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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
Not a very thoughtful response. About the same as Herman Cain's statement that "when they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I’m going to say, I don’t know."
Take a look at a topographical map of Afghanistan. Then consider that there are only about 28 Afghans living on each square mile of the extremely mountainous country. Now tell us on which mountain top or which small village would you drop your nukes?
Maybe you as well as Herman Cain ought to learn a little more about a region that could be so influential in maintaining the American way of life. While Kabul may be 1,900 miles from the oil fields in Saudi Arabia, it's only 1,000 miles from Tehran to those same oil fields, and only 650 miles from either Baghdad or Damascus, Syria to the oil wells where we get the oil to make our gasoline. That's only a little farther than the distance from the Iraq-Kuwait boerder to downtown Baghdad. How long did it take our army to make that trip...about a day and a half?
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Very interesting take. I was not aware of the distances. Of course Cain should learn more about the region. If the last administration has learned a bit more we might not be in this mess in Iraq. I am interested in seeing if Cain can modify a position based on new information without being called a flip-flopper. Personally, I think the ability to process new information and using it to change a belief is a sign of intelligence, not weakness.