An Alabama congressman predicts Social Security could be insolvent in as quickly as two years from now. Of course his knee jerk quick fixes are to raise the retirement age and/or cut benefits. How about closing down 90% of our overseas military installations, getting the hell out of Iraq and Afghanistan, lock down the borders and get all the illegals out of the country by not giving them any benefits for coming here? Of course that's just me talking and I'm certainly not as smart as a congressman. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/artic...=Bachus-discusses-Social-Security-health-care
Obama said recently that we had to win the Afghanistan War no matter how long it took or something like that which is nuts of course. After 6 years or so of war in Afghanistan the Taliban have made a come back and the fight has ratched up. The Russians couldn't do it in 10 years and they weren't constrained by having to fight fair and play nice so there is no way we are going to be able to win that war. We are getting out of Iraq, not fast enough, but out never the less. We should be doing the same in Afghanistan.
Obama is stuck in Afghanastan. After years of hearing liberals whine about how that is where we belonged and that Iraq was just syphoning off assets that we could use there, he has to continue this "justified" war. After all it was the Taliban that harbored Al Quaeda. Their training camps were there. Bin Laden and Taliban leader Omar were best buddies. We've approached our campaign differently from the Soviets. We've let the Afghans chose their own leadership. The Taliban are a real threat. They are trying to take over in Pakistan. If they succeed they will have nuclear weapons. That concerns me just a little bit.
We have no chance in Afghanistan. Too many places to hide. Basically all we are doing is guarding their poppy fields. Ghenghis Khan couldn't beat them. Nor could the British or the Soviets. What chance do we have with the half-assed CIC?
We don't have to "beat" them. Just keep killing as many as we can find and keep the others hiding up in the mountains. Keep the poppy money from them. Sooner or later, what do they have? This is a great place to practice modern warfare tactics. It gives our officer corps practical training. We already have a "friendly" leader in Afghanastan. The Taliban have nothing but a miserable life.