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Their Drive-by-Media, have largely swept this administration’s multitude of failures and gaffes under the rug. God help us, but all this may be about to change and the sheer incompetence with which Obama and his administration is stumbling through history could possibly and tragically crash down on us like a zillion tons of bricks and American blood.
History is about to crash on Obama and on us
The curt and unceremonious eviction of U.S. forces from our base in Uzbekistan, Karshi Khanabad airbase (better known as “K2″ to U.S. forces) received less press than the installation of a new swing set and monkey bars on the White House lawn. This event’s importance, however, can hardly be underestimated. In between Wednesday belinis, Obama was busy shoving socialism down our throats while the Russians were handing out over two billion dollars in financing and “investments” to the Uzbekis.
During his February 3rd visit to Moscow, Uzbekistan’s President Kurmanbek Bakiev managed to secure a “US$300 million loan” to support Kyrgyzstan’s hard-pressed government budget plus a pledge of $1.7 billion in investment in the country’s energy industry. In addition, Moscow agreed to write off $180 million of Kyrgyz debt in return for a 48% stake in a defense industry factory plant that produces components for torpedoes, and offered additional financial assistance worth $150 million.”
Reality is that the Russians don’t need to invest $180 million dollars in an obsolete Uzbeki torpedo factory when their own factories are rusting out and their unemployment rate is over 8%. They sure as heck don’t need to invest $1.7B in Uzbeki oil fields when the world is awash in crude and OPEC is cutting production left and right. Sure it may be a good long-term investment, but at the very least the timing is questionable. And if the question is why are they making these investments now, the answer is to get themselves in a position of leverage in order to be able to manipulate the U.S. This, of course, begs the question: manipulate the US to do what?
On March 4th the first shipment of supplies went through Russian territories to our troops in Afghanistan.
Amateurs are concerned with tactics, professionals with logistics specialforces-on-horse
The Obama administration is upping the ante in Afghanistan by increasing the U.S. troop presence by 17,000 additional troops. (For the record, that’s about half of what Patraeus and the theater commanders asked for.) So we are inserting the equivalent of another division into Afghanistan and we are counting on the beneficence of Vladimir Putin to be able to supply that division with a good part of their logistics. Oh yeah, that’s not a disaster waiting to happen.
Putin wants to even the score
A devoted communist, a dedicated KGB agent and fervent Soviet patriot, Putin, like all the Red Army, suffered deeply in the aftermath of their loss in Afghanistan. One can only imagine Putin’s blood boiling at the televised images of a hand full of U.S. agents and special forces troops mounting cavalry charges with a laptop strapped to the saddle and routing the Taliban in less time than anyone dared dream. (A great book on the beginning of the U.S. operations in Afghanistan is First In by Gary Schroen and I could not recommend it with higher accolades.) From a rooftop position, Marines with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, aim at a building from which shots had been fired in Fallujah, Iraq, April 6, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Alan Heusdens
From a rooftop position, Marines with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, aim at a building from which shots had been fired in Fallujah, Iraq, April 6, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Alan Heusdens
Putin watched as U.S. troops, Marines to be specific, rewrote the book on urban warfare in Iraq’s cities, including the now legendary battles of Falujah, and their historic success stood in stark contrast to the Chinese Fire Drill that Russian troops conducted in Chechnya. Putin saw the endless successful HRT special forces operations conducted by U.S. troops throughout the GWOT and fumed as the world shook its head in disbelief as his very own sinister Alpha Group conducted the now infamous and tragic Movie Theater raid that resulted in 115 hostages killed.
Finally, in desperation Putin tried to show the world that the Russians can undertake modern maneuver warfare and ordered the invasion of the Georgian region of South Osetia. Alas, even this relatively straight and clear-cut mission conducted in their own back yard with the most rudimentary of logistical requirements just about turned into a cluster f**k resulting in the loss of between five and twenty aircraft including shockingly enough a Tu-22 long-range bomber.
Putin will spring the trap
Putin has been watching all these setbacks tear down the myth of the Russian armed forces and we are to now believe that he will help the U.S. win further military glory in Afghanistan?
