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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News George Will and I in Afghanistan
Posted By John Grooms on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:36 PM
All right, who sent George Will last week’s Boomer With Attitude column? You know, the one titled “Satellites and drones: How to get out of Afghanistan”? I’d like to know because in today’s Washington Post, conservative columnist George Will — to many observers’ shock and to this writer’s unexpected delight — argues fervently for getting our troops out of Afghanistan.
Will, repeating some of the same points yours truly made last week, points out that military experts say the fight in Afghanistan is not winnable unless the United States dedicates hundreds of thousands of troops to the region for over a decade — a possibility Will describes as “inconceivable.” His answer to the problem? If you read last week’s BWA, you already know what Will said: “us[e] intelligence, drones, cruise missiles, air strikes and small, potent special forces units” to “prevent re-establishment of al-Qaeda bases.”
So, again, who sent Will my column? OK, yes, that’s a joke, one that probably derives from my weirdly discomforting, Twilight Zoney feelings about agreeing with George Will on a major issue. But when it comes to something as important as keeping our troops from being killed for no good reason yet again, strange political bedfellows are welcome — even, gulp, George Will.
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