11 and a half years into a military occupation that has gone from bad to worse, the US has a new commander in Afghanistan. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the latest in a long line of commanders, still sees a military victory on the horizon.
“I’m very clear that we’re here to win,” Dunford insisted, adding that he believes elections in 2014 in Afghanistan are crucial to the decade to follow. The US has signed a deal to keep troops in Afghanistan through 2024.
Dunford expressed confidence that the strategy in place for years is on track, and that the continued transition of security to Afghan forces control remains a key goal, and one he is optimistic about, and insists the only threat remains “lack of confidence.”
That’s never been a problem for incoming US commanders, who seem to come into the war every year or so brimming with optimism about staying the course, only to leave at the end of a very brief tour as leader thoroughly exhausted, and giving way to another general with an equally rosy outlook.
Is Afghanistan as exhausted as the American occupation there, or are these somewhat fresh faces just what the empire needs in year 11in the graveyard of Empires and often their currency too…???
If this war was winnable.., us and eu would have won it within the first five years.., even the Swedish which ate stationed in the most peaceful area of Afghanistan admits that it is not winnable.., one can say it but in real time.., it was a lost war before it began…, like very other USA and EU militarism regimes wars.
This man desperately needs a hot biographer!
I'm sure the last Soviet commander in 1989 during that country's occupation of Afghanistan said the same thing the new US commander said. Two years later, the USSR ceased to exist.
If only we had stayed the course in Vietnam we´d be very close to winning that war today.
When is comes to war, we are a nation of losers. All of our wars are with the poorest of small nations, but we still lose. We just can´t help it, it´s what we are today, what we´ve become. Cave dwellers with razor blades successfully attack our nation’s capital (indeed the headquarters of DOD itself) and its largest city, using our own commercial aircraft as bombs – isn´t this a sign of total incompetence on the part of our DOD and Intel communities? All we do is destroy, destroy millions of human beings, infrastructures, museums, hospitals, schools, etc, but with no victory of any kind. We embrace the techniques of the Devil, but we still can´t win.
I´m truly sorry General Dunford, but you are done for, prior to starting your brilliant assignment in Afghanistan.
But, but…He's a Marine!!! Marines never lie…right Ollie!?!?!
If only we had stayed the course in Vietnam we´d be very close to winning that war today.
When is comes to war, we are a nation of losers. All of our wars are with the poorest of small nations, but we still lose. We just can´t help it, it´s what we are today, what we´ve become. Cave dwellers with razor blades successfully attack our nation’s capital (indeed the headquarters of DOD itself) and its largest city, using our own commercial aircraft as bombs – isn´t this a sign of total incompetence on the part of our DOD and Intel communities? All we do is destroy, destroy millions of human beings, infrastructures, museums, hospitals, schools, etc, but with no victory of any kind. We embrace the techniques of the Devil, but we still can´t win.
I´m truly sorry General Dunford, but you are done for, prior to starting your brilliant assignment in Afghanistan.
Thats how we win. You need to know the story of the "Brotherhood" to understand the reasons we do not win wars the old fashion way. Order out of Caos. The two colums Jaquin and Boaz represent the left-right Balance, on the one hand we built this incredible empire on the other we go and destroy entire countries with radioactive bombs and chemical agents ect….As you said the work of the devil, but there is more to that than meets the eye.
We wage wars to justify budgets not to aquire land …$$$$…. On that account the several trillion dollars that Iraq costs is seen as a success. We need enemies The indians, the negro, the communist, the muslim to justify these wars hence, budgets…..We wont ever win a war if the cost of that victory is to run out of an enemy. Between the fall of commnism and the raise of radical Islam we had a decent economy for about 8 years. That is not acceptable to the agents of death in the satanic pentagram in Washington.
Thats the victory, to perpetuate an enemy and the war machine.
What they mean by winning is they will get the Opium crop ready for market come the next spring.
Right, as it is transported to Azerbaijan or Turkey for processing, compliments of the CIA.
That's the strategy. Change generals constantly and let them give their rah rah speech and we're good to go for another year. generals are one thing we have plenty of and we can make new ones so we'll never run out of kiss a** idiots to 'stay the course'.
as a vet i take offense to putting the war in fucking baseball terms. another moron in charge. probably why we waited till 2010 to actually start having the afghan army take over missions. before that i dont even think the generals had a fucking exit strategy prepared. "were just gonna kill every last taliban and win" ……thinking like that is why its the longest war.
I wish someone would introduce Mr. Dumb…bo to a history book on Afghanistan.
The name of the game is plunder and the newest hit man and bagman in the 'hood is General "Dunce"ford.
If the U.S. and NATO think that they can impose a peace so that their corporations can extract resources and spirit away resources under an coerced deal, no multinational executive who dares visit Afghanistan will be safe. It's a no win proposition if we continue to throw away billions and billions on more ordinance and military activity without a diplomatic solution that is not coerced.
So, fire away, Dunce-ford, but don't ask for a medal or promotion after you get your ass kicked (though you'll probably get both).
OOOOOO Yeah….. It's a looong history of wins, and NOT by those foolish enough to have invaded and occupied the graveyard of empires and imperial hubris…!!
We've heard this drivel and rhetoric from deranged, brain-washed generals for the last 63 years. MacArthur said the same thing in Korea in 1950. Westmoreland said the same thing in Viet Nam in 1965. Abrams said the said thing in Viet Nam in 1970. The Russan generals said the same thing in Afghanistan in 1989. Franks said the same thing in Iraq in 2003. Petraeus, Allen and Dunford tout the same brain-washed rhetoric in Afghanistan. The American public is sick and tired of listening to these useless 4-star perfumed princes in our military.
Another four star clown from Capitol Hill.
rip van winkle awakens
I thought he was there to oversee the grifting operation of US taxpayers and Afghan farmers went according to plan