1. 40,001 troops
2. 39,998 troops
3. 40,002 troops
4. 39,999 troops
At the cost of our treasure and the BLOOD OF OUR PATRIOTS, we have won the right for most Afghans to have free elections, which they have participated in, and for rights for the downtrodded, and their women.
Our generals have stated what we need to win this war and they are backed up by our allies. But the marxist in chief is delaying and now, after spending an entire 20 HOURS thinking about it, he has decided to ask for much less than what is needed.
Our enemies will trumpet this betrayal, even the VERY HINT of it, as a victory and those who have trusted us will lose trust.
More Americans will die as a result of this (and have already died)...and if he continues with it...hundreds of thousands of Afghans who trusted us will end up dead along with many hundreds more of our own.
He will have handed Al Quida and the Taliban a victory where there was none.
They have been hiding in holes, scared of our UAVs and when they come out, they are defeated every time with large loss of life.
Now they will say they have "won".
Dear God in Heaven, let stalwarts stand against this rash, evil action and prevail.
Some think it is hard to understand Obama's motivation and reasons for doing this. I for one do not. His every action has been to destroy the free market and republican principles of this nation. His every foreign policy move has weakened us.
It is his intent...it is all part of his fundamental change. He is a marxist ideologue and he, his adherants, and his handlers mean to destroy American as we have known it.
Thanks for the reminder of those real people there.
During the thiry years since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the subsequent war of the warlord//mujahadeen/Islamists, over 1,000,000 Afghanis died.
How quickly we have forgotten the news post-Taliban, when women could leave their houses and children could fly their kites.