re: #38 karmic_inquisitor

The surge worked in Iraq because people liked consumer goods and wanted something of a western lifestyle. The Taliban crap got old fast and the Taliban created allies for us among the Sunnis who had fueled the insurgency.

The demands that the Taliban make seem less severe when you already live that way.

What we need in Afghanistan is a generation or two of kids raised on rock and roll and television. Seriously.

Yon has made it pretty clear that most of Afghanistan is stone age, literally. Not sure what they would plug their Ipod or TV into, maybe a rock? Worked for the Flinstones I guess.