Comments on: Iraq Versus Afghanistan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_perils_of_withdrawal_-_were_sticking_with_afghanistan_why_would_we_ditch_iraq_by_christopher_hitchens/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:13:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: anjin-san http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_perils_of_withdrawal_-_were_sticking_with_afghanistan_why_would_we_ditch_iraq_by_christopher_hitchens/comment-page-1/#comment-66332 anjin-san Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:08:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12805#comment-66332 Well lets see Jack, Since we did not finish the job in Afghanistan, the Taliban is gaining ground. Bin Laden a fugitive? Swell. Bush promised him to us "dead or alive". Guess he forgot. Democratic government? Not in most of the country. The leaders of the country are too busy trying to stay alive to govern very effectively. Tell me Jack, how would you have felt about WW2 if Hitler had gotten away? Thats a bit more valid of a comparison then Megele. And of course, thanks to our brilliant policy in Iraq, terrorists now have that country to perfect their skills in. Well lets see Jack,

Since we did not finish the job in Afghanistan, the Taliban is gaining ground. Bin Laden a fugitive? Swell. Bush promised him to us "dead or alive". Guess he forgot. Democratic government? Not in most of the country. The leaders of the country are too busy trying to stay alive to govern very effectively.

Tell me Jack, how would you have felt about WW2 if Hitler had gotten away? Thats a bit more valid of a comparison then Megele.

And of course, thanks to our brilliant policy in Iraq, terrorists now have that country to perfect their skills in.

]]> By: Jack Ehrlich http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_perils_of_withdrawal_-_were_sticking_with_afghanistan_why_would_we_ditch_iraq_by_christopher_hitchens/comment-page-1/#comment-66322 Jack Ehrlich Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:22:48 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12805#comment-66322 Pilot, you lead us astray. I must ask, did you fail to read what Hitchens wrote? There a many examples of "none are so blind as those who refuse to see", but what part of removal of the Taliban, the ending of al-Qaeda training centers, putting Bin Ladin in fugitive status, the elections and and new democratic government did you miss? To say the effort in Afghanistan was a failure because we did not capture of kill OBL is like saying we lost WWII because Joseph Megele got away. I am thinks you are suffering from BDS. Pilot, you lead us astray. I must ask, did you fail to read what Hitchens wrote? There a many examples of "none are so blind as those who refuse to see", but what part of removal of the Taliban, the ending of al-Qaeda training centers, putting Bin Ladin in fugitive status, the elections and and new democratic government did you miss? To say the effort in Afghanistan was a failure because we did not capture of kill OBL is like saying we lost WWII because Joseph Megele got away. I am thinks you are suffering from BDS.

]]> By: anjin-san http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_perils_of_withdrawal_-_were_sticking_with_afghanistan_why_would_we_ditch_iraq_by_christopher_hitchens/comment-page-1/#comment-66304 anjin-san Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:21:23 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/12805#comment-66304 There is no doubt that Bush took his eye of the ball and failed to finish the job in Afghanistan, obsessed as his admin was with starting a war with Iraq. So the people of Afghanistan suffer, and as a bonus, Bin Laden (remember ol' dead or alive Bin?) remains at large. As for Iraq, once you open Pandora's box, all bets are off. There is no doubt that Bush took his eye of the ball and failed to finish the job in Afghanistan, obsessed as his admin was with starting a war with Iraq. So the people of Afghanistan suffer, and as a bonus, Bin Laden (remember ol' dead or alive Bin?) remains at large. As for Iraq, once you open Pandora's box, all bets are off.

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