However, I do agree that nothing will be achieved if the policy does not include Pakistan and a clear addressing of it’s duplicity…

If a 29-year foreign service officer with a six year on the ground experience in Afghanistan thinks that 4000 extra troops will do the trick, he’s obviously -how shall I put it nicely- not the sharpest knife in the drawer?

Great tweets, Heather.

That library vaguely reminds us of a Jorge Luis Borges one.

I like the Bruce Bartlett one, succinct. Mark R’s ‘elaboratoriation’ thereof is pertinent too. Our greatest blessing -and in this case hope- is that Mr Trump is so incompetent as to hardly achieve anything.

Moreover, slightly off topic, he’s kinda guarded by generals in order to prevent war (who would have thought generals were useful for that?). For the time being:
“The world and US
are more or less safe
from the Moron in Chief.”

I thought the perspective of a 29-year foreign service officer, with nearly six years experience on the ground in Afghanistan under both Bush and Obama, was worth considering. Sorry.

Keep drinking the Kool-Aide j.a.m. This is not a strategy, it is a political act. The “strategy” is to keep the war going ad infinitum. The political act is to make people (like you) think he is within striking distance to ending this longest war in American history. But Trump is simply giving another blank check to the military industrial complex, and at the same time acts like it was a really tough and deliberate decision (thus he can blame the generals when and if things go south…but he leaves himself an out if it is a success). Though a success is just not in the cards. Right now the word on the street is +4,000 troops to ensure total victory. hahahahahaha If dipshit in chief were playing for keepsies, he’d need upwards of 200,000 troops…probably many more for many many years. And even then? There is no military strategy here, just like North Korea.

I know personally two ex-Trumpsters (both vets) who have finally seen through his bluster and bullshit and utter incompetence; they’ve swallowed their pride and admitted they were hoodwinked. I have respect for ex-Trumpsters because I know it is difficult to admit being had. I would have thought you’d be there by now. At least you know how to write complete sentences, so I thought there might be a glimmer of hope (based on seeming intelligence). But no, you’re still obsessed with 3-year-old Obama tweets and keep holding out a fool’s hope that your prez ain’t a fool. Keep clinging to your diminishing life-raft and good luck. But please remember, there is a chasm between intelligence and wisdom. I know many intelligent conservatives (my father being one of them); the problem with some smart people is they think wisdom is tethered naturally with smarts. It isn’t. Usually it’s pride that unfortunately tethers with smarts.

Now: “[F]or the first time in years, there is a blueprint for moving forward in Afghanistan that makes strategic sense.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/347483-trumps-winning-afghanistan-strategy-plans-for-the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_to_the_Chief

Re. tax cuts for the wealthy…

Think if scientists acted like politicians. They create an experiment, let it run for over a decade, and conclude that all their findings were false because they didn’t like what the data revealed. Eight years pass with the experiment no longer in place; what the scientists thought was going to happen with their original experiment is starting to happen when the opposite of their experiment is implemented. They don’t like this. After 8 years, they implement the experiment again. This time, it’s even worse; the entire experiment blows up, millions of people are harmed and it reveals unequivocally that the experiment will not yield the results they desire. Again, eight years pass with the experiment no longer in place; what the scientists thought was going to happen with their original experiment is starting to happen when the opposite of their experiment is implemented. They don’t like this. So they are going to try the experiment again, because they really, really want it to work. And here we are.
The End.

Moral of the story; it’s a really, really good thing that scientists don’t learn from politicians.

Thanks for the entertainment and food for thought and chuckles Heather!!!

Cool video! Thanks for posting. 🙂