Posted on 12/20/2008 6:03:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge
KABUL, Afghanistan — The top U.S. military officer said Saturday that the Pentagon could double the number of American forces in Afghanistan by next summer to 60,000 – the largest estimate of potential reinforcements ever publicly suggested.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that between 20,000 and 30,000 additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan to bolster the 31,000 already there.
This year has been the deadliest for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban for hosting al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Suicide attacks and roadside bombs have become more dangerous, and Taliban fighters have infiltrated wide swaths of countryside and now roam in provinces on Kabul's doorstep
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hmmm .. I wonder how some of his core supporters will feeeel about this?
Obama is no LBJ and
Afhghanistan is no Vietnam, right?
Get me Oliver Stoned , I got a script idea for him.
Sean Penn and Fat Moore will not like this obama
more obvious headline:
OBAMA CONTINUES BUSH POLICY ON AFGHANISTAN
Increases number of policy agreements with Bush
But the non-natural-born president elect cleverly
disguised his positions during the campaign. Oh yes,
transparency and change we can relieve.
More change you can Xerox.
Never worry. AP-Obama will spin this as an attempt to right the wrongs of the hated BusHitler Regime by The One (piss be upon him).
hmmm, how many will willingly go for this illegal president
Again, what is our objective there?
We broke the back of the Taliban and scattered their followers. Bin Laddin, IF HE IS ALIVE, is hiding in Pakistan where we can’t touch him and he is only a figurehead anyway. Are we going to commit more American dollars and more American lives to a God forsaken desert mountain wilderness locked in the heart of Asia while the Iranians are working on a nuclear bomb and the Mexicans are eroding our southern borders? While the Red Chinese are threatening our interests in Africa and the Pacific and the Russians are sailing around in the Carribean providing aid and assistance to Chavez and Castro?
Have we become a nation of idiots?
Man! it is going to get pretty quiet over at Daily Kos when they all volunteer to fight in Obama’s escallation isn’t it?
Man! it is going to get pretty quiet over at Daily Kos when they all volunteer to fight in Obama’s escallation isn’t it?
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lol I look forward to sending them cookies and cocoa like my sisters used to send to me.
Calling “Code Pinko” Calling “Code Pinko”.....
Have we become a nation of idiots?
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Having witnessed the last 3 months..
Can I get a different question? ;-)
“Can I get a different question? ;-)”
What are the chances of Santa Claus bringing our nation back to us on Christmas? I think we lost it back in the 1950’s.
0bamaBots are outraged. (yawn)
Naaaah! He does not want our Soldiers back here in the states.
The little whimp is afraid of them, with cause.
This is no surprise. Strangely, Obama is carrying out his campaign promises. During the debates, he was more of a hawk on Afghanistan than McCain. Obama thinks he’s a combination JFK, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and Mother Teresa on both domestic and foreign policy. Will conservatives follow this Messiah as he leads us into foreign policy adventures?
“Will conservatives follow this Messiah as he leads us into foreign policy adventures?”
Real conservatives will not.
Neo-conservatives are already gushing over Hussein Obama.
Two questions:
1)How many troops did the USSR commit to Afhanistan?
2)How long were their supply lines?
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