From the "Where Have I Heard This Before?" Department-Biden Warns of More ‘Sacrifice’ in Afghanistan

[Orwellian_Ghost]

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. during a welcoming ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday.

LONDON — Entering a debate that has stirred political tumult in Britain, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said in an interview broadcast Thursday that more coalition troops will die in Afghanistan but that the war was “worth the effort.”

Speaking during a tour of Ukraine and Georgia, Mr. Biden told the BBC that the lawless region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was “a place that, if it doesn’t get straightened out, will continue to wreak havoc on Europe and the United States.”

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In the interview, Mr. Biden said that in terms of the national interest of Britain, the United States and Europe, the war “is worth the effort we are making and the sacrifice that is being felt.”

“And more will come,” he said, referring to the current phase of hostilities as “the fighting season.” He did not comment specifically on the debate of British equipment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/europe/24afghan.html?_r=1

[tj2001]

1. The Graveyard of Empires needs more blood

[elehhhhna]

2. ...and SHAZZAM!!! More money falls out of Congress' ass.

[gratuitous]

3. So, who's gonna sacrifice this time?

Will it be the overrich sending their kids to kill and die for the greater glory of the U.S. and A. in a fight that's "worth the effort"? Let's spin the wheel!

*Whizzzzzzzzzz*

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Ohp, no! It's gonna be the poor and impoverished again for the 5,349,722nd straight time! Wanna spin this wheel over here to see who will be the beneficiary of this effort?

*Whizzzzzzzzzz*

**Clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick**

**Click-aclick-aclick-aclick-aclick-aclick-a**

**Click Click Click Click**

**Click Click**

And it's . . . The overrich again! What are the odds?

[aquart]

4. To achieve WHAT, pray tell?

Afghanistan is Pakistan's problem. It is India's problem. It is Russia's problem. It is China's problem. It is Iran's problem. It AIN'T our problem.

And, frankly, I'd prefer those happy fellas to keep each other busy rather than us.

[Orsino]

5. That's not change. That's more of the same. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

6. "worth the effort"

What are we -- or anyone -- really going to get out of it?

Shame on you, Biden.

[jwirr]

7. My nephew just got home. The really insane part is this is his 4th

tour in either Iraq or Afghanistan and he will most likely have to go back in 15 months. Have we ever had a war like this before? Crazy and they wonder why these guys come home with these serious illnesses.