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Obama votes "present" on sending more troops to Afghanistan
Fox News Channel | 9/16/09

Posted on 09/16/2009 9:20:57 AM PDT by pabianice

Just announced on Fox. Obama was expected to announce whether he was going to accept the request of his top commanders, and some Republicans in Congress, and send more troops to Afghanistan. Instead, according to Fox, he has announced that he "can't make that decision without more information."

The translation is clear. The Left is raising hell over us even being in Afghanistan and simply will tolerate nothing other than our surrender in Afghanistan. So Obama is waiting until he can gin-up some "information" that will allow him to deny the request for additional troops.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mhmmdnsm09162009

1 posted on 09/16/2009 9:20:57 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice; All
In the meantime...

Ambushed Marines' Aid Call 'Rejected'

2 posted on 09/16/2009 9:26:26 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: pabianice

He doesn’t know what to do, that’s all there is to it. It goes to his vast experience.


3 posted on 09/16/2009 9:28:01 AM PDT by RC2
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He's caught between a Pentagon that is calling for more troops and political/economic realities here at home.

The U.S. military is not built for these stupid "Peace Corps on Steroids" nation-building exercises, and this country simply cannot afford this sh!t.

4 posted on 09/16/2009 9:33:08 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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To: RC2

I miss George Bush, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell. I wonder how much it would take for all branches of the Armed Services to turn on this administration. Maybe that’s the answer to all of this crap... physically clean house.


5 posted on 09/16/2009 9:36:48 AM PDT by nagdt ("speak the truth but leave immediately afterward")
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To: pabianice

Hate to say it...But the libs need to protest en mass at the Whitey House. With all the Obama Hitler signs they can draw.


6 posted on 09/16/2009 9:37:03 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: pabianice
The Left is raising hell over us even being in Afghanistan and simply will tolerate nothing other than our surrender in Afghanistan.

BS - the Left doesn't care one way or the other. Have they been protesting the war since Obama got into office?
Time to bring our men and women home and stop playing games with their lives with stupid PC ROEs and a corrupt POTUS. Afghanistan makes a sinkhole look like a penthouse suite.

7 posted on 09/16/2009 9:38:45 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
And:

Report: Rules of engagement led to soldiers’ deaths

8 posted on 09/16/2009 9:38:53 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: pabianice

Yes, he has to get with Axelrod and Rahm to determine the damage among his supporters in the Left if he authorizes and the damage he incurs among the middle if he denies support or authorizes. He’s screwed either way.

but saying he “can’t make that decision without more information” sounds very Presidential.

s/o


9 posted on 09/16/2009 9:40:48 AM PDT by Sparko (Obama & Czars: neutering the American Voter, perverting the Constitution, all on our dime.)
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To: Sparko
What's the difference between a zoo and the WH?

The zoo has an African lion and the WH has....................................................................

A lyin' African.

10 posted on 09/16/2009 9:41:32 AM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: nufsed

SNORT
;)


11 posted on 09/16/2009 9:42:38 AM PDT by Sparko (Obama & Czars: neutering the American Voter, perverting the Constitution, all on our dime.)
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To: Sparko

LOL. Don’t be a warthog!


12 posted on 09/16/2009 9:53:07 AM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: pabianice
Mr. Obama: What is the exit strategy?

Where are the large peace demonstrations in major cities?

When will Code Punk call for impeachment?

13 posted on 09/16/2009 9:54:43 AM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: pabianice

Steel yourself for that video of the last helicopter out on the roof of the US embassy in Kabul. We’ve seen that before and we will see it again - how gutless Democrats end our wars.


14 posted on 09/16/2009 10:06:41 AM PDT by RicocheT
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