A Long Slog

Slogs can be long and hard. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates did not mention the firmness, or lack thereof, when talking about our Afghanistan slog.

Secretary Gates did use words like, “deeply skeptical“, “modest” and “realistic” in reference to our goals in Afghanistan. To round out his afternoon, Secretary Gates also said, “My worry is that the Afghans come to see us as part of their problem rather than part of their solution, and then we are lost.” Just a bit late to be worried about the Afghans feelings…don’t ya think Bob?

For those of you counting at home, we’ve “officially” been in Afghanistan since October of 2001. Unofficially, we’ve been fucking things up over there for decades. Ask Norm Dicks. At this juncture, I would think it’s safe to say, that the Afghan people see no difference between us and the Soviets.

Here’s a fun idea for you President Obama, send little Bob Gates back to Bellingham and give him a fucking medal. I mean really, if history is to be used as an indicator of our performance in the Middle East, and beyond…I think the words cluster fuck, sums things up quite nicely.

And when you say cluster fuck, who’s name comes to mind as the new Secretary of Defense? Well my friend Ashton Kutcher of course. He’s fun, he parties, drops the F Bomb, and Demi, Bruce and the kids get to hang out at the Pentagon. How cool is that?

Mull that over for awhile Mr. President. Besides, I’m confident Ashton would perform as well, if not better, than most of the last three decades worth of DOD Secretaries.