tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post902696134594893264..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Surging InhumanityMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-75383171375726787192009-10-06T10:35:09.781-05:002009-10-06T10:35:09.781-05:00There are actually two separate issues here:
1) w...There are actually two separate issues here:<br /><br />1) whether the "surge' in US troops actually was responsible for reducing violence over the long term in Iraq (some woukld disagree that it was: "night light" data from satellites indicates most people had left sunni neighborhoods in baghdad BEFORE the surge -- as a result of Shiite attacks on sunnis and the converse is also true, the US alos handed out billions of dollars in "bribes" and as they say, money talks -- in ways that even bullets can not)<br /><br />2) whether a comparable increase in troops would reduce violence over the long term in Afghanistan.<br /><br />while the two may be related, even if the surge" did play a significant role in the reduction of violence in Iraq, that does not necessarily mean that it would have the same effect in Afghanistan.<br /><br />two completely different cases. Different 'enemies", different political structure (there is NONE in Afghanistan to speak of !), different culture, different history (Afghanistan has a very recent history of foreign occupation -- and success driving foreign occupation out!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-60005372604142280532009-10-05T08:39:47.165-05:002009-10-05T08:39:47.165-05:00WarOnWarOff: I haven't forgotten the testimony...WarOnWarOff: I haven't forgotten the testimony I heard on Democracy Now's coverage of the Winter Soldier hearings about such killing and abuses, and I suspect I never will.<br /><br />NPR did a great job covering Winter Soldier as well. Oh, wait.....!mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-83189578120957506032009-10-05T08:20:27.513-05:002009-10-05T08:20:27.513-05:00Had jury duty last week and one of my fellow juror...Had jury duty last week and one of my fellow jurors was a cynical, battle hardened young man recently returned from the follies in Iraq and Afghanistan. He hinted at "all the illegal shit" he'd done over there, including "extra-judicial killings." And that it was commonplace.WarOnWarOffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53894292403851693042009-10-04T21:08:50.520-05:002009-10-04T21:08:50.520-05:00Violence is again surging in Iraq<a href="http://www.truthout.org/092809L" rel="nofollow">Violence is again surging in Iraq</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-76848977377585025022009-10-04T21:03:52.069-05:002009-10-04T21:03:52.069-05:00Keane sits or has sat on the board of directors of...Keane sits or has sat on the board of directors of <br />1. MetLife (where he is Director)<br />2. General Dynamics<br />3. AlliedBarton <br />4. George C. Marshall Foundation<br />5. Knollwood Foundation<br />6. Pentagon Memorial Fund<br />7. URS Corporation<br /><br />As if that weren't enough, he's<br /><br />8. Manager of the Defense Policy Board<br />9. Trustee of the RAND corporation<br />10. Military Analyst for ABC News<br />11. President of GSI, LLC<br />12. Retired General in the US Army<br />13. Co-authored "Choosing Victory, A Plan for Success in Iraq<br />14. a major contributor to the Obama Inaugural Fund<br />15. a manager for Allied Security Holdings, LLC<br />16. a senior advisor to Kohlberg, Kravits, Roberts and Co.<br />17. an advisory council member to American Corporate Partners<br /><br />With all that, it's amazing he can find time to opine on NPR about how important it is to do more bigger war. What a guy.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-66643908287341729082009-10-04T20:15:25.712-05:002009-10-04T20:15:25.712-05:00All these damn dumb thunked-out tanks of wasted ef...All these damn dumb thunked-out tanks of wasted effluent: AEI, in Keane's case, but CATO and Brookings, and Heritage all Hoovering up the worst ideas in the world and spewing out the NPR duct. It's like a giant vampire squid with its blood soaked tentacles wrapped around the ass end of US constantly probing for openings through which to inject its vile digestive juices.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.com