tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post4413063954813816625..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: The occupation of Afghanistan : "Useless"Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-87227029286877224662009-09-23T07:50:51.471-07:002009-09-23T07:50:51.471-07:00I thought that around April 1st, 2002 that the ...I thought that around April 1st, 2002 that the 'war' in Afghanistan was 'won' but the use of plastic words seems to have permeated the universe. After another seven years and only 1 million dead from the combined effort in Iraq and Afghanistan there most be a cheaper and more effective way to kill the other nameless and non-white people in the world and attract attention to oneself.Zeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200092630775959717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84329066825535190862009-09-22T03:13:34.600-07:002009-09-22T03:13:34.600-07:00Thanks, CanNurse, posted.
Bob : Obama now reporte...Thanks, CanNurse, posted.<br /><br />Bob : Obama now reported to be having a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6216245/President-Barack-Obamas-confusion-over-Afghanistan.html" rel="nofollow">second little think about it</a>.<br /><br />Thwap : Excellent, wasn't it?<br />Operation Enduring Freedom - not meant to succeed, just meant to be there.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-89650778019454787782009-09-21T22:26:21.904-07:002009-09-21T22:26:21.904-07:00And also Senator Jason Kenney's Opinion articl...And also Senator Jason Kenney's Opinion article in today's (Mon. Sept. 21/09) Toronto Star! Link is:<br />http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697977<br /><br />As well as the online To Star poll today which asks, "Do you think the Afghanistan war is winnable?" 83% of people who answered gave a resounding "NO", with 4% who Don't Know & only 12% saying Yes. <br /><br />Excellent blog, as usual, Alison!CanNursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-45534751668094966312009-09-21T09:26:55.525-07:002009-09-21T09:26:55.525-07:00And then, of course, there's this today from t...And then, of course, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR" rel="nofollow">there's this today</a> from the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Yeah, I'd say <i>"useless"</i> pretty well sums it up . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-53284996920507973172009-09-21T08:55:14.091-07:002009-09-21T08:55:14.091-07:00I read that Ann Jones piece this morning. Excelle...I read that Ann Jones piece this morning. Excellent stuff.<br /><br />The nightmarish levels of incompetence, delusion and rotteness in this whole affair are difficult to make sense of.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.com