Never Enough

The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan said Monday the situation in the country is "serious" and a new strategy is needed to defeat the Taliban.

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He did not ask for more troops but is expected to do so in a separate request.

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That’s an old strategy.

[BILL MOYERS]: Here Obama has 68,000 troops over there and the Generals are asking for another 20,000 -- maybe 30,000 more troops -- saying it’s not enough. The military and the hawks will always say "not enough." Obama has to say "enough" -- or he’s going to be drawn into it.

Now they’ve shifted the mission of troops: to protect the villages of Afghanistan. 100,000 Americans can’t protect the villages of Afghanistan – and now they say we’re going to be there to build a nation – we’re not good at building other nations – we’re hardly good at building our nation. If you're an Afghani and look up and see Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California legislature coming to build your nation, you’re going to run – you’re going to put up a No Trespassing sign. We need to come home.

Actually, they won’t run. They’ll stand and fight.

That’s taken from a Glenn Greenwald post that links to an interview Bill Maher did this past weekend with Bill Moyers, perhaps the last great public voice of reason and conscience. I recommend you visit Glenn’s post and click on the links to the interview. Politico also has an article on the interview.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.