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Obama: U.S. must have "exit strategy" in Afghanistan
Reuters ^ | 3/23/09 | Chris W

Posted on 03/22/2009 4:34:22 PM PDT by bill1952

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To: Dallas59

One should always surrender first ...its polite


41 posted on 03/22/2009 6:10:38 PM PDT by woofie
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To: bill1952

The strategy is called WINNING. It may (and probably will) take more than military, but unless the o is going to listen to the brass who want to win, we will be sooooooooooo screwed.


42 posted on 03/22/2009 6:13:18 PM PDT by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
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To: bill1952

I guess with the Iraq war essentially and irretrievable won, Zero and the dems must concentrate on finding a way to surrender in Afghanistan.


43 posted on 03/22/2009 6:14:07 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Christian and armed)
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To: Mr Rogers
I don't believe we can "win" in Afghan until we know what win looks like. The history, geography, and some locals are against us.

The taliban has established a stronghold in Paki near the Afghan border.

I'm not a military strategist, but I don't see what victry looks like.

Do we have to double or triple our numbers, use more powerful weapons, take over part of Pakistan?

Who has the strategy and are we up for it?

When we went in we had 9/11 and the videos of the woman being shot in the stadium. We changed the government and it controls a lot of the country.

I thought when we went to the mountains it was to kill OS.

Now what's the goal? Kill all the Taliban?

44 posted on 03/22/2009 6:31:43 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport and school records.)
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To: bill1952

I thought he APPROVED of the “Good War”!!...He is PATHETIC!


45 posted on 03/22/2009 6:38:37 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nufsed

The goal would be to turn it over to the Afghan Army, which is fairly well respected and tends to fight well when trained and armed.


46 posted on 03/22/2009 6:39:42 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Obama - Making Jimmy Carter look like a giant!)
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To: Mr Rogers

And what needs to happen before we can do that?


47 posted on 03/22/2009 6:40:47 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport and school records.)
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To: nufsed

You would need to hold and secure the areas for a while, and train the Army (which is ongoing).


48 posted on 03/22/2009 6:43:49 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Obama - Making Jimmy Carter look like a giant!)
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To: Mr Rogers
I think we played out this scenario in Iraq. It was clear that we couldn't timetable and that OB's promise was ridiculous and dangerous.

We used to get reports occasionally about the status of the Iraqi police and troops. Don't see any of that from Afghan.

49 posted on 03/22/2009 6:49:06 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport and school records.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

US must have “exit strategy” for Obama.

this didn’t work last night:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2211714/posts?page=37#37


50 posted on 03/22/2009 6:52:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: nufsed

When I was in Afghanistan in 2007, what I heard was that the Army was brave, but under-trained and ill equipped. The police were just corrupt all the way thru...


51 posted on 03/22/2009 6:55:39 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Obama - Making Jimmy Carter look like a giant!)
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To: Hugin
“In other words, The (Clueless) One has no idea what to do.”

Bingo!

52 posted on 03/22/2009 6:59:18 PM PDT by maggief
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To: bill1952

So the guy who trampled everyone in his rush to take the driver’s seat now turns to the passengers and says “We really need to find someone who knows how to drive.” Reassuring.


53 posted on 03/23/2009 10:17:43 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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