Comments on: Obama: confused about Afghanistan? http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126804 Gray Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126804 <i>buying the crops from the ground-level producers provides them with income and denies it to the Taliban</i> 1) Why not just burn the fields and put the entire country on welfare? That is what you are advocating. 2) Do you know what will happen to Europe when they can't get their heroin? I don't agree that opium sales are the problem. The problem is who is selling the opium. I want to help "our guys" to sell the opium and starve out the taliban. It's unconventional, it would be successful, but it is dirty and we will never do it.... buying the crops from the ground-level producers provides them with income and denies it to the Taliban

1) Why not just burn the fields and put the entire country on welfare? That is what you are advocating.

2) Do you know what will happen to Europe when they can’t get their heroin?

I don’t agree that opium sales are the problem. The problem is who is selling the opium. I want to help “our guys” to sell the opium and starve out the taliban. It’s unconventional, it would be successful, but it is dirty and we will never do it….

]]> By: Brian Swisher http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126774 Brian Swisher Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:10:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126774 ...and when I said, "the best way to go about it," I meant to go about tackling the problem of opium money getting to the Taliban...I've gotta watch out for shorthanding my thoughts... …and when I said, “the best way to go about it,” I meant to go about tackling the problem of opium money getting to the Taliban…I’ve gotta watch out for shorthanding my thoughts…

]]> By: Brian Swisher http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126773 Brian Swisher Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:09:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126773 Gray, I think we're somehow talking at cross-purposes...we both clearly agree that opium sales are a problem, but disagree on the best way to go about it...IMO, buying the crops from the ground-level producers provides them with income and denies it to the Taliban - the opposite of the scenario you note in your last posting...I apologize if I haven't expressed myself clearly enough in my previous postings... Gray, I think we’re somehow talking at cross-purposes…we both clearly agree that opium sales are a problem, but disagree on the best way to go about it…IMO, buying the crops from the ground-level producers provides them with income and denies it to the Taliban – the opposite of the scenario you note in your last posting…I apologize if I haven’t expressed myself clearly enough in my previous postings…

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126759 Ymarsakar Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:54:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126759 While all this is happening, men and women, some of the best of America, are being chewed up in the Afghan meat grinder. And for what? To make the Democrats a more convenient time to get off the chair? Dems love military casualties in war, especially if they are American. While all this is happening, men and women, some of the best of America, are being chewed up in the Afghan meat grinder. And for what? To make the Democrats a more convenient time to get off the chair?

Dems love military casualties in war, especially if they are American.

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126724 Gray Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:23:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126724 <i>Taliban from their source of revenue…then we could destroy it, sell it to pharmaceutical companies, or put it in a warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant, so long as we remove it from the Central Asian trade loop…</i> And Afghanistan starves and must rely on the Taliban and the radical muslim "charities" to feed them, giving the Taliban total control. Until we control the poppies, we cannot control the ground in Afghanistan and we are too nice to do it.... Taliban from their source of revenue…then we could destroy it, sell it to pharmaceutical companies, or put it in a warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant, so long as we remove it from the Central Asian trade loop…

And Afghanistan starves and must rely on the Taliban and the radical muslim “charities” to feed them, giving the Taliban total control.

Until we control the poppies, we cannot control the ground in Afghanistan and we are too nice to do it….

]]> By: huxley http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126707 huxley Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:22:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126707 <i>All I can think of is that because of O and the Democraps waffleing, they are making our troops less safe. They are playing a game with lives that They will regret. There are 2 options that O and the Democraps has…1)commit to winning or 2)get out. If they pull us out, it will be on their head to have lost that way.</i> Army Mom: Exactly. I agree that Afghanistan is important, but if Obama and the Dems are just going to mince around with half-hearted efforts so that we eventually lose Afghanistan anyway <b>and</b> get a whole lot of our soldiers killed, I say leave now. All I can think of is that because of O and the Democraps waffleing, they are making our troops less safe. They are playing a game with lives that They will regret. There are 2 options that O and the Democraps has…1)commit to winning or 2)get out. If they pull us out, it will be on their head to have lost that way.

Army Mom: Exactly. I agree that Afghanistan is important, but if Obama and the Dems are just going to mince around with half-hearted efforts so that we eventually lose Afghanistan anyway and get a whole lot of our soldiers killed, I say leave now.

]]> By: Fred2 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126688 Fred2 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:58:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126688 Try the optimistic approach: Maybe the resources currently involved in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be required for the invasion of Iran. Which is more dangerous, Iran or al-Queda? Try the optimistic approach:

Maybe the resources currently involved in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be required for the invasion of Iran.

Which is more dangerous, Iran or al-Queda?

]]> By: Army Mom http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126680 Army Mom Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:14:04 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126680 All I can think of is that because of O and the Democraps waffleing, they are making our troops less safe. They are playing a game with lives that They will regret. There are 2 options that O and the Democraps has...1)commit to winning or 2)get out. If they pull us out, it will be on their head to have lost that way. We never should have put an inexperienced ideolog in office. After going to Iraq & Afghanistan already, my son will soon be re-deployed back to Afghanistan. Should O and the Democraps crap for decision making cause harm to come to my son....I can tell you that Cindy Sheehan will look like a walk in the park compared to my wrath. At least Bush, despite all his faults, was fully committed to protecting us and taking care to not undermine the military. Does O and the Democraps scare me?? Yes. Unfortunately, when I get scared I also get fighting mad. All I can think of is that because of O and the Democraps waffleing, they are making our troops less safe. They are playing a game with lives that They will regret. There are 2 options that O and the Democraps has…1)commit to winning or 2)get out. If they pull us out, it will be on their head to have lost that way. We never should have put an inexperienced ideolog in office.

After going to Iraq & Afghanistan already, my son will soon be re-deployed back to Afghanistan. Should O and the Democraps crap for decision making cause harm to come to my son….I can tell you that Cindy Sheehan will look like a walk in the park compared to my wrath.

At least Bush, despite all his faults, was fully committed to protecting us and taking care to not undermine the military. Does O and the Democraps scare me?? Yes. Unfortunately, when I get scared I also get fighting mad.

]]> By: Brian Swisher http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126668 Brian Swisher Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:45:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126668 The Taliban don't grow the opium, Gray; they don't know how to. They buy it from the farmers, who will sell it to anyone who has the money. It's the <i>resale</i> of opium where the Taliban makes its money. If we buy from the farmers, we can cut the Taliban from their source of revenue...then we could destroy it, sell it to pharmaceutical companies, or put it in a warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant, so long as we remove it from the Central Asian trade loop... The Taliban don’t grow the opium, Gray; they don’t know how to. They buy it from the farmers, who will sell it to anyone who has the money. It’s the resale of opium where the Taliban makes its money. If we buy from the farmers, we can cut the Taliban from their source of revenue…then we could destroy it, sell it to pharmaceutical companies, or put it in a warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant, so long as we remove it from the Central Asian trade loop…

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126644 Gray Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:02:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/09/22/obama-confused-in-afghanistan/#comment-126644 "Firearms and Ammunition See Explosive Sales" http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-703882.html Hmmmm.... Some say that animals can instinctively sense an earthquake or a storm coming. I think reports showed that very few were caught in the Thailand tsunami. “Firearms and Ammunition See Explosive Sales”

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-703882.html

Hmmmm…. Some say that animals can instinctively sense an earthquake or a storm coming. I think reports showed that very few were caught in the Thailand tsunami.

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