tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post5584306975919541740..comments2023-11-05T03:12:10.925-06:00Comments on Renegade Eye: Afghanistan: The Unwinnable WarFrank Partisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-15523059901969949012008-10-20T15:26:00.000-05:002008-10-20T15:26:00.000-05:00Why did the U.S. military think it could tame a co...Why did the U.S. military think it could tame a country that has never had a central government in recorded history?<BR/><BR/> Or was it just the PNAC neocons, Condo Rice, Bush & Cheney who were the fools?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-16125683193499139212008-10-20T15:25:00.000-05:002008-10-20T15:25:00.000-05:00FJ, monetarism is stone cold dead. Ask Bubbles Gre...FJ, monetarism is stone cold dead. Ask Bubbles Greenspan, he killed it.<BR/><BR/> It's dead and gone and certainly of no value whatsoever in our current predicament which was brought on by two people, Bubbles Greenspan and Phil "Don't regulate credit swaps" Gramm.<BR/><BR/> Tinkle down economics? Game over.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-45739449875324738062008-10-10T22:00:00.000-05:002008-10-10T22:00:00.000-05:00Renegade--I understood what you were saying about ...Renegade--<BR/>I understood what you were saying about Russia and al Qaeda. I still say the most dangerous purveyor of state-sponsored terrorism, and the biggest threat to America, is, America itself.<BR/><BR/>"We have met the enemy, and he is us"<BR/><I>Pogo</I><BR/><BR/>BTW-- It wouldn't surprise me in the least, to find out that the hackers, who claim to be Islamic, are in fact, agents of the U.S. Government.Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-48056366774539232222008-10-10T20:07:00.000-05:002008-10-10T20:07:00.000-05:00Milton Friedman was also monetarist who advocated ...Milton Friedman was also monetarist who advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom.<BR/><BR/>Besides, that's not what the Dem's in Congress were doing with the CRA. For Friedman had also argued that the central government could not micromanage the economy because people would realize what the government was doing and shift their behavior to neutralize the impact of policies.<BR/><BR/>So much for having Fannie Mae gobble up and securitize, then resell bad mortgages. It's never a good idea to encourage the creation of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard" REL="nofollow">moral hazards</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-62022194942597684342008-10-10T19:10:00.000-05:002008-10-10T19:10:00.000-05:00FJ: Mortgages to the poor, is a Milton Friedman id...FJ: Mortgages to the poor, is a Milton Friedman idea. It was based on if the poor were business and home owners, they wouldn't see themmselves as workers and renters.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-45326264618666167882008-10-10T19:09:00.000-05:002008-10-10T19:09:00.000-05:00FJ: Mortgages to the poor, is a Milton Friedman id...FJ: Mortgages to the poor, is a Milton Friedman idea. It was based on if the poor were business and home owners, they wouldn't see themmselves as workers and renters.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-62636362377871105472008-10-10T17:48:00.000-05:002008-10-10T17:48:00.000-05:00The Democrat's insane attempt to bend capitalism t...The Democrat's insane attempt to bend capitalism to house poor minorities at artificially low 1.5% but upwardly adjustable interest rates with no money down, that was the real answer to Osama bin Laden's dreams of defeating America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-11589506608885961852008-10-10T17:44:00.000-05:002008-10-10T17:44:00.000-05:00I don't deny that the Iraq War caused a "slowdown"...I don't deny that the Iraq War caused a "slowdown" of the American economy. I'm simply stating that had not the Islamicists the aid and comfort of a complicit and subversive Democratic party, their hopes of bringing us down our economy as they had the USSR's would never have been worth the breath they expended in prayer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-9127175097951677182008-10-10T00:25:00.000-05:002008-10-10T00:25:00.000-05:00Tim: What I meant to say was that the US is threat...Tim: What I meant to say was that the US is threatened more by established, not considered rogue states like Russia, than Al-Qaeda. I should have been clearer.<BR/><BR/>I like Troutsky's comment, there is no primary place in the WOT.<BR/><BR/>Blogrolling is really down now.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-72278146200499564852008-10-09T23:37:00.000-05:002008-10-09T23:37:00.000-05:00At the risk of sounding treasonous, I think it wil...At the risk of sounding treasonous, I think it will be shown that the main state sponsor of terrorism, will be the United States of America. The roots of our ambitions and goals are no different than the Islamic radicals we harp against. You can say it's an 'apples and oranges' thing, but they're both still fruits.