Record death tolls and a really pessimistic Pentagon report delivered to Congress just days ago are old news, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who insisted that the war in Afghanistan is going really well and indeed “exceeded my expectations.”
Those expectations have been pretty high, as officials are constantly insisting that a major momentum shift is just about to happen, but the proclamation is particularly convenient now as it will keep the current strategy going through the official “review” of the war.
And even though bombings are on the rise and by all accounts the war is getting worse, not better, it is a very good time to make false claims of progress, as snowfall will soon make Afghanistan virtually impassable for several months, keeping the lies from being obvious for quite awhile.
At the same time one can’t help but wish the US was spinning the false claims of progress the way British Prime Minister David Cameron is, as an excuse to get out of Afghanistan soon. For the US claims of progress seem to be as good a reason to stay this year as lack of progress has been for the last nine years.
Wait a minute, didn't Petraeus say just the other day that the Afghaniscam was coming up a crapper?
Gates didn't get the memo. WikiLeaks stole before it got to him. 🙂
I will not give-up, Reno and his troops are on their way,
I will not give-up, Reno and his troops are on their way,
I will not give-up, Reno and his troops are on their way,
I will not give-up, Reno and his troops are on their way,
But in the mean time, I'll just create good will by killing
any living thing that becomes an inconvenience for me.
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""As snowfall will soon make Afghanistan virtually impassable for several months.."
Probably only impassable for Humvees and oil tankers though. It was snowy in the winter of 1841-42 too and the Pashtuns didn't seem to care much as they pursued and murdered Elphinstone's 4 or 5 divisions and 12,000 camp followers on the 'road' to Jalalabad. Better hope Dost Mohammed Khan's great-great grandson isn't making big plans.
Of course the Americans have generals these days who are far superior in all ways to those old-time Brit officers and they have aircraft, so we should simply not worry.
Another 20 years or so will bring total Victory. Might be time for 15 or 20 more official reviews and lots of nice dinners in Europe.
The stupidity of a man or his entire family has brought a nation to its knee and if the same policies continued the stupidity of another man no matter the color or instinct is certainly a continuations of the first man stupidities. Gates and Hillary Clinton.., what a combination..
Going really well for the war profiteers.
"Gates Insists Afghan War Going Really Well"
Psst…psst…Mr. Gates…over here. Look:
"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of doublethink he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt. " – George Orwell – 1984
I love that pic of Gates. It looks like he's up at the podium playing a game of who farted.
Six US soldiers have been reported killed in Helmand Province in the first seven days of December.
Ten US sldiers died in Helmand in November. Marjah is located in Helmand and a US general claimed just a few days ago that US forces were "almost in control" of Marjah and the operation was successful. So maybe it is somewhere else in Helmand where things are not going so well.
Gates is right. The Afghan war is going well…for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. lmao.
He really should change his name to Joseph Goebbels. It would really be more in line with the thoughts rattling around in his little head.
They are all lying scumbags. As ever, the winner of these obscene wars is the military-industrial complex. The losers are the civilians of the countries we are illegally in and the economy here.
"Steady men! Steady!" We've got them on the run now!"
Custer just before the 7th plunged into the attack.
How is it possible for someone to utter such inanities in public and not be laughed at? Mr. Gates needs to come clean and admit that he's a third rate political hack and a bad liar to boot.
Resign, sir! You have no shame, and you're killing soldiers and civilians for no reason.
In Gate's case, the gate was left open and his brain bolted. He, like most politician, is an accomplished liar and can tell them underwater while tap dancing.
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