Comments on: US Commander: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan

By: What Price Afghanistan? « In These New Times

What Price Afghanistan? « In These New Times — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:03:36 +0000

[...] and, with it, any semblance of a rationale for staying. As it is, the U.S. commander says he sees no sign of al-Qaeda anywhere in the country, so that excuse is gone, as well. All that remains is bureaucratic and [...]

By: Peaceful_Idiot

Peaceful_Idiot — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:15:11 +0000

Mission Accomplished! Al Qaeda must have hoped on a c130 and headed back to Langley.

By: Baker’s dozen links dump

Baker’s dozen links dump — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:04:13 +0000

[...] start with the depressing: Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal sees no indication of an al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan. So, could we maybe, GTFO or is killing brown people too much [...]

By: goedel

goedel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:53:42 +0000

Drunkenatheist, I don't blame you for drinking. What I cannot understand is why Barack Obama is given credit for brains. It seems to me that he is not at all profound in his thinking; very superficial. Otherwise, why would he have allowed himself (and us) to become committed to war in Afghanistan? Why would he have appointed as his advisers the very people who are responsible for the bubble of financial paper and the opponents of regulation?

As a strategist, our President is inept. His strength is in oratory. He makes good speeches. Otherwise, there is nothing to him. He'll go back to Chicago in 2013 much as LBJ went back to Texas in 1969. Our country will be in much worse shape by then.

By: goedel

goedel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:52:47 +0000

As a strategist, I think our President is inept. His strength is in oratory. He makes good speeches. Otherwise, there is nothing to him. He'll go back to Chicago in 2013 much as LBJ went back to Texas in 1969. Our country will be in much worse shape by then.

By: Drunkenatheist

Drunkenatheist — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:11:45 +0000

Keep your chin up, things are going to be different once November hits, because we're going to have a new president…one that can usher in a radically different era of hope and change! The economy will be fixed and everyone will get a pony and that big, bad meaniehead Osama Bin Laden will be dead dead dead. Just remember to vote Obama in Nove… Oh wait, that's right. It's September 2009, NOT 2008.

My bad!

By: ChrisDowd

ChrisDowd — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:50:04 +0000

It was considered "polite" for Soviet apparatchiks, when amongst each other, to feign belief in the ridiculous charges leveled against old Bolsheviks in the show trials of the 30's- charges that often had them being spies for the British before even the revolution itself. Likewise- our foreign policy elite must feign belief in the purposefully undefined blob that is "Al Qaeda". This is a "Terrorist group" that is defined so loosely that quite literally anyone DC wants to put in a cross hair can be called a member of it.

All of them know it is bullshit. All the big press big shots know that AQ is simply a catch all label DC uses at will to justify its wars and crimes abroad. But it would be profoundly impolite and un-serious to actually point this out publicly. All good Beltway players and wannabes must profess belief in and genuflect before the most inane lies about "Al Qaeda" if they want to stay a member of the club.

By: September 12, 2009 « Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

September 12, 2009 « Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:00:48 +0000

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By: General McChrystal: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan « Suzie-Q

General McChrystal: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan « Suzie-Q — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:04:26 +0000

[...] Guesses Ongoing War Might’ve Prevented Terror Attacks by Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, September 11, [...]

By: US Commander: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan | America 20XY

US Commander: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan | America 20XY — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:18:39 +0000

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