<BR/><BR/>This 'Nation of Christians' has the misguided mindset that 'the end justifies the means'. However, the Bible teaches just the opposite: The means will justify the end.Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-37070404908320196802008-10-09T20:04:00.000-05:002008-10-09T20:04:00.000-05:00Blogrolling has been hacked. I depend on it to te...Blogrolling has been hacked. I depend on it to tell me when blogs update.<BR/><BR/>Tim: Blogrolling went down again.<BR/><BR/>History repeats itself.......<BR/><BR/>Beamish: At this point Karzai is mayor of Kabul. He used to support the Taliban.<BR/><BR/>All of Afghanistan is remote and mountainous.<BR/><BR/>The US stopped the Northern Alliance from completely taking Kabul. Part of the initial sending troops, was to fight the Northern Alliance if they took all the power. That was a nod to Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>Eventually some nod to the Taliban will be given. They love guerilla fighting.<BR/><BR/>FJ: See <A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23286149-2703,00.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>. It supports Troutsky's argument.<BR/><BR/>Troutsky: I think it'll be shown that the main state sponsor of terrorism, will be the new Russia.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-16161837283788977522008-10-09T18:05:00.000-05:002008-10-09T18:05:00.000-05:00...but then, they always were Osama bin Laden's si......but then, they always were Osama bin Laden's silent partners in the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-39944114335117693182008-10-09T16:07:00.000-05:002008-10-09T16:07:00.000-05:00The war had nothing to do with creating a housing ...The war had nothing to do with creating a housing bubble by forcing Fannie Mae to purchase 5 million "liar loans" from illegal immigrants, and another 10 million nodoc loans from winos and junkies.<BR/><BR/>In fact, the WoT only cost us a trillion $US. Barney Frank and Chris Dodds's CRA induced "bubble" has cost us a lot more than that, $8 trillion and counting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-8400000541096326852008-10-09T12:59:00.000-05:002008-10-09T12:59:00.000-05:00FJ,why go on a fools errand looking for the "centr...FJ,why go on a fools errand looking for the "central point" of the WOT? It is amorphous, an idea, and so is diffuse. The War(s) and resultant economic collapse were beautiful traps layed out by Muslim strategists that just knew the US has no historical memory and so would chase them into the mountains. This amnesia combined with ingrained exceptionalism is the Moron Empire. Fun while it lasted!troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-40443853068182709012008-10-09T08:11:00.000-05:002008-10-09T08:11:00.000-05:00Only now do you begin to awaken to the strategic v...Only now do you begin to awaken to the strategic value of the war in Iraq. <BR/><BR/>Afghanistan was, is now, and always will be a "sideshow" in the general WoT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-80623553282752869232008-10-09T04:51:00.000-05:002008-10-09T04:51:00.000-05:00I think something akin to the "Anbar Awakening" co...I think something akin to the "Anbar Awakening" could happen in Afghanistan - already the Taliban and Al Qaeda are forced to operate from remote and isolated cross-border mountain regions in Pakistan's NWFP. However, I don't think it is likely. <BR/><BR/>Nobody in Afghanistan longs for the return of the Taliban to power.<BR/>Ditto for their Uzbek islamists allies who were first corralled into Afghanistan, then corralled into Waziristan. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, we've gone as far as we can go in a gentleman's game of borders and sovereignty, but it's time to push the herd out of Waziristan into Baluchistan and make it Ahmedinejad's problem.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-82234430045180563822008-10-09T00:53:00.000-05:002008-10-09T00:53:00.000-05:00BTW--Thanks for the visits!BTW--<BR/>Thanks for the visits!Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-2062804701162360012008-10-09T00:50:00.000-05:002008-10-09T00:50:00.000-05:00It amazes me that people can be so oblivious to hi...It amazes me that people can be so oblivious to history. The Mongols, led by Genghis Kahn, arguably one of the most formidable and ferocious warriors of all times, could not subdue them 800 years ago. Nor could the British Empire, and more recently, the USSR. They all left in disgrace. The arrogance of the Americans is mind-boggling.<BR/><BR/>As for the government of Karzai--- Water seeks it's own level. How long do we plan on propping up a failed state? Do the Americans actually believe they can take their 232 year experiment, and succesfully embed it into a land with over 5,000 years of cultural heritage and differences? It's the same reason they can't win in Iraq; for every one we kill, we create 10 more willing to fight.<BR/><BR/>I've added your site to the Blog of Revelation Blogroll. I hope it helps. I know it will make it easier for me to visit regularly.;)Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.com