Over the last few months I've been talking with people, and a lot of reading on the topic. One thing I found very interesting was this doctor's account of his service in Afghanistan:
http://www.amazon.com/Line-Sand-Canadians-War-Kandahar/dp/1553655923/ref=pd_cp_b_1 At the same time all else I read about the conflict and talking with people like Tim and my nephew who have served there, at this point I am seriously wondering what we, the US and the other NATO countries, are doing there. We are allied with people who would just as soon slit our throasts and essentially spurn those, i.e., India, who would be major allies. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:11 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In retrospect I agree. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> that was my impression. I know what people are going to say but >> frankly if we had not gone into Iraq, Afghanistan would never have >> become such a crudhole of a nation. Perhaps the Victorian British Raj >> had the correct idea, wall off the place from the rest of the world >> and let it stew in its own juices. >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I have major complaints about KBR. They were conducting ops that should >> > rightly have been conducted by soldiers. Cook is an MOS but ours went on >> > patrols and didn't cook anything, laundry could have been done cheaper by >> > direct hire of locals. We have carpenters and electricians in the Army, >> no >> > need to have KBR build our hooches and showers and stuff. >> > >> > The food when I arrived at Bagram was substandard. They were charging >> $30 >> > a plate. they actually got hammered eventually because so many people >> > complained, and some general officers had to deal with it. It did >> improve >> > drastically eventually. >> > >> > I've read some things about a natural gas pipeline that was proposed, but >> > never saw any evidence of it while I was there, and haven't really heard >> > anything about it since. Yes the contract companies made money there, >> but >> > I don't think that was a main motivator for the invasion. >> > >> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> exactly the only greed factor I can see is with KBR, but during that >> >> time period they didn't have the same presence as they did in Iraq. I >> >> think Tim can enlighten us on that - he was there. >> >> >> >> But the only real money to be made in Afghanistan are with opium and >> weed. >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I guess I don't see the greed motivation in Afghanistan, share? >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Greed was the motive. Revenge was the justification. Bush's >> trifecta. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > I guess i disagree...at least initially. Initially, it was all >> about >> >> >> > revenge. Money certainly became a factor soon thereafter, though. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351284 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
