Sunday, August 09, 2009

Last Longer than Iraq and Cost More = Afghanistan

Washington Post: Reports that US Military Experts predict that War in Afghanistan will last longer than Iraq and cost more by the end. The Liberal Leaders in Congress are not going to be happy, they want a turn around within a year, they see Afghanistan and Iraq as the mistakes of Bush 43, they don't want to spend money on Defence they want to pander to their election base. If the money is going to Iraq and Afghanistan and will increase in Afghanistan due to the US policy of Nation Building the Liberal Left wont get money for the favourite hobby horses. The incoming Chief of the Defence for the UK has been honest, he has stated that the UK will be in Afghanistan for 40 years. Yes 40 years. As stated in my recent post, that has no chance, Obama wants out of Afghanistan before his re-election bid in 2012, he does not want another Vietnam War on his hands, he does not want to be another LBJ. Thus Generals have about a year to calm Afghanistan down, keep the locals at bay, allow for the Presidential Election in August. The Chicago Fix is in for the election, the present President will win, better the devil you know, its matter of keeping Afghanistan at a low boiling point, at present its gotten very hot, the UK lost 22 Armed Forces Personnel in July, so far this August we have lost 5. The USA is also taking casualties, in July it lost 43 soldiers, this month is also starting to look bad in the war of attrition between the Western Forces and the Taliban/Terrorists. Thus Afghanistan could be the new Vietnam and Obama could be LBJ.

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