Robert Schlesinger

Afghanistan Problems Build With Supply Truck Destruction

December 8, 2008 RSS Feed Print

By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.

More than 100 trucks laden with NATO supplies for troops in Afghanistan were destroyed by militant attacks over the weekend, another sign not only of the deteriorating security situation there but also of how tenuous our supply lines over there are. The attacks took place in Pakistan, by the way. The supply lines point was made very well Friday by Robert Bryce over in the op-ed section.

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Pakistan,
Afghanistan,
War in Afghanistan (2001-)

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Yeah, R.L. is right. Let's do Pakistan too.

of 1:41PM December 09, 2008

We are at war with an intolerant, dogmatic religion that has always used the sword in order to convert by force and destroy the dissenters. . They still perceive the West as Christian ( how quaintly out of touch is that?) - In any event they are prepared to kill or convert all... and we, of course, are not. We don't really even understand the game...

Our lack of will regarding Cambodia in the Viet Nam War and China During the Korean War, insured that those countries would remain a source of refuge, supples and manpower for the enemy. The Pakistan issue is the same situations and, again, our lack of will -necessary to win- will insure our ultimate defeat, or at best, an uneasy, unresolved stalemate.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 11:27AM December 08, 2008

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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