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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN— According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, death tolls continued to rise, and the grim military campaign persisted as hopelessly as ever.
In fact, many government officials now believe that the United States and its allies could be as little as six months away from their ultimate goal: the total quagmirification of Afghanistan.
"We've spent a lot of time and money fostering the turmoil and despair necessary to make this a sustaining quagmire, and we're not going to stop now," President Barack Obama said in a national address Monday night. "It won't be easy, but with enough tactical errors on the ground, shortsighted political strategies, and continued ignorance of our vast cultural differences, we could have a horrific, full-fledged quagmire by 2012."
Added Obama, "Together, we can make Afghanistan into a nightmarish hell-scape Americans will regret for generations to come."
The U.S. plan to build a lasting quagmire in Afghanistan calls for the loss of at least 5,000 coalition troops, nearly 1,500 of whom have already been killed, and a wasted investment of nearly $1 trillion, a quarter of which has thus far been spent.
With more than 80 percent of the country currently under Taliban control, Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued that U.S. nation-dismantling efforts are actually proceeding ahead of schedule.
"We've made a complete mess of local institutions, and moving forward this substantial lack of infrastructure will be the cornerstone of our strategy to ensure long-term chaos in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region," said Gates, gesturing to a complex, 6-foot-tall wall map of what were either newly established al-Qaeda bases in Waziristan, tribal trade routes over the Hindu Kush, or perhaps U.S. military outposts of some kind. "I couldn't be happier with our progress. This place is a complete clusterf uck."
Originally posted by Fire Starter
ITS ALL FAKE PEOPLE. Get it?
Originally posted by Rewey
Originally posted by Fire Starter
ITS ALL FAKE PEOPLE. Get it?
No. Can you please go through that list again?
Rew
Now, "passports linked to 9/11" have been found along the Afghan/Pakistani border.
Seems those wacky hijackers have a hard time holding on to their passports.
OMG, who makes this stuff up?
Originally posted by GoldenFleece
First, a 9/11 "hijacker's" passport is found intact and undamaged at the base of the WTC towers, after it evidently flew out of the "hijacker's" pocket and magically avoided the crash, conflagration and collapse (demolition) which turned everything to dust.
Now, "passports linked to 9/11" have been found along the Afghan/Pakistani border.
Seems those wacky hijackers have a hard time holding on to their passports.
OMG, who makes this stuff up?
Originally posted by ipsedixit
If I'm travelling abroad, the first thing I'm going to drop before I flee my lodgings is my passport.
If I'm a shady organisation, the first thing I am going to do is hang onto the passport of a wanted individual and keep it lying around in my hideout. :bnghd:
If I'm an American intelligence service who wants to make connections between individuals who are not connected, the first thing I'm going to do is lay down a paper trail.
If I'm a knucklehead I'm going to buy all of this.
Originally posted by St Udio
Has nobody considered that possessing an iconic copy of a famous 911 zealot... would be considered an inspirational item ?
recall how the USA issued those famous decks of cards in Iraq
those who are in conflict with 'The Great Satan'
might have Passports of the 'group of 19' as their counterpart deck of infamy.
a lesson we may learn is that these passports of dead zealots from 911 will continue to show up in all parts of the world...because they are heros and instill inspiration.
Who knows, there could be a conspiracy within the ranks of today's & future zealots against the western world, to actually use the similar passports of their fallen heros...
creating a false trail to confound the western intelligence and to glorify the slain martyr when the news comes out that the 911 zealots' passport was found with recent travels noted on the passport (i.e. martyr lives on after a voluntary death)
Wouldn't that type of mysticism capture the imagination of a number of youths...who in turn would dedicate their life to a service of sacrifice
(what the west would call terrorism or strapping ona suicide vest. et al )
[edit on 30-10-2009 by St Udio]
Originally posted by St Udio
Who knows, there could be a conspiracy within the ranks of today's & future zealots against the western world, to actually use the similar passports of their fallen heros...
creating a false trail to confound the western intelligence and to glorify the slain martyr when the news comes out that the 911 zealots' passport was found with recent travels noted on the passport (i.e. martyr lives on after a voluntary death)