Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

What Was Your First Clue, Sherlock?

"These are the keys to success in Afghanistan. We cannot kill our way to victory and no armed force anywhere, no matter how good, can deliver these keys alone," [JCS Chairman Admiral] Mullen said.

No. Fucking. Shit. Genius. Anyone who can spend a few hours at a decent public library has figured that out.

I don't mean to be too hard on the Admiral. For one thing is clear, the Joint Chiefs in Bush's wars are about as influential as the German General Staff was in 1942. Bush is taking his direction from the worthless fucks at War Criminal Kagan's think tank. The Joint Chiefs are little more in these wars than highly-paid sergeants who take orders and do the best they can.

So here we are, in a counter-insurgency campaign, where the local government that we are backing is fielding inadequate forces and where the government is famous for its levels of corruption and inefficiency.

Does that sound familiar?

1 comment:

BadTux said...

Hmm. Karzai is how you spell Thieu in Pashtun? Am I on the right track, you think?

- Badtux the Snarky Penguin