The Afghan War Revisited

The loss of thirty more of our warriors in the hell-hole of a country that is Afghanistan reminded me of Lord Tennyson's poem The Charge of the Light Brigade:

"Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred..."

Two hundred forty seven out of six hundred thirty seven British cavalrymen died in this suicidal charge. I can't help but wonder how many more of our brave men and women will be sent to the slaughter in Afghanistan. And, for what?

Karsai's government and security forces seem more than slightly apathetic about protecting their country and countrymen from the Taliban. Karsai and company appear more than happy to let Americans spill their blood. I have stated before that this is an unwinnable war. Many have tried and many have died trying to conquer this inhospitable pile of rocks.

Some time ago I wrote an opinion piece for the Oracle suggesting that America's involvement in Afghanistan was a history lesson ignored by this country. The thrust of that article was that throughout history, invaders of Afghanistan have been getting their asses kicked (Alexander the Great and the British) or their asses kicked and their country forced into bankruptcy and flushed down the toilet (Soviet Union).

For the last ten years it has been the turn of the United States of Arrogance to give it a go. So, how's this war thing workin' out? It would appear that the Afghans are pretty much doing to us what they did to the Soviets. Of course, we are way smarter than those damned Commies. We would never allow the Afghans to chip away at our troops for years and years while we drain billions of dollars from an economy that is already a disaster. No, we are way too smart for that.

Can this country learn nothing from history? Certainly not everyone is as delusional or obtuse as Palin, Bachmann, and their fellow Tea Baggers? Of course, ending this war and bringing home the troops would cut into the profits of the mega-corporations that are already raping the country, and who feel that the loss of many thousands of American lives is the acceptable cost of doing business.

Bin Laden is dead!

It is past time for Obama and Congress to end this obscene war and bring our troops home - TODAY!

"When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!"

Honor our fallen by bringing the rest of our troops home.

A final thought.

About Bachmann pictured on the cover of Newsweek:

I think she looks kinda awestruck in a maniacal sort of way. It's as if God just spoke to President of the United States Bachmann and said that it is just hunky-dory to press that little red button unleashing a nuclear holocaust on the world ridding it of the nonbelievers.