Resurgent Taliban in control of half of Afghanistan.
Resurgent Taliban in control of half of Afghanistan.
According to a new report, “The conflict in Afghanistan has reached ‘crisis proportions,’ with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul.” A separate Oxfam report states that spending on aid for Afghans is only a tiny fraction of military expenditure:
“As in Iraq, too much aid is absorbed by profits of companies and subcontractors, on non-Afghan resources and on high expatriate salaries and living costs,” said the report. “Each full-time expatriate consultant costs up to half a million dollars a year.”
Meanwhile, Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said civilian casualties caused by military action is “eroding support among the Afghan community for the government and international military presence.”
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What other administration can lay the claim to lose 2 wars, and is ready, willing, and able to start yet another war?
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pmWorst President ever.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:10 pm“Each full-time expatriate consultant costs up to half a million dollars a year.â€
What are they consulting on? How important it is to pay expatriate consultants a high annual salary? Or maybe they consult on how to improve the yield of poppy fields. Or maybe the expatriate consultants are consulting on the need to pay as much money as possible to private contractors and taking a cut of that money as well.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pmWell, I guess we’ll just have to re-invade them!!!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:14 pmAnd what percentage of the companies and subcontractors are good ol’ god-fearin’ Bush Pioneers?
More and more I’m reminded of Kinky Friedman’s quip – “poli” means many, and “tic(k)s” are blood-sucking vermin.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:14 pmTaliban have 54% of Afghanistan now, 75% support the Taliban and now the Swizz are leaving, and Karzai has banned foreign merceneries
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:17 pmHeckuva job, you chympie mofo.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:19 pmThings were better for all of us under the Taliban because our children were NOT buying heroin with their School lunch money and dying
Unfortunately things were NOt so good for Afghan women
But I would rather they get slapped around under the taliban who banned Heroin production than our schoolchildren die of cheap CIA heroin
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 pmBut I would rather they get slapped around under the taliban who banned Heroin production than our schoolchildren die of cheap CIA heroin
Comment by Bush Cover Ups — November 23, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
WTF??? Not sure about this one.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:23 pmBring ‘Em On….!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:23 pmThe ADD prez-e-dent strikes again. Would have been nice had he say finished one war, caught Bin Laden, and put an end to Al Qaeda, then to lose two wars at the same time.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:35 pmQ. what do you say to a Taliban women with two black eyes
A. You should have listened the first time
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:36 pmComment by Bush Cover Ups — November 23, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
WTF??? Not sure about this one.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
Nothing this one has said has made a lick of sense. I suspect he’s the one on the “CIA heroin”.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:36 pmRight… and now he wants to go for the hat trick – lose 3 wars simultaneously. Throw in Pakistan and you’ve got the Grand Slam of Stupidity!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:37 pmQ. what do you say to a Taliban women with two black eyes
A. You should have listened the first time
Comment by Bush Cover Ups
Wow, this one is a particularly nasty troll. Please report him for abuse so we can get rid of him quickly.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pmI suspect he’s the one on the “CIA heroinâ€.
Comment by bilbobaggins — November 23, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Definitely a troll. Especially after the last post.
BSC!!! (Bat Sh*t Crazy…)
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pmRemeber back in 06 when the rethugs were trying to tie Irag and Afghanistan together to the point I thought it was one country Iraqistan or something. Now you never hear them even mention Afghanistan.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:42 pmLook for their next move to be dumping this failure on NATO and those damn Europeans.
I have to say this so-called report must be in error. Need I remind everyone the words of Bush himself. From Sept 2004:
(I put no stock in the remark that since these words were a month before an election, they might have been political.)
Clearly, the Greatest Leader the World could ever have been blessed with would never utter words he did not mean. Over 3 years ago he declared the Taliban not to exist, thus how could they be on the verge of controling Kabul?
Once again the well-know liberal bias of reality reveals itself.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pmLook for their next move to be dumping this failure on NATO and those damn Europeans.
Comment by klide — November 23, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Were the French in Afghanistan?
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pmClearly, the Greatest Leader the World could ever have been blessed with would never utter words he did not mean.
Comment by Dr Benway — November 23, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
You’re right — childrens do learn!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pmWOW! That’s a heckuva legacy you’re building, Dubya!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pmi’m glad so many of u here are glad that we mght be sufereing setbacks, cus it fits into ur twisted little egomaniacal view that bush is somehow an imp for satan, our enemies say the same thing, i cant wait to see what happens when democrats get power next year, i hope they do a better job
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 pmLook for their next move to be dumping this failure on NATO and those damn Europeans.
