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| Mason C... |
 Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:37 pm |
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Note to President Obama:
Afghanistan will be the Vietnam of President Obama.
It will besmirch his presidency.
Armies march into Afghanistan and march out in lesser numbrs. Armies never
learn. The German army did not learn from Napolean's trip to Moscow. The English
marched into Baku, Crimea, Gallipoli, Afghanistan (three times), and each time
marched out again with fewer men. Armies never learn.The American army did not
learn from the British and Russian visits to Afghanistan, nor its own visit to
Vietnam.
Mason Clark
*Greater America in the Age of Rebellion*
http://frontal-lobe.info/greateramerica.html
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| Mason C... |
| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:59 am |
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On 22 Jan 2009 23:41:10 GMT, Michael Coburn <mikcob at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:
Quote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:37:40 -0800, Mason C wrote:
Note to President Obama:
Afghanistan will be the Vietnam of President Obama. It will besmirch his
presidency.
Armies march into Afghanistan and march out in lesser numbrs. Armies
never learn. The German army did not learn from Napolean's trip to
Moscow. The English marched into Baku, Crimea, Gallipoli, Afghanistan
(three times), and each time marched out again with fewer men. Armies
never learn.The American army did not learn from the British and Russian
visits to Afghanistan, nor its own visit to Vietnam.
Why do you think that "victory" is the objective?
Who said anything about "victory"? Did I miss a post?
Mason Clark
*Greater America in the Age of Rebellion*
http://frontal-lobe.info/greateramerica.html
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| mani deli... |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:30 pm |
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UNLESS & UNTIL THE WARS IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN COME TO AN END AND HALT
THE DRAIN OF UNPRODUCTIVE COSTS, NO ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE.
Their budgets are sacred. Their burden to the USGovt deficits is
unspeakably huge. Their benefits are puny and falsely promoted. If
truth be told, the cost of a barrel of oil coming from the Persian
Gulf (including Iraq) must include an extra $50 per barrel increased
cost from the military component. Almost no analyst includes such a
tax. The gains in Afghanistan are non-existent altogether. So future
terrorists are being snuffed on Afghan soil. Pardon me if this Jackass
is not stupid enough to swallow that numbskull medicine. Private
contractor fraud is massive in Iraq. Private contraband business is
massive in Afghanistan. Neither has changed in years. Nowhere is
either discussed on the news. If truth be told, half of all the USGovt
historical debt is tied to military ventures, the principal
beneficiaries being defense contractors, defense lobbyists, shady
generals running a side business, and fraud-ridden contractors often
tied to the most recent US Vice President. It needs to be repeated
regularly, that nobody is even looking for the missing $50 billion in
Iraqi Reconstruction Funds. With each passing month, the missing tally
grows higher----Jim Willie |
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