Replies inline. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > is there a right answer? > im not sure there is.
At least you sound reasonable. > seems to have more facets than a finely cut diamond. > is bush all to blame for what is going on now... not really, > but as the president he chose to wear that hat. I don't see how Bush can be given any blame for either 911 or Afghanistan, hell I don't think it can be laid at Clinton's feet, I think we need to go back to Carter and Regan, and see what they did. See what their options were at the time, and see what we could have done differently. Realistically there were bigger things than Afghanistan being fought over in that country. It was the cold war made small. We did what we could, without provoking a nuclear respones. > i would never choose to wear that hat, too much responsibilty > and chance for job failure. as we are watching now. I hear that. > so, im not sure there is a right answer tim. im just not. > we were really put in a tough situation. fight a war against > an army with no nation. fight a war against a people who > know sense of reality. fight a war against people who are > not only driven by differences of opinion, but differences in > culture, and religion-- big divide there. Sit back and take it? Allow them to turn out more anti-american warriors? > but im sure you like most of us, can agree that we probably > could have taken a small step back, REALLY evaluate the > situation with GOOD rock solid intelligence, make quick > precise strikes and move on. but i think we stumbled into > the party like a big buffoon with no control of his arms or > legs, drunk like a sailor. > cavalier in style and seemingly wanton in course of action. i > just think we could have maybe had a bit more tact. i dont know. You don't think we knew what was going on there? Shit we took that country with less than 100 men. The problem we made in Afghanistan wasn't tactical, it was strategic. We took control of American forces in that theater away from Special Forces and gave it to the convential army. When we did that the Provincial Reconstruction Teams became less important, winning hearts and minds became less important, and bodies became more important, because that's what the conventional army knows. > tw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188453 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
