14 Responses to “Afghanistan – What’s the Frequency Kenneth?”

1. Tweets that mention Afghanistan – What’s the Frequency Kenneth? -- Topsy.com says:

   October 31, 2009 at 11:19 pm

   [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dan Collins, Rick Malicki. Rick Malicki said: Years later, and still a valid question. RT @vermontaigne: Afghanistan – What’s the Frequency Kenneth?: http://bit.ly/1xXBMf [...]

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2. Bob Reed says:

   October 31, 2009 at 11:26 pm

   Dude! Whaazzup wit the donkey tramp stamp on playah O!

   Wiz affiliashun iz on the DL,yo? Keep ir on the DL, playah, yo’ race playahz axe you so, eh?

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3. Bob Reed says:

   October 31, 2009 at 11:29 pm

   Obamaz a pusillanimous putz…

   I don’t hate the playah; just the game!

   Follow my lead thor…

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4. carin says:

   November 1, 2009 at 6:30 am

   What are you bitching about? He decided when he was going to decide about it. Give or take a few weeks.

   WAIT FOR IT!

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5. SBP says:

   November 1, 2009 at 9:15 am

   Carin: I thought he’d decided when he was going to decide whether to decide about it? But maybe he hasn’t made that decision yet. No need to rush to judgment.

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6. Pablo says:

   November 1, 2009 at 11:22 am

   Good news, everybody!

   “Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

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7. Cowboy says:

   November 1, 2009 at 7:13 pm

   OT: But, I’m watching the beginning of the WS tonight. Since when does the PA guy have to remind people to take off their hats?

   Oh, and I love to hear service-people sing the anthem because they know it’s not about them, it’s about the words and what they mean.

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   • Bob Reed says:

     November 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm

     So true Cowboy, I thought the Sergeant did a great job on the anthem.

     I got so tired of all of the pop-music “flourish” that so many young folks add when butchering the anthem…

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8. Cowboy says:

   November 1, 2009 at 7:15 pm

   Oh, and though I don’t care about the Phillies one way or the other…I HATE THE YANKEES.

   All that’s wrong with baseball, America, and life in general–all in pinstripes.

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9. Jimbo Rogers says:

   November 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm

   http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1030/p09s07-coop.html

   Recent history indicates the White House is right. If Washington rushes its final decision, not only might it result in the wrong strategy, but it could also cause civil-military relations to deteriorate for the remainder of Mr. Obama’s time in office. High troop estimates in the recent past have caused civilian officials to completely shy away from strategically prudent decisions and have deepened civil-military misunderstandings.

   Consider what happened in 1992: Concerned about the deteriorating situation in the former Yugoslavia, civilian officials in the administration of George H.W. Bush strongly considered using ground troops to assure the delivery of humanitarian aid and deter Serbian aggression.

   Testifying before the Senate, then-Lt. Gen. Barry McCaffrey offered an estimate of “around 400,000 troops” to end the violence throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina, and what some called “a seat-of-the-pants answer,” consisting of 60,000 to 120,000 troops to secure a humanitarian corridor to Sarajevo. Such large estimates deterred the deployment of any US soldiers at all, causing NATO instead to attempt what became a failed three-year strategy utilizing intermittent airstrikes and European peacekeepers parceled out around United Nations-declared safe areas.

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   • Bob Reed says:

     November 2, 2009 at 5:42 pm

     That may have been the case before it became public that they are in many ways recycling the Booooosh/Cheney plan, with a different general in charge.

     At this point, it’s been far too long…

     Fighting 84 was involved in that one, by the way…

     And, what were you doing at PW today?

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     • Jimbo Rogers says:

       November 3, 2009 at 1:06 am

       Firstly, I haven’t posted on PW since I told that niggardly cup rattling berserker, Jeff Ghosterstein, that I wouldn’t.

       My bro-in-law would knock your lying jaw off, Bob. He’s over there serving and you’re spineless ass is here lying. You fuckin’ coward, our entire military is researching the best strategy while you primp on the internet via our military’s welfare. Fuck off, you should no better, you fuckin’ Christian-Taliban pussy.

       Cowardly fuck.

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       • Bob Reed says:

         November 3, 2009 at 1:19 am

         That’s funny because your name is all over a thread there tonight; and the time stamos are alternate to the ones here…

         But whatever…

         Get this straight. Even while I was on active duty, I wouldn’t have most likely been in Afghanistan. And I’m no coward, having been in harms way plenty of times; certainly moreso than you! Our military has the strategy, and the General has requested additional forces based on that agreed upon strategy; the one ballyhooed in March and August…

         I’m no coward, and the whole Christian Taliban meme is a flawed analogy; similar to the one being peddled tonight at PW…

         And it’s not “military welfare”; it’s what I’m due based on my years of service-a fact your brother-in-law will attest to.

         You should act more civil to one who has always showed you that courtesy.

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10. Neshobanakni says:

    November 4, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    My son-in-law heads to the land of low foreheads next month. Obama can’t decide whether to double down or fold. I’m kinda right-wing, but I think it’s time to get the hell out. There’s nothing we need there. Iraq is civilized, so it’s working out. A-stan; not so much.

    Pashtuns are the problem; Karzai’s gov’tment is Pashtun. They hate us (and everyone else). South A-stan and north Pockeestahn are Pashto. Maybe Joe Biden is right (for the (this time). http://www.thebigfeedblog.com/2009/11/our-future-in-afghanistan.html

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