How To Get Out of a No-Win Situation

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I've been seeing more and more stories that are bringing up the "Broken Army" clock. It's a timetable for when our armed forces will be pushed beyond their limits, and start becoming ineffective. Time's Joe Klein has one here.The problem isn't all with the fact we've had our forces on several tours in Iraq and Afganistan, including extended 15

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[teddyb]

Very interesting post.

The last line is a interesting one. I wish more Americans would remember that one of the things leading to the downfall of the old Soviet Union was the disaster of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, and the resulting devastation of the Russian military and economy.

I don't know why they can't see the same thing happening to the US now.

And, of course, part of the US response in Afghanistan was the covert CIA support for that "heroic Mujahadin freedom fighter" Osama bin Laden. Look where that got us.

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Yeah, as much as I hoped a few years ago that it wouldn't be, the Soviet analogy has proven to be true, and the middle east knows it. They waited out the Russians and now they are doing the same with us. They don't fight with taks that break down, or with troops, they have guerilla fighters and children who will take up the mantle as they go along.

We have simply made some of the same mistakes that the Soviets did in trying to occupy a country half-heartily.