http://www.commentsonnationalamnesia.com/2009/07/24/afghanistan-political-correctness-in-play/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afghanistan-political-correctness-in-play Political Public Opinion Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.commentsonnationalamnesia.com/2009/07/24/afghanistan-political-correctness-in-play/#comment-532 admin Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:41:11 +0000 http://www.commentsonnationalamnesia.com/?p=1578#comment-532 Eleas - that is a very astute observation. However, I think that strategy will fail as the death toll of NATO forces rise. Without tallying Taliban losses - NATO loses will seem all out of proportion to the conflict. Eleas – that is a very astute observation. However, I think that strategy will fail as the death toll of NATO forces rise. Without tallying Taliban losses – NATO loses will seem all out of proportion to the conflict.

]]> http://www.commentsonnationalamnesia.com/2009/07/24/afghanistan-political-correctness-in-play/#comment-531 eloas Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:56:58 +0000 http://www.commentsonnationalamnesia.com/?p=1578#comment-531 I do believe this goes beyond political correctness and I believe that Obama is just attempting to downplay the amount of civilian deaths he is authorizing, much like LBJ did. Because of the pressure that he was under at the time, LBJ effectively lost the initiative of the Vietnam war that was won militarily. I do believe this goes beyond political correctness and I believe that Obama is just attempting to downplay the amount of civilian deaths he is authorizing, much like LBJ did. Because of the pressure that he was under at the time, LBJ effectively lost the initiative of the Vietnam war that was won militarily.

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