Fooling The Home Crowd Is Job One

Fascists love to announce those "turning the corner" moments.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you."-- Don Marquis

Results of Kandahar offensive may affect future U.S. moves

"The Obama administration's campaign to drive the Taliban out of Afghanistan's second-largest city is a go-for-broke move that even its authors are unsure will succeed.
The bet is that the Kandahar operation, backed by thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars, will break the mystique and morale of the insurgents, turn the tide of the war and validate the administration's Afghanistan strategy.
There is no Plan B."