Posted on 09/06/2009 6:52:51 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
Violence has been on the rise across much of Afghanistan since President Obama ordered 21,000 U.S. troops to the country, shifting the focus of the U.S.-led war on Islamic extremism from Iraq. Now some are calling Afghanistan "Obama's war." Do you agree?
Is Afghanistan 'Obama's war'? Yes. No. I'm not sure.
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But I don't think we should do to Obama what the left did to Bush on Iraq. The country is at stake here. The terrorists are out there and are still plotting in their caves in afghanistan.
While Afghanistan my very well end up becoming Obama's war, this should be one area......... if it ends up being the one and only single issue that we conservatives ever do support obama on, we should stand behind him on it.
We can get Obama on his czars. On his radicalism. On his domestic policy. On his appologies. And on many other things.
But at the end of the day, we all need victory in Afghanistan.
That's where I stand. I stand for victory in Afghanistan.
The Afghani war is now muzzie on muzzie.
Do you think Obama stands for victory in Afghanistan? I think he’s aspiring to Vietnam II.
The real problem is Pakistan.
I’ve thought that since 2001/2002.
Like Vietnam it’s a complete waste of our brave young peoples lives, not to mention the money. Let them have that moonscape!
I heard an interesting interview on the radio today. The interviewee, who had spent a lot of time in the Middle East, was pessimistic about our role in Afghanistan. He said that in the sense of Al Qaeda, we had won, because they were gone and driven out. But, he said, they could reappear anywhere, such as in the horn of Africa. On the other hand, he said that nation building in Afghanistan was very difficult because, unlike Iraq, it was a very primitive and isolated region. There was a lot less to work with.
That being said, Afghanistan still represents an anvil upon which to hammer jihadists without them having to come to the US.
he’s a wartime president alright, just not with the enemies of the US but with it’s own citizens.
>>> Do you think Obama stands for victory in Afghanistan? I think he’s aspiring to Vietnam II. <<<<<
In Vietnam, safe haven and logistical routes were provided by Cambodia.
In Afghanistan, safe haven and logistical routes are provided by Pakistan.
BO is a war President. He’s at war with the American people.
On a sort of related issue...
How’s the US tv news coverage of Iraq/Afganistan been lately?
And I agree with you. I'm not so sure the jOker-in-chief is committed, for two reasons that I personally know of:
1) He recently stated that he hates the word "victory".
2) Rules of Engagement have been changed to "Don't shoot back unless you know for sure that everyone is a bad guy."
(I might be paraphrasing here, but I'm not exaggerating/embellishing).
I think this empty suit first has to show that he is presidential.
Obama says that it’s not a war.
I don’t know if he does or not. Some of his actions are questionable, no doubt.
But I honestly don’t care.
What matters is what I do.
we can’t give osama bin laden and friends a victory. If we pull out, he’ll be able to gloat and get even more recruits to his cause
Sorry, just channeling a little anti-Bush/anti-Iraq War mantra from the left. I wonder if we'll hear the same drum-beat and mantras from the media now?
tribes are hard to deal with...
I liked the bumper sticker I saw. I am goin to show the respect to Obama as you showed to Bush. Short and to the point!
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