Posted on 10/08/2009 1:11:01 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
President Obama is prepared to accept some Taleban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future and is unlikely to favour a large influx of new US troops being demanded by his ground commander, a senior official said tonight.
Mr Obama appears to have been swayed in recent days by arguments from some advisers, led by Vice-President Joe Biden, that the Taleban do not pose a direct threat to the US and that there should be greater focus on tackling al-Qaeda inside Pakistan.
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My favorite:
Mr Obama appears to have been swayed in recent days by arguments from some advisers,
led by Vice-President Joe Biden....
Traitorous Bastards
What still hasn’t been explained are why the Afghanis are so reluctant to fight the Taliban. They seem just to want to watch as the Americans take the casualties.
Can we really impose a democracy on such a relatively primitive people?
Would that be the same Taliban who harbored al quaeda and shot women in the head point blank in the public square? That Taliban?
In another time,, this would be considered strange...
Welcome to Blizzaro World...
Staggering ignorance!
I am really torn here. Is he malevolent? Stupid? Naive? Clever? Muslim? All the above? This guy makes Carter look like a patriotic genius.
Has the rectum-in-chief given his consent for the republicans to be involved in America’s future?
Next question, even with his consent, do the republicans want to be involved in America’s future?
Run Afghanistan like they did before ...
Courtesy of the United States, let the slaughter begin.
What???!!!???
The most repressive tyrants in history.......
Thats our obama! Totally contrary to American thinking.
There ain’t enough speed stick to mask this BO!
B/S!
If Obama fails to give the military the tools to win the war then the Generals should Resign.
You cannot send our children to die in a war that you don’t believe is worth fighting. The morale in Afghanistan is obviously low since our troops have no idea what direction the leadership is trying to take it. All this gray area stuff is wrong we are either in it to defeat them or we shouldn’t be in it at all.
Obama is either in it or out there is no nuance position.
800+ brave and patriotic souls have died for nothing. God bless our troops as it is clear the govt. does not give a damn about them.
What’s that shadow?
Oh, look, it’s a trial balloon floating by!
What a bunch of incompetent, irresponsible 3rd graders we have in the Obama administration. Do they think they actually might know more than the military when the biggest organization any of them has run is a group of 20 criminal community organizers?
My father served 26 years in the US Army, retiring as a full colonel. He served three tours in Vietnam with Special Forces, served as a NATO commander, advisor to the Shah back in the 70’s and had highest level clearances with the NSA. We spoke today and he cannot believe the level of arrogance that exists in the White House today. Very sad indeed.
He truly believes, as do I, that these morons are trying to destroy the United States from within. The enemy IS within.
Missing the point ... what I was saying was since they were so good at running (ruining) Afghanistan before Joe Biden thinks they’re the best to do it again ....
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The only things these clowns are worried about is how it all can get blamed on Bush.
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