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Obama says US is losing war in Afghanistan and hints at Taleban talks
Times Online (U.K.) ^ | March 8, 2009 | Tim Reid and Mike Evans

Posted on 03/08/2009 9:41:42 AM PDT by Schnucki

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To: Paladin2
No. Obama wants to bail out of Afghanistan and then use that money (and more) for his socialistic welfare programs. Take every thing he can from: the rich, not so rich, middle class, big business, middle sized business, small business; and give it to his comrades.
41 posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:06 AM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE MEANING OF HINT.LET ME CHECK THE CLINTON ABRIDGED AMERICAN DICTIONARY.


42 posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:33 AM PDT by mayflower1637
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To: Schnucki
Recruitment has officially been made impossible. We're either going to witness another Cambodian killing fields or have the draft re-instituted, bringing with it domestic unrest & protests.
43 posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:38 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Jagman

I know, I am flabberghasted to say the least.


44 posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:39 AM PDT by mel
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To: Schnucki

Prayers up for our brave men and women who are dealing with enemies foreign and domestic.


45 posted on 03/08/2009 10:06:01 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Don't Blame Me...I voted for the "inexperienced" Governor of Alaska)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Well...if so than Bush also made the same mistake when he put the Sunni insurgents in Iraq on the payroll.


46 posted on 03/08/2009 10:07:14 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: silverleaf

I saw Joe the Plumber speak yesterday and he was great! Common sense.


47 posted on 03/08/2009 10:07:32 AM PDT by madinmadtown (BO stinks.....and I blame Oprah.)
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To: JohnD9207

Again, what’s the difference between doing this and Bush’s policy of cutting deals with the Sunni insurgents and even putting them on the U.S. payroll!


48 posted on 03/08/2009 10:08:33 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Red Dog #1

Wagyu eating surrender monkey.

49 posted on 03/08/2009 10:10:00 AM PDT by Enterprise (I went to America and all I got were some DVDs and little helicopters.)
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To: silverleaf
LOL - Given the Morays and Mindset in Gov’t, I would last about one nanosecond in any position requiring me to sit down at the table with virtually any Gov’t Officials (Dem or Rep).

Think about the torture of having to deal with the likes of a Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, McCain, etc. where, besides the obvious ignorance of the parties, the objectives are to avoid the solution, kick it down the road and survive the next Election by pandering to the less savory segments of Society. No thanks!

Besides, after the results of the last Election, I'm not too keen on this Democracy thingy. BTW, what did I ever do to you to evoke such a wish for my future? :-)

50 posted on 03/08/2009 10:11:56 AM PDT by TCats
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To: Darkwolf377; American in Israel; Schnucki

“President Obama conceded today that the US was not winning the war in Afghanistan.”

And then announces he wants to locate moderate Talibans and negotiate with them.

I have a couple of observations regarding this.

1. Obviously he didn’t have his security blanket (the teleprompter) when he said this. I can’t believe that his handlers would have let him say such disastrous, defeatist statements.

2. If we are indeed losing right now, we’re not losing against the “moderate” Taliban, but against the hard core, filled-with-conviction, take-no-prisoners Taliban, so he’s proposing negotiating with the wrong people.

3. Even if he eventually figures out who he should be negotiating with, what he said puts us in the weakest possible negotiating position I can think of, short of unconditional surrender. The Islamists worldwide must be rubbing their hands and licking their chops at the sight of this poor innocent lamb we put in the white house.

The guy’s incompetence and inexperience is going to get a bunch of us killed. We are so f’ing screwed!!

Can a president be impeached for incompetence? I don’t think we can affort to wait until 2012.


51 posted on 03/08/2009 10:13:48 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Schnucki

Same old denigration of our military heroes.

Ignore the success and hope for failure until he can declare victory his own.


52 posted on 03/08/2009 10:22:46 AM PDT by Carley (President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
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To: Captain Kirk

What is the “difference between doing this and Bush’s policy of cutting deals with the Sunni insurgents.”

You mean besides the fact that the Sunni’s that crossed over to help win victory in Iraq were not aligned behind Al Qaeda — Other than that not much.


53 posted on 03/08/2009 10:23:52 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.)
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To: Schnucki

Why not? Neville Chamberlain reached out to moderate Nazi’s and that worked out ok, didn’t it?


54 posted on 03/08/2009 10:24:29 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Schnucki

Didn’t we try negotiation prior to invading Afghanistan?

We did, it didn’t work.

And it won’t work now.

Obama believed his own rhetoric on President Bush, but the truth is going to hit him hard.

Taliban wants one thing, US out of Mid-East Everywhere and Israel gone.


55 posted on 03/08/2009 10:24:59 AM PDT by dila813
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To: madinmadtown

Can you believe these fool honkies?

56 posted on 03/08/2009 10:27:08 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Schnucki

President Obama conceded today that the US was not winning the war in Afghanistan

Thank you General AssClown.
Nothing helps American troops under fire more then their supposed leader telling the world that they are losing the battle.
The American men and women that will die because of your stupidity... do not salute you...


57 posted on 03/08/2009 10:27:33 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Coming to You From the Front Lines of Occupied America)
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To: Schnucki

Just wow. Dumbstruck. How long before this is on the front page of every Arab media outlet? Never mind Russian, Persian, Chinese, Venezuelan, North Korean...


58 posted on 03/08/2009 10:28:14 AM PDT by Snake65 (Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
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To: TCats
TC, you tell it like it is ;-). I nominate you to take this "Overcharge" button up to Capitol Hll and present it to congress on behalf of all the rest of us taxpayers...

59 posted on 03/08/2009 10:28:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: Schnucki

Yup, yup, yup. Give into them.....that will fix the problem. Cowards.


60 posted on 03/08/2009 10:29:39 AM PDT by RC2
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