Conservatives confused and unable to recognize the enemy.

[keycocker]

Anyone notice that since the change in US government, and a change in policy towards blowing our mouths off about Iran, we are now WINNING?My Irani friend asked me to post that.
A little understanding goes a long way in dealing with other nations, and making America safe.
Now when our gov. insults other nations we apologize despite the far right screaming F!U!s to both our gov, our moderate conservatives, and even Americas winning policies, along with Os mistakes
By the way you should not call Mike a neoconservative as an insult. This is not correct, they believe something else. Even Beck is not a Neo, along with all the talk hosts I to whom have paid any attention. Remember- talk guys don't use facts or political movements. They survey the public and give "facts" and "opinions" based on what the audience of mostly older, aggravated, uneducated, blue collar listeners wants to hear.
Sean Hannity explained this once on the air when he was a talk show host I listened to in Kansas City.

[mac]

Be careful both about assuming that the surge worked, or that the current military leadership in Iraq is on top of it. Remember that Odierno, who is the head guy in Iraq a this time, was the gung ho field officer who filled Abu Ghrab with "bad guys" without differentiation, and led in substantial part to the successful growth of the insurgency.

In Afghanistan we are trying to look at a different culture and economy with the eyes of wanna-be nation builders. The biggest problem, however, is the lack of legitimacy of the government as anything but an American puppet that is stealing everything in sight--including elections. With the Arabs essentially chased out of Afghanistan by Americans and Afghanis, what you have behind is a jihad against the American occupiers. A very different situation than at the start of the war, and perhaps not so amenable to counter-insurgency efforts.

[isobars]

[keycocker]

I do not believe that TR lies any more than I believe that Comedy Channel news lies. They are a non factual news medium and have said so directly.
Limbaugh spent years telling us that Carter caused the last oil crisis as a central theme.(Hint)He wasn't in office.
He recently said that Obama caused the recession. O also was not yet in office at the time Rush said that.
Which joke programs did you find out checked out completely ? or did they all?
"If we're winning in Iran, how did Ahmadinejad get away with not only giving the UN the finger in response....
Read the news and you will understand the poster who wrote that Amadinnerjacket owes his whole career to the US. My Irani friend who fights against him says they are winning and thats my report from the front.
Mike-several people here have defined that word for you when you first said you didn't know what it meant. You told us we were wrong, so that leaves you without a clue, and us not so motivated to bother typing it again.

[isobars]

[swchandler]

Oh really! Any buyers?