tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11439- 2012-03-24T15:12:21Z Comments for Picture Of The Day We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11439 2009-10-16T13:22:15Z 2009-10-16T13:30:12Z Picture Of The Day Caption reads: PAKTIKA PROVINCE, PAKTIKA - OCTOBER 15: US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division shield their eyes from the powerful rotor wash of a Chinook cargo helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 1/501 scoured the Afghan countryside near the Pakistani border on a two-day mission into a tense part of Paktika province, an that American soldiers had not patrolled for over three years. The troops were looking for suspected Taliban weapons stores and hideouts. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Boq Boquisucio http://www.thedonovan.com

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PAKTIKA PROVINCE, PAKTIKA - OCTOBER 15: US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division shield their eyes from the powerful rotor wash of a Chinook cargo helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 1/501 scoured the Afghan countryside near the Pakistani border on a two-day mission into a tense part of Paktika province, an that American soldiers had not patrolled for over three years. The troops were looking for suspected Taliban weapons stores and hideouts. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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]]> 2009-10-16T20:37:54Z 2009-10-16T20:37:54Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.11439-comment:94415 Comment from fdcol63 on 2009-10-16 fdcol63
As the Pakistanis are now FINALLY starting to put serious pressure on the Taliban, AQ, and other jihadists in the tribal areas, pushing them into Aghanistan, the US and NATO should be increasing our own pressure and squeezing them into increasingly smaller areas along the border, killing more and more of them as they get caught in the vise.

Instead, under Obama's hapless dithering, we're going to allow them to fan out into the countryside and gain a stronger foothold in Afghanistan.

Stupid. It will come back to haunt us.]]> 2009-10-16T14:13:24Z 2009-10-16T14:13:24Z