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Debate Shifts to Afghan Exit Plan (0's Operation Surrender Monkey Goes Forward)
WSJ ^
| 11/19/2009
| PETER SPIEGEL and YOCHI J. DREAZEN
Posted on 11/19/2009 4:06:51 PM PST by mojito
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have turned the focus of Afghan war planning toward an exit strategy, publicly declaring that the U.S. and its allies can't send additional troops without a plan for getting them out.
The shift has unnerved some U.S. and foreign officials, who say that planning a pullout now -- with or without a specific timetable -- encourages the Taliban to wait out foreign forces and exacerbates fears in the region that the U.S. isn't fully committed to their security.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; nationalsecurityfail; obama; surrendermonkey
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To: fanfan
We haven’t hit bottom yet ,I guess.
Ain’t it a shame.
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posted on
11/19/2009 5:24:09 PM PST
by
devistate one four
(Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
To: mojito
Ummmm....Paris Peace talks come to mind. Oh well, that is just history. Sorry, I lost my head for a minute.
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posted on
11/19/2009 5:37:35 PM PST
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: mojito
Mr. President, patriots are planning an exit strategy... from your policies.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:08:44 PM PST
by
unlearner
(You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
To: mojito
.........let me get this straight: we can’t beat a poorly equiped third world army so we’re just giving up?
I think this has more to do with COMPLETE DIP$H!T$ running the government than military failure.
Wish I could say I was surprised. :(
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:22:17 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: mojito
What a great message to the brave Afghan people who have fought for a semblence of freedom, have backed the US involvement and have hoped for a better constitutional republic form of government. They must be scared to death now. Also, a great message to send to the Taliban Barack. Thanks. . .
To: mojito
We should withdraw from Afghanistan AND Iraq — via Tehran.
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posted on
11/19/2009 10:48:06 PM PST
by
Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: fanfan
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:22:36 AM PST
by
danamco
To: fanfan
He already has big time with the help of 52% gullible people!!!
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:25:07 AM PST
by
danamco
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