U.S. may double troop strength in Afghanistan

[headhuntersix]

Canada has been trying to get out of Kandahar for years but no one wants to replace them.

An American troop surge wouldn't be required if all of the NATO countries would fight and would rotate into all of the provinces.
I don't imagine that Canada, Britain or the Netherlands thought that they would be sticking out in the south for the duration of the conflict.

Still nothing will be resolved until Pakistan is dealt with and Afghanistan has a credible army.

I wish anyone fighting in Afghanistan good luck, this is a war we need to win.

Pretty good summary of where we're at.

[headhuntersix]

Everybody quit typing. HH6 is the only person allowed to have an opinion. In fact, if we are talking about any war, HH6 should start the thread and noone else respond. Now logout of getbig immediately, whiny girls.

Respond all u want but when u have no clue based on no experience in something I have tons of...I'm going to call u on it.

Mess hall cook...I don't even think we have those anymore...KBR remember...Haliburton. 

Oh and Muscles mickdipshit...I have never exagerrated my record or what I do or have done for Uncle Sam, if ur lack or testosterone, balls or patriotism has kept u from serving makes u fell small or weak, don't wrap me into ur bullshit...merry christmas.

[headhuntersix]

I really don't have an answer.

But it seems like the military ops and wars of late has been rather costly for USA.

Hypothetical question: If USA said they would withdraw all of their main troops from the region, both Iraq and Afghanistan within the next six months, what would happen then do you think?

Is there any chance that a UN peace keeping force would work in keeping order in Afghanistan?

Not going to dispute the cost. If we left Iraq, Iran would move in. Give it some time and that won't be possible but its still to early at this point for a pull out. Afghanistan is a shithole...but no NATO/US troops and the Taliban would very quickly seize power again and u would have the nutbags all flocking there for training again.

[garebear]

Weren't you supposed to get a new butt plug?

Where did you hear that?

[MuscleMcMannus]

Respond all u want but when u have no clue based on no experience in something I have tons of...I'm going to call u on it.

Mess hall cook...I don't even think we have those anymore...KBR remember...Haliburton. 

Oh and Muscles mickdipshit...I have never exagerrated my record or what I do or have done for Uncle Sam, if ur lack or testosterone, balls or patriotism has kept u from serving makes u fell small or weak, don't wrap me into ur bullshit...merry christmas.

"What I do or have done for Uncle Sam"..............Uncle Sam doesn't give a shit about you or your family (the American people).  He's too busy with his wrecking ball destroying the country you are valiantly trying to defend.  And he's doing a pretty damn good job.  The U.S. is falling into a shit hole due to the policies of a corrupt and tyrannical government and corporate corruption.  You're a pawn in an economic new world order.   

[headhuntersix]

A pawn.....dude....I get paid very well to do what I do, Uncle Sam has taken  good care of me regardless of his intentions.  And if we're falling apart at the seams and its all coming undone....I guess the guys in green will be the only ones left standing then huh!!! I guess ur fucked there bud.  The sky  is falling right?

[MuscleMcMannus]

A pawn.....dude....I get paid very well to do what I do, Uncle Sam has taken  good care of me regardless of his intentions.  And if we're falling apart at the seams and its all coming undone....I guess the guys in green will be the only ones left standing then huh!!! I guess ur fucked there bud.  The sky  is falling right?

So next time some soldier/grunt complains about his pay, insurance and shit like that I'll refer him to you and this post.  LOL. 

[MuscleMcMannus]

CBS: KBR knowingly exposed troops to toxic dust
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CBS_KBR_knew_dangers_of_toxic_1223.html
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday December 23, 2008


A CBS News investigation has obtained evidence that a subsidiary of Halliburton, the giant energy company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, knowingly exposed United States soldiers to toxic materials in Iraq.

CBS interviewed Commander James Gentry of the Indiana National Guard, who is dying of a rare form of lung cancer that he believes is the result of "months of inhaling hexavalent chromium" after his battalion was assigned in April 2003 to protect contractors from Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) working in Iraq at a local water plant. Other members of his unit are also suffering from cancers or rashes associated with the toxic chemical, which was all over the plant.

"We didn't question what we were doing," a grief-stricken Gentry told CBS. "We just knew we had to provide a security service for the KBR. ... We would never have been there if we would have known."

CBS has obtained documents which indicate that KBR knew about the danger months before the soldiers were informed. KBR employee depositions show there were "concerns about the toxins in one part of the plant as early as May of 2003," while later minutes detail symptoms of exposure, including bloody noses and rashes.

It wasn't until the end of August that the Indiana National Guardsmen were informed that the plant was contaminated, and some say they have only just learned about it this year.

Indiana Senator Evan Bayh told CBS, "I think the burden of proof at this point is on the company to come forward and very forthrightly explain what happened, why we should trust them, and why the health and well-being of our soldiers should continue to be in their hands."

KBR has issued a statement saying, "We deny the assertion that KBR harmed troops and was responsible for an unsafe condition."

KBR, which was spun off by Halliburton in 2007 as a separate corporation, has previously been accused of providing contaminated water to troops in Iraq, taking kickbacks, and sending workers to Iraq against their will.

The full CBS story can be read here.


This video is from CBS's Evening News, broadcast Dec. 22, 2008.