Afghan fighting was "fruitless and expensive".

[Delta4Embassy]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

 

[Mindful]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

Like being able to drive your car without pausing and asking if the journey's worth the expense? That's why.

 

[Moonglow]

"afghan fighting was fruitless and expensive..."

who's surprised:







it's been hard for them -- the afghani's -- to 'adapt' -- or get used to living in he 21st century....they still scoop out food from their bowls with their fingers.........that's how osama liked to do it --- plus, those who scoop, are the ones in charge of the whole country.

Epic fail!

 

[Moonglow]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

Oil and diamonds are countries best friend...

 

[Mindful]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

Like being able to drive your car without pausing and asking if the journey's worth the expense? That's why.

I'll try to unravel this piece of philosophy(?)

 

[Moonglow]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

Like being able to drive your car without pausing and asking if the journey's worth the expense? That's why.

I'd just be glad there was no kids asking if we are there yet...

 

[Moonglow]

Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.

Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.

One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.

The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."

The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.

Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive

Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.

So why are we sucking up to Saudi royalty? Bowing and scraping? Kissing hems? Flying flags at half mast?

Like being able to drive your car without pausing and asking if the journey's worth the expense? That's why.

I'll try to unravel this piece of philosophy(?)

need a peeler?

 

[Moonglow]

Did American isolationism in the 1930's bring anything? Apart from Pearl Harbour?

An era of good feeling as the good neighbor....

 

[Moonglow]

What did we get from Afghanistan, the knowledge from a Pentagon estimate reveal mineral deposits of 7 trillion and the security to let other nations extract the minerals for profit...

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Pearl Harbor came about because the US had openly sided against Japan with China, embargoed Japan's oil import ability, and had done everything to provoke Japan short of shooting at them. Pearl Harbor was perfectly justified. Wasn't some random unprovoked attack out of the blue. Even by modern standards, embargoeing a country's oil imports is an act of war.

 

[gipper]

Pearl Harbor came about because the US had openly sided against Japan with China, embargoed Japan's oil import ability, and had done everything to provoke Japan short of shooting at them. Pearl Harbor was perfectly justified. Wasn't some random unprovoked attack out of the blue. Even by modern standards, embargoeing a country's oil imports is an act of war.

It was not the US. At the time, a vast majority of Americans demanded we stay out of WWII. It was FDR who single-handedly and deceitfully positioned Japan to make the attack, all the while having foreknowledge of their actions. He also deceptively proclaimed over and over again to American mothers, that he would not send American boys to war, in the campaign of 1940.