Acco[r]ding to Barry McCaffrey, former General, Drug Czar and frequent talking head, casualties in the Kabul Quagmire are expected to be in the range of 500 a month.
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Firstly, I think the American public won't put up with those kind of casualties. Secondly, the 'war' is over as soon as they try to reinstate the draft. If you weren't alive during the 60s and 70s, look for archival news footage from that time on the Google. Thirdly, I don't think the Army would survive me and Gord being in the same unit. Heh ...
We've talked ourselves blue in the face about the consequences of an escalation in Afghanistan and unfortunately nobody listens to a couple old enlisted men who don't lobby for defense firms or shill for the Pentagon. We'll just have to take our lumps and leave the same way everybody else has since the time of Alexander the Great. Unfortunately, the cost in American lives (they sure as hell don't care about the monetary cost) will have to reach unacceptable levels before we do.
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