Thursday, March 22, 2012

Must be a lot of Afghan civilians left to kill

Because the General in charge of our failed mission in Shitholeistan wants to keep around 68,000 shooters there for next years Futile Killing Season.
The top commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he prefers a significant American force of 68,000 to combat insurgents in 2013, signaling a potential halt in the drawdown and complicating any effort by President Obama to speed up troop withdrawals after more than a decade of war.

Marine Gen. John Allen insisted that he will hold off on a recommendation on the pace of further reductions until after the 23,000-member surge forces leaves Afghanistan by the end of September. But in his most explicit comments in two days of congressional testimony, Allen indicated that he envisions no other withdrawals beyond that cut this year and expressed his preference for next year.

“My opinion is that we will need significant combat power in 2013,” Allen told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“Like 68,000?” asked Sen. John McCain, the panel’s top Republican.

“Sixty-eight thousand is a good going-in number, sir, but I owe the president some analysis on that,” Allen replied.
And there is The Old Fart cheerleading the number. As for General Allen, he took over a failed mission and then made sure it stayed that way as the boys burned Qurans and staged a Sunday Massacre.

// posted by montag @ 7:28 PM
Comments:
The Soviets had twice that many troops in Afghanistan and still got their butts kicked.

Time to leave. NOW.

- Badtux the Timely Penguin
# posted by Blogger BadTux : 3:41 AM
 

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