Friday, July 10, 2009

Obama’s War: Thousands of Marines Battle in Helmand in Major U.S. Offensive

In Afghanistan, a powerful truck bomb killed at least 25 people today, including up to 16 schoolchildren, in a province just south of Kabul. The latest bloodshed coincided with a major American military offensive in Helmand province in the south. US forces last week launched what’s being described as the largest Marine offensive since the Vietnam War. Some 4,000 Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops are targeting areas in the Helmand River Valley to wrest it from Taliban control. We go to Kabul to speak with Wall Street Journal journalist, Anand Gopal.
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18 comments:

  1. r.s.July 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM

    <p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="">The US is sending more troops to the place that defeated every invader since Alexander!</span>

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  2. r.s.July 10, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    While it is teetering on the edge of national bankruptcy!

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  3. r.s.July 10, 2009 at 10:54 PM

    <p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 120%;"><span style="">A British Viceroy once governed that place like his own private fiefdom. They never did find his head.</span>

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  4. vJuly 10, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    Apparently it is sitting on the sholders of the current invaders

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  5. vJuly 10, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    Apparently it is sitting on the shoulders of the current invaders

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  6. vzaJuly 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Not true! Ghengis Khan, Tamerlane, Babur all successfully invaded.

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  7. vzaJuly 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Not true! Ghengis Khan, Tamerlane, Babur all successfully invaded.

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  8. r.s.July 11, 2009 at 5:39 AM

    <span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana;">
    <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Genghis Khan killed</span><span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana;"> about 40 <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">million</span> people across Asia and Europe. His armies were battle hardened and could defeat any enemy, but only as long as they were on flat, open plains. He wiped out all the afghan cities but he could not win the fighting in the natural guerrilla territory of the afghan hinterland. This continued for two generations until the Mongols converted to Islam. Then it continued anyway. </span>
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  9. r.s.July 11, 2009 at 7:00 AM

    <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana;">Invasions of Afghanistan are doomed to failure by several insurmountable factors. The terrain is extremely mountainous and hostile, familiar to the insurgents but impenetrable by outside forces. The indigenous population is equally hostile and the majority Pashtun are notoriously fierce, bloodthirsty warriors who have a history of setting aside their tribal differences to create a united force to repel invaders.</span>

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  10. flemingJuly 11, 2009 at 7:35 AM

    R.S. - Who would win in a battle between modern US forces and Genghis Khan?

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  11. flemingJuly 11, 2009 at 7:36 AM

    R.S. Who would win in a battle between modern US forces and Genghis Khan?

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  12. r.s.July 11, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q_VBOL7KAY&NR=1

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  13. flemingJuly 11, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    Ever heard of cruise missiles, drones or B-52 bombers?  There dont have to be ground troops within 1000 miles for us to cause them great catastrophe.  Could Genghis do that? 

    It has nothing to do with toughness. Or perhaps as soon as 9-11 happened we should have waved the white flag?  Afterall the US cannot win against its adversaries, right?  Indeed, perhaps we should just all convert to islam because the taliban/alqueda/affghas are so "tough" and "unbeatable"? Sorry pal, the only reason they havent lost yet is because they refuse to engage in full fledged, large scale battles with the US.   Obviously because they would be slaughtered.

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  14. r.s.July 11, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As Napoleon said: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." </span>
    <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> 
    <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style=" color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The US is in such a state now that it cannot even see the inherent damage it is doing to itself by seeking a victory that can never be won in Afghanistan. </span>

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  15. flemingJuly 11, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    Certainly r.s., that is why surrendering is our best chance at "victory" I suppose? 

    Do you really expect anyone will buy such absurd non-logic?

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  16. vJuly 11, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Than when the carcass of the USA drops fleming, we will wrap you up within it and bury you with your delusions. Even as we write this country is in an economic free fall, start singing "Nearer My God To Thee." Of course, the USA is NOT there for self-defense, never has been never will be - and because its motives are so obviously tainted that it will fail miserably. Remember this post.

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  17. thankgodimatheistJuly 11, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    Ever heard of cruise missiles, drones or B-52 bombers?
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    Ha ha
    killing a fly with a hammer!!

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  18. vJuly 11, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    In fact, here is good lecture for both feming and anand to listen to - the two bookends that support US aggression -

    TARIQ ALI - OBAMA, PAKISTAN AND THE US EMPIRE

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