[Peace-discuss] Afghan War Winnable...

[C. G. Estabrook]

What do you think it means that such a note is necessary?  What does it mean 
that some people might not notice that this is satire?  That's it's in fact far 
too close to the truth?

The wonderful Tom Lehrer (whom I mentioned earlier today) said that political 
satire became obsolete when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger 
in 1973. --CGE


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> 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. <http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/disclamer.htm>
> 
> 
> --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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