Raise your hand if you helped make this poser Commander-In-Chief.
Posted on 10/04/2009 7:55:42 PM PDT by Libloather
Barack Obama urged to act after eight more US soliders die in Afghanistan
White House under pressure over troop deployments as US military suffers deadliest day in more than a year
Richard Norton-Taylor, Jon Boone, Matthew Taylor and Ed Pilkington
The Guardian, Monday 5 October 2009
The American military suffered its deadliest day in Afghanistan in more than a year when eight soldiers were killed on Saturday in audacious daytime raids by insurgents on US outposts in the east of the country.
The deaths came as calls mounted in Washington and London for decisions to be taken quickly over future troop deployments to Afghanistan.
Barack Obama's administration, which will hold two meetings this week on military strategy in the region, was urged to bring its deliberations to an end swiftly or risk giving the impression of indecisiveness.
Anthony Zinni, the former commander of the US central command, told the CBS programme Face the Nation: "We have to be careful how long this goes on. It could be seen as being indecisive, unable to make a decision."
General Sir David Richards, the new head of the British army, said more troops were needed to improve security and take the fight to the Taliban.
"If you put in more troops, we can achieve the objectives laid upon us more quickly and with fewer casualties," he said. "You achieve greater security and the risk to your own troops declines."
The heavy loss of American lives occurred in the remote Nuristan province, close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. It was the deadliest raid since a similar attack in the same mountainous region killed nine US soldiers in July last year.
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If Barry doesn’t want to be CINC, then he should resign. He put more thought in selecting the breed of dog than planning for the war effort.
Raise your hand if you helped make this poser Commander-In-Chief.
Pres'ent DUh-bama has blood of patriots on his hands.
For them image is everything. Provided it somehow looks good for the Zero or can be credibly blamed on someone else everything may just go to hell as far as administration is concerned.
Nice job in November 2008, America!
Thy will call indecisiveness a flexibility.
yes it does...our soldiers need help
Easier for him do do what he knows, go campaign in front on cheering crowds of kool-aid drinkers, issue platitudes, and blame his predecessor for all his troubles.
Our soldiers do need help and this president is paralyzed.
Not reported in our press but 2 navy seabees were killed last week by an al qaeda splinter group in the Philippines. Article: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KJ03Ae01.html
My daughter (USMC) is now there as part of a humanitarian mission to help the flood victims but 3,000 marines have now been moved to the Philippines. The terrorist presence is expanding. She knew she was going there well before the typhoons, this was a planned mission. I just hope our president knows what to do with our troops once they are in position.
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Barack Hussein Obama, he be really thunkin’ ...
The terrorists smell weakness in this vain poser. Obozo is going to get a lot of our neighbors killed.
TRIPLE BUMP!!!! :-(
Unfortunately, you’re right. I worry about my daughter and all our troops. I hope he steps up but am not hopeful.
someone has to be in charge that knows what they are doing...its for sure obama and biden dont ...they are both ego maniacs....guess who that leaves
maybe we can flood them with emails and calls
Nothing new here. We were expendable in Vietnam also.
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Kill rate per month of US troops in Afghanistan accelerates under Barack Hussein Obama
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The list, ping
>>”zero must be removed.”<<
Agreed! He REALLY has to step down voluntarily or be impeached before its too late.
Enough is enough. The blood of the 8 Patriots that gave their lives is dripping from his COMMUNIST hands.
He absolutely will not step up. This guy exudes weakness.
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