You think you're sick of hearing about the Afghanistan war? You've not seen anything til you read this, The Lunatic's Manual by Bob Herbert in today's New York Times.
He says we are sending troops in as if they are attached to a yo-yo...
he covers the suicide situation...and more.
Herbert ends the op-ed by suggesting we come to our senses and put the "Lunatic's Manual" aside.
It's brutal and he has no mercy for either Bush or Obama. The entire article is a must read.
A few teasers from the op-ed:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
by Bob Herbert
War is a meat grinder for service members and their families.
The G.I.’s have fought valiantly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands have died and many, many more have suffered. But the wars have been conducted as if their leaders had been reading from a lunatic’s manual.
This is warfare as it might have been waged by Laurel & Hardy. Absent the bloodshed, it would be hilarious. I’d give a lot to hear Dwight Eisenhower comment on the way these wars have been conducted.
And it’s hard to believe that anyone buys the notion that the U.S. can install a successful society in the medieval madness of Afghanistan.
It’s time to bring the troops back, and nurse the wounded, and thank them all for their extraordinary service. It’s time to come to our senses and put the lunatic’s manual aside.