Who Are The Experts Advising Our Generals? We Know What They’ll Say.

The new commander for the international troops in Afghanistan, U.S. general Stanley McChrystal (R), and General Egon Ramms commander Joint Force Command Brussum salute during a ceremony in Kabul June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

From Fabius Maximus:

Summary: The experts at its major think-tanks and NGO’s act as the sheepdogs guiding the American public. In general they are reliable servants of our ruling elites and protectors of the status quo, their opinions (like Opera) represent money in motion. But some causes are too extreme, too bizarre, for real experts to advocate – like the Afghanistan War. Fortunately DoD can call upon its intellectual shock troops, for whom every war is essential and deserving of expansion.

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My Comment: Another informative and "depressing" analysis of how we are slowly marching to a greater war expansion and involvement in Afghanistan. All of my Russian contacts are seeing and telling me the same the same thing .... but with history repeating on the U.S. side.

President Obama has made a commitment to win in Afghanistan .... making it very clear that this war is in the vital security interests of the United States.

Sighhh .... I hope that someone tells President Obama that no .... Afghanistan is not in the vital security interests of the United States. But I doubt this panel of experts or anyone else will make such a recommendation.

(Another sighhhh) .... There must be a better strategy.