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What was "my cause"? The mission failed. Get out. Get out now. You're sounding more like Bush everyday. Behold, folks, the effect of ObamaBush apologist syndrome...
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are far less approving of President Obama's handling of the situation in Afghanistan than they have been in recent months, with 35% currently approving, down from 49% in September and 56% in July.
We know why he used the military tonight as a photo-op and prop, he has no credibility on this issue, what with all his dangerous dithering and waffling.
Oh silly me...I should pretend to believe in this whole killing Al-Qaeda mission. Let me swallow the blue pill and make my worries go away. Maybe I should've watched ObamaBush tonight.
We know why he used the military tonight as a photo-op and prop, he has no credibility on this issue, what with all his dangerous dithering and waffling.
Considering the military are the most DIRECTLY AFFECTED by Obama's speech, isn't it appropriate that he be there to tell them ... IN PERSON?
Obama isn't afraid to look at flag drapped caskets.
And Obama isn't afraid to speak face to face with the military about new demands for their service.
I served four tours in Vietnam for the Us Navy. 1963-1966. I was a FO (Forward Observer), and picked up downed pilots off the coast of N.Vietnam, among other duties. I know Vietnam. I was responsible for starting it.
I don't see the same level of casualties as Vietnam, but I do see a flawed strategy that will eventually own us and bring down the Obama Administration. In Vietnam it was all about unification. In Afghanistan, it's all about being a foreigner on their land and hence, an enemy. You can never defeat that mind set. Nobody ever has. The Afghan war is really a civil war between the Northern Alliance and the Pashtuns. We've sided with the Northern Alliance, which is Karzai. The Pashtuns run the rest of the country and are the Taliban. We will never defeat the Pashtun.
Good response Mohawk and I respect that you served in the Vietnam War but I dont care if you sat down with LBJ himself.
Your assertions are clear that you don't know what you're talking about.
Not only are the casualties no where near as severe (300 US soldiers were dying a week in Vietnam!), neither are the civilian attrocites (massacres, killins, genocides by the viet cong and others), the affect on the US and other countries, etc....
Yes Afghan war is ostensibly an underlying civil war but Vietnam war WAS A CIVIL WAR! And arguably a World War (we were not only fighting against N. Vietnam but many of the other communist nations around the world)
I'm sorry but the Taliban are a high school gang compared to the Viet Cong....not only that we were fighting South Vietnamese, the North Vietnam Army AND The Viet Cong all helped and assisted by China/USSR
Fighting the Taliban is nowhere near as dangerous as all those threats were.
Obama said it best one major MAJOR difference is in Afghanistan these are the ppl who attacked us and continue to plan to attack us, in Vietnam there was no group or government that had attacked us (yes and I am including the debunked Gulf of Tonkin incident).
Many many of Americans and ppl throughout the world totally hated the Vietnam War (recall the 1960s protest?) while our Afghanistan presence is overall supported by the American people and ppl around the world
Again mohawk I respect that you served but I am a war buff and have studied Vietnam War for many years, there isn't much I do not know about the Vietnam War
There are major major differences and levels of warfare between the two (outside of the terrain working against us in both wars I see not one similarity)
And the notion that the War in Afghanistan is anywhere close to Vietnam is beyond up surd!
Afghan War is a snowball fight compared to Vietnam....and I dont mean to use hyperbole here but it is true!
Obama's speech could have been written by Cheney,except for the part where he gave the time line of 18 months.Cheney and other {R}s like McCain say we should stay until success.The million dollar question is what is success?can one of you {R} explain that to me.Does success look like Iraq where we spent 1 trillion dollars and still have over a 100 thousand troops?
I agree with the poster that calls the POTUS Obama/Bush they sure look a lot alike.
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Maybe I should've watched ObamaBush tonight. 
