Congress should immediately convene hearings to discuss alternatives to General McChrystal's proposal for such a massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan. It is time for the administration and Congress to demilitarize U.S. policy in Afghanistan and strike out in a new, sustainable, direction.

The U.S. doesn't have 500K troops to send anywhere, even after striping Korea and homeland units bare.

End this war NOW. What happened to all the war protesters.

And why would we listen to a right wing Neocon who may be a loose cannon.

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/memo-to-obama-dismiss-mcchrystal-by-michael-carmichael/

I was just reading a book about the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan; their general also said they'd need about half a million troops there.

I don't why the hell the US thinks it's going to be any different for us than it was for the Soviets. Or the British.

Damn George Bush.

Afghanistan - the graveyard of empires.

Afghanistan - the graveyard of empires.

That's the title of the book I just finished. A sobering read.