November 6, 2009

Don't repeat Vietnam in Afghanistan Pt.2

Daniel Ellsberg: The counter-insurgency plan in Afganistan is similar to Viet Nam Pt2


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Daniel Ellsberg is a former US military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of US government decision-making about the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers.

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LiberalChiroDoc 2009-11-07

Another great clip of Mr. Ellsburg, this time for stating that the war is not winnable unless we bring back the draft since it will take 500,000 troops in Afghanistan. It's the #1 reason why Clinton didn't invade Iraq in 1999, because he was told it would take 400,000 troops (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB207/index.htm) and this is why Shinseki was fired by Bush, by stating these numbers. This war is NOT vital to our national security. If it really was vital, they'd bring back the draft.
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