As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, Putin will do the exact opposite. He is wringing his sweaty, grubby hands in anticipation of administering the coup de grace to the U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
He will seem to object, at first, at the mere thought of allowing anything but non-military supplies to travel through Russia. Then begrudgingly he will agree to allow a small amount of military supplies to get through. Then more and more until there is critical mass. At that point he will wait for the Afghans to mount an offense, perhaps even coordinate with them and suddenly he will come up with a pretext to cut off the supply lines.
Will Obama have the fortitude to stand up to Putin and save the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan? Yeah sure and Trump is building a luxury tower in the Obama organized Chicago’s 9th Ward
If all this just happens to coincide with attacks on the Pakistan supply lines, whatever is still left of them, then airlifting supplies will be the only thing standing between our troops and destruction. The Khyber pass is by no means a guaranteed supply route and lately it’s been more closed than open. I am not sure if there ever was such a massive effort to airlift supplies on such a large scale in such hostile terrain. I have no doubt that our forces will find a way to make it work, but I also have no doubt that the terrorists will also find a way to attack such a soft target as an air supply train and extract a heavy toll.
Already we see that the door of acceptance for a humiliating U.S. defeat is held open by shameful and demoralizing statements from perennial appeasers such as the newly Sharia indoctrinated British and the Islam overrun Canadians. Is anyone surprised? They can’t wait to gently push he all too willing Obama right trough that door.
Of course the Taliban can be defeated!
I want to say one thing before we go any further. Of course the Taliban can and will be defeated. One way to do it is to put Afghanistan under USMC command just as the Marines requested, and let the big dogs eat. Like all elite light infantry Marines are able to operate with the minimum of supplies and still deliver the firepower that special forces cannot match. The best trained mountain warfare troops in the world , and possessing unique Combined Arms and Combined Action capabilities the Marines will have the Taliban in paradise licking lamb chops and virgins faster than you can say Salam Alaikum. (and no I don’t care how you spell it an Arabic).
Not long ago a great American, then Colonel Chesty Puller in the midst of the frozen hell that was the Chosin Reservoir, declared for all times, “there are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going wherever they want to go”. There are a lot less Afghans than there are Chinese and we’ll have a lot more than one Marine regiment in Afghanistan.
Putin is watching and calculating and salivating at the thought of dealing a devastating blow to his forever arch enemy – the United States. He knows that the weak U.S. president has had the seed of defeat planted in his brain by the Brits and the Canucks. Putin knows damn well that the Soviet Union did not survive the war in Afghanistan, and he dreams of the day when he’ll cause us to meet the same fate.
What will Obama do when Putin grabs him by the collar and tells him “K =5 4>;6=K ?@>E>48BL” ( I hope that means “Thou shall not pass” in Russian).
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Iysha M
July 11th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Iraq is smack dab in the middle of the richest oil reserve on the planet. As of 9/11 Sadams army was in shambles , his brutality was legendary, and after over 8 years of sanctions the civilian population was undergoing a humanitarian crisis.
Bush and the majority of his cabinet disapproved of Bush senior leaving Sadam in power after the first Gulf war.
All this coupled with a reasonably logical assumption that Sadam probably had some WMD stashed away some where made for a relatively easy sell to the American people that a military invasion was justified on the heals of the 9/11 attack and the administration correctly ascertained that a military victory over Sadams army would be a cake walk.
They incorrectly assumed that once Saddam was removed the Iraqi people would unite to rapidly adopt a democracy that would be a model for the mideast and friendly to the US. Had this gone off as planned it would not only have solved the US energy needs for decades it would also have provided an ideal strategic military base of operations to strike Iran and Syria if military action should be required to bend them to the Administrations will.
Once the Oil reserves of Iraq were secure as well as oil reserves in Iran coupled with oil reserves in Saudi Arabia the US would essentially control the well head in the Mideast and pretty much any country on the planet that the Administration found to be in contention would find it’s energy supply cut off and that would be a very powerful weapon indeed.
