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Official: Obama rejects all Afghan war options
Associated Press ^ | 11-11-09

Posted on 11/11/2009 8:33:21 PM PST by Justaham

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

Obama still is close to announcing his revamped war strategy, most likely shortly after he returns from a trip to Asia that ends on Nov. 19.

The president raised questions at a war council meeting on Wednesday, however, that could alter the dynamic of both how many additional troops are sent to Afghanistan and what the timeline would be for their presence in the war zone, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Obama's thinking.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: ditheringidiot; nationalsecurityfail; nss
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1 posted on 11/11/2009 8:33:22 PM PST by Justaham
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To: Justaham

The other option is to go and fight NATO forces with the taliban. I think this is the one he prefers.


2 posted on 11/11/2009 8:35:23 PM PST by himno hero
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To: Justaham

I have been looking for a discussion of this news...thanks for providing it!


3 posted on 11/11/2009 8:36:35 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: Justaham

In other words.No one offered Zero the surrender option.


4 posted on 11/11/2009 8:36:52 PM PST by sportscaster ((LET'S ROLL))
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To: Justaham

So a leftist community organizer wants to micromanage a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, huh?


5 posted on 11/11/2009 8:36:53 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: Justaham

So he’s going to grand stand a little more. What the hell is he doing calling the shots , oh yeah .


6 posted on 11/11/2009 8:37:37 PM PST by Deetes (God Bless the Troops)
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To: himno hero

Nobama is so beyond his pay grade. I believe he wants to destroy the USA. As long as he can have a party each wednesday evening at the WH, a golf game or three each week and travel around in AF1, he seems satisfied.


7 posted on 11/11/2009 8:37:49 PM PST by hal ogen
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To: Justaham
I don't suppose that “winning” might be anywhere in the list of options he is considering.
8 posted on 11/11/2009 8:38:21 PM PST by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
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To: Justaham

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8356094.stm

Gen McChrystal was “fuming” about Mr Eikenberry’s intervention, sources said.


9 posted on 11/11/2009 8:38:26 PM PST by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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To: hal ogen

Ditto.

This pathetic excuse for a President doesn’t have a clue how to run ANYTHING, much less a country.


10 posted on 11/11/2009 8:39:47 PM PST by Pravious
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To: Justaham
You thought Vietnam was a bloodbath? Just wait. After Afghanistan falls, Pakistan falls, then what?

What do you expect when you elect a muzzie to the highest office in the US? This is not America's finest hour.

11 posted on 11/11/2009 8:44:03 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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To: Justaham

There has to be some way to get this mental retard, and his mates from the asylum to the padded cells they require.

For the children.


12 posted on 11/11/2009 8:44:30 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: Justaham
"The freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, is their monument today." Thomas Dunn English

God bless and keep all who serve and all who ever have served in the defense of this nation...and each of their loved ones.


AWAKEN O AMERICA - MANY HAVE SUFFERED, BLED, AND DIED TO PRESERVE YOU

13 posted on 11/11/2009 8:45:47 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Justaham

“How can I ensure surrender?” - 0bummer.


14 posted on 11/11/2009 8:45:54 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (America, 1776 - 2009. R.I.P.)
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To: Justaham
The man who despises America:




OBAMA IS A MARXIST IDEOLOGUE

...and the people who love her.


912: AMERICA AWAKENS IN 2009

15 posted on 11/11/2009 8:46:35 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Justaham

Translation: “I want to pull the troops out and abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban but I don’t want to be called a “liar” again.....”


16 posted on 11/11/2009 8:50:25 PM PST by cranked
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To: Justaham

This total empty suit has never even had an employee at a lemonaid stand!

What the hell does he know, or hillary, or big sister, or Panetta, or for that matter Gates, know about a winning strategy in a war??

He appointed a General, overseen by a successful Iraq General. Why not listen to them?

Are you afraid to win and piss off your muzzie friends?

Afraid to add troops and piss off your moonbat base?

Afraid that we might actually win - going against your campaign pledges to get out??

Why not just hide under your desk for a few more months, and let the world sort out itself! You POS!


17 posted on 11/11/2009 8:51:17 PM PST by aShepard
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To: Justaham
So, he's voting present?
18 posted on 11/11/2009 8:51:30 PM PST by RPTMS
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To: Justaham
I'd like to shout-out some "thanks" (but no thanks) to Mister Obama for the..,

DITHERING-CAUSED QUAGMIRE in AFGHANISTAN

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19 posted on 11/11/2009 8:52:25 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Jeff Head

That picture made me teary eyed. What a captivating photo. Thanks for sharing.


20 posted on 11/11/2009 9:00:31 PM PST by Justaham
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