Hope springs eternal in Afghanistan, as US and NATO officials continually praise the conflict and claim major shifts in momentum. At least when they’re being interviewed, but when the camera is off the rhetoric gives way to reality.
Such is the lesson of the WikiLeaks cables, as a new cable shows war enthusiast and Australian FM Kevin Rudd privately condemning the war and the “hopeless” training mission that is supposed to provide cover for an eventual pullout (some decades from now).
Rudd is far from the first to be outed as a pessimist in the WikiLeaks cables, as EU President Van Rompuy told the US plainly that the war is “unwinnable” and that European troops are just humoring the US in continuing the occupation.
The Afghan War increasingly gives the appearance of having two sets of books kept on it, with comments and reports meant for public consumption forever predicting a victory that, privately, no one thinks can happen.
The Leaders of America all seem to suffer from mental derangement. How else could they say the things they do. Do they think we are stupid? Don't answer that question.
Politics seems to lead to brain malfunctioning. It certainly leads to immorality.
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Several days back, Petraeus maintains that the Afghaniscam is a crapper. SecDef Gates says on Thursday, oh no, the Afghaniscam is just ducky. Now under cover of 'microphones off' well, back to the crapper.
If this isn't Vietnam all over again, well, I'll eat my hat. I have several. You know, lying generals, diplomats, presidents, gullible media, and bulls*#t spread far and wide.
Desperation on the cusp on madness.
I had the same thought—this is Vietnam all over again.
My fellow friends you are mistaken when you say they lie. It's ARROGANCE which is the disease of the Americans and their poppet European allies. Watching too many movies made in the USA make someone wonder..Are they going to invade Mars after Afghanistan. I am sure the Federal Reserve will lend them more trillions. After all it's all numbers.
Future historians are going to wonder how the west could have criticized the Soviet Union for being bogged down in a war in Afghanistan that they should have realized they could not win, only to make the same mistake a decade later. A Russian author has written a book on that exact theme.
This is like deja Vietnam all over again.
Afghanistan is the "graveyard of soldiers and of empires" – any idiot and moron who has read a History book would know that and would NOT have invaded that country.
As per Mao – "it is easy to defeat an arrogant enemy" – NO leaders more arrogant (or stupid) than the leaders of America.
So europe has its troops fighting and dying to humor the US? wow. Guess its not only our leaders that are coward political people that send others to die for thier geopolitical dirty work.
I am waiting for the fraggings to begin.
these guys should get an acadamy award…..best b.s. artists
Vietnam Syndrome all over again. The French got their asses handed to them in the 50's by the Viet Minh, and ten years later the US- even after closely watching what went down in Indochina- went in and did exactly the same things and made exactly the same mistakes, with the predictable ending of having our asses handed to us by the NVA and Viet Cong. After the cease-fire an American general was talking to a Vietnamese general and said "You know, you never beat us on the battlefield" to which the Vietnamese general replied "That is correct- and it is also irrelevant". I predict our generals will be saying the same things to Taliban and/or Al-Quaeda leaders in the future- and getting the same response.