[sickoflibs]

RE :”we r so screwed, and have been for a decade...
im trying to figure out why, post 9-11, we didnt ramp up and send the whole friggin might of the USA into afghan and iraq, instead of playing this piecemeal, ROE type pattycake game with these animals...”

Because they have to lie to voters about how easy it will be to keep their support. This is why the surge wasn't till 2007.

Who wants to own those hell-holes with those hopeless people? Not China.

I recently saw a re-run of The Lion in the Desert starring Anthony Quinn. In the cold war days we used to cheer the foolish Italians and Soviets trying to take over those countries and getting whipped.

[Gilbo_3]

i dont care to 'own' those sh!tholes...well maybe go ahead and drain their oil...

more like go over, destroy everything so they have *something* else to do for a few yrs, kill all the heirarchy, and then leave...

[piasa]

China’s been rather interested in it of late.