From: "George Sherwood" 

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:04:27 +0100, Adam wrote:

> Phil Payne wrote:
>> At least we've found the WMD.
>>
>> I wonder how many American kids will be killed by their share of 6,000
>> metric tonnes of opium?
>>
>>
>
> The US needs to step up to the plate for 2 years minimum & to pour
> troops in ASAP. The longer the troops are so few the more
"practice" the
> locals get wrt what works esp with "assisted learning"
coming from Iraq.
>
> Quick trip across Iran & set up a school in the Iranian/Baluchi region
> et voila.
>

Couple notable points from my visit last week to NATO.
     1.  NATO couldn't complete its mission without US Airlift.
     2.  How many countries are not meeting the agreed upon
level of budget percentage for defense.

None of those came from the US Mission.

George

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