tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post9038189525698563965..comments2024-02-15T10:41:10.376-07:00Comments on Outta the Cornfield: All Of A Sudden It's 30,000One Flyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-75036078664583950232008-12-21T05:54:00.000-07:002008-12-21T05:54:00.000-07:00Our initial foray into the country led to some lim...Our initial foray into the country led to some limited success - partially due to some residual good will for the limited help we gave the fighting groups against the Russians.<BR/>Then we helped set up a puppet government and pulled out a bunch of troops.<BR/>The puppet government pissed off the fighting groups and lost the support of the country.<BR/>Now we're in the position of having to support the hated government with additional troops - just as the Russians did.<BR/> <BR/>Can you spell "recipe for disaster"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-15994759220111879392008-12-20T20:27:00.000-07:002008-12-20T20:27:00.000-07:00It's updated you guysIt's updated you guysOne Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-64514871069733593312008-12-20T16:29:00.000-07:002008-12-20T16:29:00.000-07:00I was talking to my son who just got back from Ira...I was talking to my son who just got back from Iraq and spent last year in Afghanistan. We just had this conversation and he said 30,000 is worthless and you know it is. 150,000 would be worthless as there is an endless supply of martyrs!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-76387890642721780072008-12-20T16:19:00.000-07:002008-12-20T16:19:00.000-07:00Chances are that article is elsewhere, One Fly. If...Chances are that article is elsewhere, One Fly. If you Google for one of the more unique phrases from what you've quoted, you might be able to find it again.<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember various numbers bandied about, but don't remember at this point who did the bandying or when. The Soviets couldn't subdue Afghanistan even with 125,000 soldiers there. My guess is we couldn't, either.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.com