tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post2810771277445592549..comments2024-01-03T19:05:32.641-05:00Comments on Kiarian Lunch: Obama's plan for Afghanistan?Hector Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-84801918683319913192009-04-09T02:10:00.000-05:002009-04-09T02:10:00.000-05:00Yup. As somebody said about an area slightly to th...Yup. As somebody said about an area slightly to the west of Afghanistan, if the Palestinians lay down their weapons, they can have peace. If the Israelis lay down their weapons, there will be no more Israel. <BR/><BR/>Yasser Arafat's Nobel Peace Prize only serves to epitomize the meaninglessness of the Peace Prize. If I were Al Gore, which <A HREF="http://www.utrechtrugby.nl/?pag=134" REL="nofollow">thank the Lord I'm not, sir</A>, I'd be ashamed to be in such company.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-14795594286431000522009-04-09T01:49:00.000-05:002009-04-09T01:49:00.000-05:00Just so.The problem seems to be that they have thi...Just so.<BR/><BR/>The problem seems to be that they have this process of "Hey! We want peace."<BR/><BR/>And then the other side goes, "OK."<BR/><BR/>And then they go, "Hahahaha! Now we have time to regroup."<BR/><BR/>And then there's a slight regrouping, with some faction saying, "Hey! We'd never stop fighting if we were winning, therefore the fact that they stopped fighting proves they were losing! Attack!"blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-88262510192482281122009-04-09T00:02:00.000-05:002009-04-09T00:02:00.000-05:00What you describe in the paragraph beginning "...What you describe in the paragraph beginning "So, logically, they should act mollified …" is a <I>hudna,</I> or strategic truce. <BR/><BR/><I>"<A HREF="http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=886017&ct=1181591" REL="nofollow">HUDNA</A> - Arabic word often translated as "cease-fire.- Historically used as a tactic aimed at allowing the party declaring the hudna to regroup while tricking an enemy into lowering its guard. When the hudna expires, the party that declared it is stronger and the enemy weaker. The term comes from the story of the Muslim conquest of Mecca. Instead of a rapid victory, Muhammad made a ten-year treaty with the Kuraysh tribe. In 628 AD, after only two years of the ten-year treaty, Muhammad and his forces concluded that the Kuraysh were too weak to resist. The Muslims broke the treaty and took over all of Mecca without opposition."</I><BR/><BR/>The Palestinians do this often, declaring "cease-fires" to gain time to re-arm. They never seem to be able to actually cease firing for very long, though.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-45578932880085873642009-04-06T15:30:00.000-05:002009-04-06T15:30:00.000-05:00I understand the leftist logic that equates "peace...I understand the leftist logic that equates "peace with honor" with "victory", because how horrible was it that we're fighting a war anyway? Our defeat is our victory.<BR/><BR/>But what's a Taliban tallyman to do? The previous administration was pretty good at wiping them out, which is one of those facts that doesn't yield to PR, if you're among the eradicated.<BR/><BR/>I mean, it's a great time to make a move. The current administration has all but emblazoned their unwillingness to actually do anything about anything international in giant letters on the Vietnam war memorial. But recruitment has to be tough, and these things take time.<BR/><BR/>So, logically, they should act mollified and pretend that everything's been settled. Then rebuild their forces, plan another 9/11 (maybe with nukes this time), and do everything to get a second term for BHO.<BR/><BR/>I don't think they're that logical, though. So they'll probably continue fighting, the press will play the whole thing down. Or we'll get a defeat in Afghanistan as penance for our victory in Iraq. <BR/><BR/>They'll be able to achieve much of the same things they would if they were smart, because of the collusion of many different, stupid forces.<BR/><BR/>That old saw about incompetence versus evil neglects the ways that incompetence enables evil.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.com