Comment by klide — November 23, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Were the French in Afghanistan?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
I think the French committed about 5,000 of their military in all during the initial invasion, including air support and ground forces. The French were there during the entire time the conservatives were bashing France for not joining in Bush’s Iraq folly. I think they still have a small contingent of a couple hundred ground troops, mainly special ops.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:03 pmTime to come home! The only way they could make things worse, would be by staying.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:04 pmBush INC. will continue to lie about Afghanistan just they do about Iraq until they leave office, then immeadiitetly point the finger at whoever gets stuck cleaning up his mess.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:08 pmI think they still have a small contingent of a couple hundred ground troops, mainly special ops.
Comment by Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver — November 23, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Actually, I was being snarky. I mean, seeing as the French are well known for being Brie-eating surrender monkeys, we could just lay the whole thing off on them.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:08 pm“… then immeadiitetly point the finger at whoever gets stuck cleaning up his mess.”
Comment by Bobwurst — November 23, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
I do believe you have just described BuschCo’s WH Exit Strategy PERFECTLY, Bobwurst.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:10 pmBusch will leave office in 2009 hailing his own success AD NAUSEUM, then turn around and blame his successor for EVERY LAST F-IN’ thing he screwed up over the last 7 yrs, which just about covers everything he’s touched. But, hey, these slimeballs came into office lying (remember how the Clintons vandalized the WH while leaving???) so what do you expect at this point?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:12 pmActually, I was being snarky. I mean, seeing as the French are well known for being Brie-eating surrender monkeys, we could just lay the whole thing off on them.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
I hear you.
I seem to remember stories about CIA operatives parachuting into the remote areas of Afghanistan when the invasion had just begun, carrying with them suitcases, each filled with $50,000 in cash to buy off the local warlord’s allegiance against the Taliban. That was one of the main Bush policies for pacifying the country. Well, when the money flow starts running dry, what’s a corrupt, money-grubbing warlord to do except sit on the sidelines and watch the country fall apart again?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:25 pmThe Taliban and Pushtuns number about 52 million , 219 Coalition troops killed this year alone, Things will get far worse , its over
BUT do you know how many people have died of cheap heroin flooding the markets, Heroin is so cheap these days , almost as much as a packet of cigarettes , Production needs to stop like when under the taliban and the then the price will skyrocket, that way out children are safe from drug pushers,
to put it bluntly its better the Taliban take control again than our children are exposed to this horror
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pmre 32
It would be easier to agree with you if you didn’t spew mysogonistic crap every other post. Take your fear of women somewhere else.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 pmWell, when the money flow starts running dry, what’s a corrupt, money-grubbing warlord to do except sit on the sidelines and watch the country fall apart again?
Comment by Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver — November 23, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Deal smack??
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:03 pmMah feler ‘Merkins..the liberation of Pakistan has begun.
-G.W. Softnuts
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm“Resurgent Taliban In Control Of Half Of Afghanistan”
They’re just putting lipstick on a pig. The Taliban was in control of almost two-thirds of Afghanistan more than a year ago.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:16 pmIt would have been a lot easier to land a cruise missile on Bin Laden head if Bush had not invaded Afghanistan, now theres NO Chance
Afghanistan can wait years for victory in fact thats their tactic
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 pmand perhaps you should give thanks to NATO troops for bailing American troops out from being short staffed
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:33 pmThis is the one military involvement the Bush administration cannot claim to have lost because of the “liberal media”, Congress, the Democrats, lack of support from the public, the “left” bogeyman, or any of the other asinine brain-dead excuses they have used for Iraq.
That doesn’t mean they won’t try to blame everyone else for their own incompetence, as they usually do.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmComment by Bush Cover Ups — November 23, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Your comments make no sense. I suggest laying off the sauce before posting here.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pmBottom line is this is just anothe failure by the Bush administration. Is there anything they have succeeded in doing? And, please, Bush cultists, don’t say “he’s kept us safe since 9-11.” Whether or not he’s kept us safe is open to argument and the worst terrorist attack in our history DID come on his watch, so put that tired old argument to bed please.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 pmI suggest laying off the sauce before posting here.
Comment by VerbalKint — November 23, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
Or dive in head first. Half-wasted is half-*ssed, as they say.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:18 pmOnce every generation, or so, some moron comes along who tries a “limited occupation”. Apparently those who know better die off. If Georgie had actually taken those history courses, in which he allegedly received passing grades, he would have known it’s impossible for a half-assed occupation to succeed.
From the dawn of the first empire, to the present day, there have been just a few ways to impose one nation’s will on another.
1. Buy off the current ruler(s).
2. Support a powerful internal insurrection.
3. Kill ‘em all.
Bushco has failed to even try any of these.
Number three was never an option. If they had stated that as their goal they would have been overthrown by us; Americans of good conscience.
Number two was also not achieved. Bushco installed the weakest, least popular, opposition in power.
And number one, well, just ask Saddam.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pmWell….This would be funny if it wasn’t so damn sad.I really loath that dimwit.At least this info will make it easier for the Dems to gain control of both houses and the Executive branch……the Judicial branch…unless someone dies or retires….is pretty much set in stone.
November 24th, 2007 at 1:58 pm