Posted on 09/17/2009 7:57:12 AM PDT by Biggirl
During the campaign in 2008, President Obama was quite clear about what was needed in Afghanistan. Although he did state that military action was not enough, he described the situation as precarious and urgent, with Afghanistan being the central front in the war on terror. So now he’s taking a wait and see attitude? Here’s a clip from the CBS interview in July 2008. He seemed pretty clear as to what his strategy was at the time.
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O will wait to see how many dead American troops will be tolerated by the US
He was in a big hurry to invade Pakistan before the election. That was just typical Democrat butch-talk. Dems usually are real butch about the conflict you’re not in, while undercutting the one you are in.
I’m glad he’s letting Petraeus run this war. I worry about anyone, especially him, trying to politicize this thing.
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