An op-ed by a U.S. special forces Major on Afghanistan in today’s New York Times is headlined:
It asserts that:
“Winning” is a meaningless word in this type of war, …
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September 28, 2011
The Cognitive Dissonance Of The Day
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more on cognitive dissonance
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8794617/Libya-exodus-from-Sirte-as-thousands-flee-rebel-offensive.html
they report the facts on the ground, but miss the obvious
where is Nato and what is Nato’s UN mandate
and why is this not a case for the ICC
Posted by: somebody | Sep 28 2011 21:36 utc | 2
Invading a country to kill people who don’t want you there is an arrogant and stupid way to start a war – especially when cowardice, laziness, paranoia, ignorance and ineptitude, lead to the opportunistic slaughter of innocent ‘suspects’ and the wholesale destruction of vital infrastructure.
The Afghans haven’t lost a war yet. The only people who are still in denial about this one are the Yankees.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Sep 29 2011 1:59 utc | 3
I think they are recycling the Soviet Union destabilization strategy which led to something like Kosovo, Chechnya and of course Afghanistan. 9/11 was blowback from that.
This time they use it against China (Iran, any country with colonialist borders)and keep it up – containment – against Russia – ex Soviet Union. It is virtually against everybody’s interest.
Posted by: somebody | Sep 29 2011 12:47 utc | 4
Where this war is concerned, I never considered “winning”, only the immorality of it. Killing folks for business interests will always be immoral in my world, and that’s why we’re there. Despite all the propaganda to the contrary, the U.S. military has become nothing more than a tool for U.S. corporate interests.
Posted by: ben | Sep 29 2011 14:13 utc | 5