On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:58:00 -0400
"WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> STAN HARDEGREE"  wrote:

 -=>> STAN HARDEGREE wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC>> It wasn't Democrats who pulled our dogs off the hunt for
 WC>> Osama bin Laden and sent them to Iraq.

 SH>> I am surprised that a War College graduate such as yourself
 SH>> missed this little tidbit from a June USA Today:
 SH>> ......
 SH>> Four and a half years after they overthrew the Islamic militia
 SH>> that had controlled much of Afghanistan, U.S.-led forces have
 SH>> been forced to ramp up the battle to stabilize this
 SH>> impoverished, shattered country. More than 10,000 U.S.,
 SH>> Canadian, British and Afghan government troops are scouring
 SH>> southern and eastern Afghanistan in a campaign called Operation
 SH>> Mountain Thrust.

 WC> Non sequitur.

You obviously don't have a clue what a non sequitur is.

 WC> Half the reports I've seen puts Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

The border between southern and eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan is not
well defined. The reason bin Laden hasn't been captured is that our
troops have to get Pakistan's permission to operate within their
borders.

Ed

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