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Asked whether he would move U.S. troops out of Iraq to better fight terrorism elsewhere, he brought up Afghanistan and said, "We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there."
I don't know if that's a statement of contempt or ineptness about the troops. It definitely is not supportive.
And has he ever really had an Afghanistan plan or strategy? He dithered around for months about sending more troops.
The evidence says that he is not interested in completing a task and getting the troops out of there.
"we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians"
But it's ok to do that in Libya?? This guy is beyond belief anymore. Apparently this is how one earns a Nobel Peace Prize. If we go into Syria next for some more kinetic intervention he could be a two time winner!!
"we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians"
But it's ok to do that in Libya?? This guy is beyond belief anymore. Apparently this is how one earns a Nobel Peace Prize. If we go into Syria next for some more kinetic intervention he could be a two time winner!!
This is what you get when your only military "experience" is playing X-Box with your kids.
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Originally Posted by Strel
Understandable, since we are now concentrating on the war we should have been fighting all along, instead of that wasteful and pointless one in Iraq.
I always supported the pacification and stabilization of Afghanistan, to the extent that was possible. Lives have and will be regrettably lost in that effort.
But at least they weren't wasted on an unnecessary and costly invasion and occupation of a country that had nothing to do with 9/11...at least until we invaded.
BLAM! Over in one.
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Originally Posted by LetsRock
President Bush quit playing golf when the war started. Barry does not care about the troops. They are pawns on a map to him.
Any army - of any nation - is pawns on a map to the leader. I thought that was pretty obvious.
"we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians"
But it's ok to do that in Libya?? This guy is beyond belief anymore. Apparently this is how one earns a Nobel Peace Prize. If we go into Syria next for some more kinetic intervention he could be a two time winner!!
The candidate who campaigned on reducing troop numbers in Iraq and focusing on the war in Afghanistan reduced the number of troops in Iraq and focused on the war in Afghanistan. I can see why you would have a problem with that.
Bush set the draw down timeline in Iraq, not Obama...
Why is there something in there that makes one an Obama swooner? Apparently that's your drink of choice if so.
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