Iraq was [almost] a cake walk, compared to what we face in Afghanistan. Even with enough troops (500,000 +/-), it'll take a generation to pacify Afghanistan - a mountainous moonscape the size of Texas covered with 70-million ants (nomads, warring tribes - barefoot, illiterate villages). There's nothing there to "rebuild," it's all from scratch. The people are suspicious of everything, even a simple, local hydro-pump to generate electricity.
Then there's Pakistan, blood-brother to Afghanistan; we'll never subdue one without subduing the other. And by that time we'll be broke, no longer a viable nation - which makes the whole surge- strategy a lethal mistake. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
