Posted on 08/19/2009 6:30:49 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Remember, this is supposed to be the “good war” they were all pretend-itching to fight once Obama undid George Bush’s terrible, terrible mistake in Iraq. It was just over a year ago, as I recall, that Harry Reid was talking up how well things were going to boost The One’s campaign promise to secure the country.
Now, the truth:
Overall, seven in 10 Democrats say the war has not been worth its costs, and fewer than one in five support an increase in troop levels. Nearly two-thirds of the most committed Democrats now feel “strongly” that the war was not worth fighting. Among moderate and conservative Democrats, a slim majority say the United States is losing in Afghanistan.
Republicans (70 percent say it is worth fighting) and conservatives (58 percent) remain the war’s strongest backers, and the issue provides a rare point of GOP support for Obama’s policies. A narrow majority of conservatives approve of Obama’s handling of the war (52 percent), as do more than four in 10 Republicans (43 percent).
Among all adults, 51 percent now say the war is not worth fighting, up six points since last month and four points above the previous high, reached in February. Less than half, 47 percent, say the war is worth its costs. Those strongly opposed (41 percent) outweigh strong proponents (31 percent)…
Among liberals, his rating on handling the war, which he calls one of “necessity,” has fallen swiftly, with strong approval cratering by 20 points. Nearly two-thirds of liberals stand against a troop increase, as do about six in 10 Democrats.
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What is Obama’s Exit Strategy.
Truly shameful.
Please use Obama’s proper title, Chickenhawk in Chief.
He has no exit strategy. Why should he? He thinks he is Woodrow Wilson. Obama is even more enthused about getting deeper into this mess than Bush. Nobody can, or will, stop him. The so called “antiwar Democrats” worship him too much to stand in his way. The so-called anti-Obama Republicans actually support his Afghan policy. The end result is that he can do as he pleases.
Does anybody know if Bin Laden is still alive?
While we overthrew the gov’t of Afghanistan, unfortunately we didn’t completely destroy Al Qaeda.
I hope we can finish off Al Qaeda. Can you imagine if some Nazis escaped to mountains or a nearby country after World War II, and kept attacking us and our allies from those locations? We would have gone after them, no question about it.
Dems screw up everything. Then they say it’s no longer worth their attention. Dems are losers extraordinaire. With one exception - they cling to the power like a psycho.
With a CinC like Obama its probably better to pull out now.
Precisely the reverse is true. The “stupid” ones are the Republicans who have given Zero (a wannabe Woodrow Wilson) a blank check to waste more of our blood and treasure,in this hopeless nationbuilding crusade.
More proof that I’m right when I say, DemocRATS are the lowest lifeform on the planet.
madamemayhem says that 7 out of 10 democrats are brain damaged america hating bastages.
Nobody has achieved “victory” in more than two thousand years of Afghan history. Nobody.
So, the Jihadists were right, America doesn’t have the stomach for any length of time to stand up for it’s own freedom and protection?. How frckn sad. Let not our troops have died in vain, protecting us, from Islam taking over.
OTOH we could have followed you and Obama and chatted them up waiting for the next 3000 to be murdered.
I remember when the Dims called this the good War and Iraq the bad one. his would be funny if these clowns weren’t trying to destroy the country.
What makes you think that Obama has any intention or motivation to withdraw? The “antiwar” views of the Democrats are mere lip service. They are Obama worshipers, first and foremost, and he is enthuasistically expanding this war even faster than Bush.
LOL. My friend, your the one blindly following your “commander and chief” Obama in this futile crusade, not me. In fact, at a time of worsening deficits, you want to hand your maximum leader a blank check!!
I can understand why, lots of folks giggle nervously when they are incapable of addressing the facts as they are rather than as you wish they were.
My friend, your the one blindly following your “commander and chief” Obama in this futile crusade, not me. In fact, at a time of worsening deficits, you want to hand your maximum leader a blank check!!
I don't blindly follow anybody nor do I see the world as I wish it were. The question posed was should we have gone to war in Afghanistan with the Taliban and Al Qaeda after the attacks of 9/11. Only an idiot, like you evidently, would sit idly by while they launched another attack. This isn't hard stuff. When America is attacked we respond. The amount of force we responded with is debatable, the fact that we should have responded should not be.
You sure you're not a democrat?
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