Of course the possibility remains that the Administration will go ahead with their plan and invade Iran regardless of the failure to produce a viable friendly democracy, he has the air power sitting idle and he has the ground troops in place and battle hardened if a ground assault is required to destroy military resistance in Iran and or Syria.
The Idea that such shenanigans are a war against terrorism is laughable in that if such actions are taken they will justify the terrorists cause world wide.
Our children’s children’s war to which they speak.
This doesn’t have to be, this environment is being created by wealth and power seeking ever more wealth and power that’s producing the poverty and inequity and warfare that in turn produces the terrorist’s.
ravensfanandrea19962
July 11th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
AMAZING!! love it!
its like u took a picture@@
chainsawXmassacre
July 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
you, sir, are freakishly talented. congratulations.
jackrussell19a
July 11th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Not very….hahah I wouldn't advise it though, it is still a dangerous area. I would check with the Consulate there to ask what they are recommending for Americans, they might be able to give you a better idea.
happyanimeproduction
July 11th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
AMAZINGGG
BAGHEADSproduction
July 11th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
GOOD JOB! I Will Susrcibe!
Gapfruit
July 12th, 2009 at 4:24 am
can’t believe it’s drawn out of nothing, could be a photography!
serilopr
July 12th, 2009 at 11:28 am
my favorite actor! too!
Johnny Depp! best movie Edward Scissorhands! your Awsom! artist!
Ada
July 12th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Take steps to ensure your own safety, have a plan. Talk with the German Consulate so you know what options you have if you should run into trouble.
As a worse case scenario, figure out what you would do if once there, your husband decides he does not want either of you leaving.
zackoman123
July 13th, 2009 at 1:02 am
amazing, how is that possible!? !?
Pinkie
July 13th, 2009 at 2:52 am
The air distance between Bangor, Maine and Kabul, Afghanistan is 6352.28 miles, or 10222.73 kilometers.
An SR-71 flying at its (reported) record speed travels 2,193.17 mile per hour, or 3,529.56 km per hour.
If that jet could maintain that speed for the entire distance (which it cannot do), the trip would take 2.89 hours. It would probably have to refuel twice enroute, and does not fly at its maximum speed when cruising long distances.
tarnegolet
July 13th, 2009 at 3:04 am
wow
JayH
July 13th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Why on earth would a peaceful country have a need to have permanent bases anywhere but on home ground?
Canadians are first and foremost – Peacekeepers, not warring imperialists. We go where we are needed and when we are asked – we do not assume to know better than the rest of the world what should and shouldn't be. If that were the case, we would undoubtedly have military bases all over to make it easy to stick our noses in other people's business.
We are, however, an active member of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and as such, we get involved in safeguarding the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means when called upon to do so. You can learn about NATO at the link below or google the word or the name in full to get a variety of pages on the subject.
Edit: I am not sure what Jim B thinks is contrary – The question is in the present tense, not the past. And I did not omit NATO which addresses the post WWII and Korean War periods and is ongoing. I spent most of my life caring for Vets and my answer was absolutely NOT intended to put down any vets or minimize their contributions. But right now, we are more often called upon to be Peacekeepers in our role as a country. Our role as a member of NATO is in keeping with the Treaty we signed. At present, it seems to me, we spend most of our efforts cleaning up after wars and military conflicts started by others.
Janda B
July 13th, 2009 at 7:01 am
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html#Trans
knyttis1
July 13th, 2009 at 7:46 am
holy shit ur awesome i wish i had ur talent keep up that good work/natacha
Melinda P
July 13th, 2009 at 11:26 am
its its 14.8 Hours, 11900 Kilometer or 7410 Miles
punkinlsa94
July 13th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
It took 8 to fly to London so I'd guess around 12.
FlashPlayer
July 14th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
One day when I was traveling with PIA Pakistani International Airline.
There was a guy from Denmark he was Pasthoon he was siting next to me. I asked him where are you going to PAK he said from Islamabad i will go to Kabul.
It's easy to get out from Kabul AFG to Islamabad many Afghanis do like that.. Some of them travel from Islamabad to Kabul from Kabul to ISBD