[Peace-discuss] Afghan War Winnable...

[Morton K. Brussel]

One should be careful about what one reads or reproduces.  A note on  
the website which Carl reproduced (below) has the following caveat (in  
small letters):

Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as  
represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of  
course, fictitious.

--mkb


On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:19 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:


> 	Afghan War Winnable If Enough People Die
> 	Says General Stanley McChrystal
>
> The top commander in Afghanistan jubilantly proclaimed to the news  
> media that the war in Afghanistan is winnable if we simply kill  
> enough people.
>
> "The only thing that stands between us and victory is a bunch of  
> people shooting at us and opposing us", McChrystal said as he  
> chomped on a Cuban cigar. "If we can kill those people then we will  
> be guaranteed victory!"
>
> McChrystal admitted that many innocent men, women and children who  
> were not carrying weapons have also died during the war. "One death  
> of an innocent person is a tragedy", McChrystal explained. "100,000  
> deaths is collateral damage".
>
> The General explained that his troops were under specific orders to  
> only kill people that possessed weapons, could possess weapons or  
> may possess weapons in the future.
>
> "That's everyone", McChrystal declared.
>
> McChrystal also requested more troops be brought into the country  
> because having more troops would enable the soldiers to kill more  
> people and bring the war to an end sooner.
>
> Secretary of Defense Robert Gates defended McChrystal's strategy.  
> "It makes perfect sense that we will win the war if there's no one  
> left to oppose us."
>
> At least one soldier, who asked to remain anonymous, disagreed with  
> Gates. "Why don't we just pull out now and screw this whole thing?"  
> he asked.
>
> http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/index.php?itemid=4133
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