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    Seven years ago, Dick Cheney proclaimed: "The Taliban is out of business, permanently." Last week, the former vice-president came close to accusing Barack Obama of lacking the guts to "do what it takes" to win the war against the very same Taliban. Full Article at Rantburg
    The Taliban is out of business, permanently.
    Dick Cheney – Dick Cheney SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
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Noobama's Vietnam moment
  1. The real nail is in Pakistan
    SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  2. If you don't put in enough troops now, you may have to put in more later.
    SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  3. Kerry had an opportunity to put his shoulder to the wheel ... Instead he chose to sit on the fence.
    SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  4. What began as an almost reflex debating stance on the campaign trail -- that George W. Bush had started the wrong war in Iraq and that Hillary Clinton had voted for it -- has brought us to this moment ... Only now is the president really analysing the implications of escalation in Afghanistan. And they ...
    SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  5. I have never had so much difficulty in trying to give away $7.5bn
    John Kerry – John Kerry SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  6. The one thing the White House is determined to avoid is to repeat the mistakes of Vietnam ... But in trying to avoid the mistakes of Vietnam, it could simply be making a whole new set of mistakes.
    SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago
  7. My concern is that we get, say, a 20,000 troop increase but with instructions to Gen McChrystal to achieve results on an unrealistic timetable
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  8. But there is only a limited amount we can do to influence what happens there.
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  9. My guess is that he'll announce something north of 20,000 troops and hope that is enough
    – Peter Bergen SOURCE: Rantburg 1 month ago

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