tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post7614542754936846128..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: A View From IndiaBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-64191048726390888962009-11-02T06:48:09.187-07:002009-11-02T06:48:09.187-07:00Jimmy: I know you read Lex and I pretty much agre...Jimmy: I know you read Lex and I pretty much agree with his take on the whole thing: it's politics above country. The Democrat way.<br /><br />Alison: Thanks for the clarification on the "nation building" thing. I did a bit of a double-take. Well said, and I agree. I do read the Helmand Blog, btw.<br /><br />Lou: That's the problem with democracies... we don't have the will to sustain a long fight and are easily worn down. The jihadis are counting on that.<br /><br />Gordon: Everybody loves The One, no? :p<br /><br />I think you're oh-so-right about folks missing Dubya. But it will take some folks longer than others... still others will NEVER "get it."Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-47962545454310494062009-11-01T20:15:46.478-07:002009-11-01T20:15:46.478-07:00The prime minister of India is very close with GWB...The prime minister of India is very close with GWB. But the young professionals from India I've met love Obama (or they did a few months ago).<br /><br />I think a lot of folks will be missing GWB's foreign policy pretty soon.Gordon Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772014586181361069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-15103851153269811042009-11-01T19:10:51.957-07:002009-11-01T19:10:51.957-07:00People are not thinking about the big picture; the...People are not thinking about the big picture; they are just tired of war. They assume it is all just a continuation of the Iraq war. The Media does not help any.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-66639402231933569712009-10-31T16:46:58.450-06:002009-10-31T16:46:58.450-06:00'leave a vacuum there'
'There is NO n...'leave a vacuum there'<br /><br />'There is NO nation building' <br /><br />that should say.alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-68472979202078220032009-10-31T16:44:54.687-06:002009-10-31T16:44:54.687-06:00I find it hard to believe people still cannot see ...I find it hard to believe people still cannot see how what is going on in Pakistan won't spill into Afghanistan if we leave a vacuum them. It will be 9/11 x a thousand. Put simply: the fight for our very civilisation is occuring in that region and we need our Forces and the Pakistani Army to hold them at bay. There is no "win" in this situation. There is nation building. This about propping them up long enough that they can hold their own. It is nothing like Vietnam either. It is also nothing like Iraq. It may be tribal but the people do not want the Taliban either. I am tired of reading the increasing clamour for us to pull out. Even if that seems the simplest thing to do with the limpfisted Obama and Labour in charge, it is simply NOT an option right now. <br /><br />You should read Helmand Blog Buck they run some great posts straight from the men on the ground. We are making headway there. Our MSM simply don't report it. If you take that and add it to the nightly news where we witness the sombre Union Jack draped coffins returning home, small wonder the reaction is what it is and our leaders have cold feet.<br /><br />Thanks for this postalisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-14454168225178751532009-10-31T13:03:25.391-06:002009-10-31T13:03:25.391-06:00Buck, this is the one area that I think Obama real...Buck, this is the one area that I think Obama really understood during the election, the real reason for anything we do in AF it what it means in PAK. However, he seems to be planning a new Vietnam style offensive, a hybrid of the Biden Magic Ninja's and COIN-Lite (the worst of both). Any gains we have made and paid with the blood of good Men this year will be lost and we will soon see White House photos of "The One" and Rahm picking out targets for those Magic Drones. If of course they get the UN's permission!!<br /><br />BT: Jimmy T sends.JimmyThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00595473108896212170noreply@blogger.com