tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post583434506161941619..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: Is U.S. national security really at stake in Afghanistan? If not, we should get outLFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-69305580576674545902010-10-30T12:03:37.327-04:002010-10-30T12:03:37.327-04:00"to hunt AQ we need bases to operate from&quo..."to hunt AQ we need bases to operate from"<br /><br />My question would be do those bases need to be in Afghanistan (we now see AQ 'franchises' elsewhere, of course, e.g., AQ in the Arabian Peninsula etc.). On the other hand, I don't like the drone strategy (too many civilian deaths for every 'bad guy' killed). Obviously I don't have the solution.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-61617648081671490162010-10-29T22:31:17.757-04:002010-10-29T22:31:17.757-04:00LFC
In a practical sense I think yes. Th main go...LFC<br /><br />In a practical sense I think yes. Th main goal of course is the AQ. But to hunt AQ we need bases to operate from. The Taliban will slowly strangle them if we are not attacking the Taliban. And from that most of the rest of the military policy<br /><br />In a strategic sense I think no. May a bomb soon fall on Osama bin Laden and from that unravel the mess.<br /><br /><br />That’s analysis. I don’t like it and if we had more discretion available I like your question and answer much better<br /><br /><br /><br />Ever since the invasion of Afghanistan the fictional Colour Sergeant’s mostly good advice of a to the Young British Soldier keeps coming back.<br /><br />I do not think we are this bad off, but I fear for our soldiers if we are <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-young-british-soldier/" rel="nofollow">wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains<br /></a> [it’s the last stanza]. It could be the only way out is forward.hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-5586988360966709682010-10-25T12:26:28.530-04:002010-10-25T12:26:28.530-04:00Yes, you are correct. Thanks!
NYes, you are correct. Thanks!<br />NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-11064651323362049582010-10-25T08:37:15.352-04:002010-10-25T08:37:15.352-04:00Hi N,
Since your comment refers not to this Afghan...Hi N,<br />Since your comment refers not to this Afghanistan post but to the 'rhetorics of empire' post [I understand, it's early in the a.m. :-)], I've put my response under that post.<br />L.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-71920228170174304222010-10-25T08:13:23.840-04:002010-10-25T08:13:23.840-04:00LFC,
I very much enjoyed this - thanks. But can y...LFC, <br />I very much enjoyed this - thanks. But can you please unpack the following sentence for me: "The end of colonialism, an epochal change in world politics, represented an unusual case of a modern international institution becoming obsolete "? Are you saying that the UN became obsolete with formal decolonization? If so, Could you please elaborate because I don't quite follow the argument. <br />Thanks again. I have a feeling I will come back to this post a few times over the next few days. <br />NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com