To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the Taliban's demise appear to have been exaggerated. Evidently, coalition forces have just launched Operation Mountain Thrust, the largest offensive against the Taliban since 2001:
I thought we were supposed to have finished these guys off? I don't recall a "Mission Accomplished" sign or anything, but this sort of offensive now -- using over 10,000 troops -- suggests that perhaps the news of the Taliban being defeated in Afghanistan was tantamount to "major combat operations have ended" in Iraq.
For me, this is really the most troubling thing about the whole Iraq thing. Forget WMDs, forget bad intel, and just explain to me why it is that Bush thought it was a good idea to start deploying military resources into Iraq before finishing the fucking job in Afghanistan.
We got Al-Zarqawi in Iraq. Great, but big fucking deal IMO. If any of you can honestly tell me that you knew who he was before we went into Iraq, I owe you a bunch of beer. The fact of the matter is that we can continue to take out new Al Qaeda leaders, and new ones will continue to emerge, capture our troops, torture and kill them, yet Osama bin Laden still walks the world a free man. That just blows me away.
I thought we were supposed to have finished these guys off? I don't recall a "Mission Accomplished" sign or anything, but this sort of offensive now -- using over 10,000 troops -- suggests that perhaps the news of the Taliban being defeated in Afghanistan was tantamount to "major combat operations have ended" in Iraq.
For me, this is really the most troubling thing about the whole Iraq thing. Forget WMDs, forget bad intel, and just explain to me why it is that Bush thought it was a good idea to start deploying military resources into Iraq before finishing the fucking job in Afghanistan.
We got Al-Zarqawi in Iraq. Great, but big fucking deal IMO. If any of you can honestly tell me that you knew who he was before we went into Iraq, I owe you a bunch of beer. The fact of the matter is that we can continue to take out new Al Qaeda leaders, and new ones will continue to emerge, capture our troops, torture and kill them, yet Osama bin Laden still walks the world a free man. That just blows me away.
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