On the 1/10 of 1% chance that jcustis was serious:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=phoenix+program+in+afghanistan
Included in the sumptuous buffet:
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/07/28/ci...m-flies-again/
a treatment otherwise characterized by its gross dishonesty in describing what Phoenix actually was.
Or:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Terrain_System
describing “mercenary anthropology” as another term for identifying local respected citizens and then murdering them. To win an ally!
Or:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/valentine4.1.1.html
describing the incredibly bungled Phoenix and Chieu Hoi programs, and concluding with:
One of you described a press release after a murder of 4 Afghanistan civilians as a "mistake". Do you really not understand that a "mistake" is always what is offered first, and then withdrawn after somebody finds out what actually happened? I suppose you think the Iraq runup was a "mistake".And while the CIA relies on cartoons to sell itself, the Taliban go from person to person, proving that technology is no substitute for human contact. Ultimately the U.S. was defeated in Vietnam for just this reason.
The Taliban defector buyout program heralds just such a development in Afghanistan – defeat – and nothing more.
Another one of you said that Manning had some involvement with "treason". Here is what Manning is charged with:
http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/r...radley-manning
Manning was later charged with "aiding the enemy". Ha ha. I'm sure there is somebody here who can tell us which enemy is that.
The little Bush administration decided they didn't like Valerie Plame Wilson. She had been working on counter-proliferation of nuclear weapons for many years, specializing in the Iranian and Iraq programs. So they blew her cover, endangered any assets she had recruited, and caused her operation to be shut down.
How many of you want to argue that Bradley Manning did more harm to the national interest than the Bush criminal cartel in the Plame case?
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