GOP pushes Romney to break from Obama's Afghan strategy

letting the Afghanis turn OBL over for trial like they offered and never beginning these illegal immoral occupations.

Afghanistan was absolutely a moral war, under definitions from Thomas Aquinas and international law. The Tali-ban was providing not only shelter and training grounds/material support to Al qua-da. So scratch illegal and immoral. As for being an occupation, the replacement government, chosen by voters, desires our presence. Like any civil war, the rule of thirds apply. 1/3 for, 1/3 and 1/3 don't give a damn. This rule applied to our Revolutionary war as well.

Our failure was to have an end game. Personally, it should have been earlier had we gone in with the idea to change governments and encourage a democracy (or reasonable equivalent thereof), whether we got Bin Ladin or not.

Now I would agree if you used those adjectives to Iraq. Just not to Afghanistan. That would be oversimplifying.

other reason. As for the shelter and training, how come they can't seem to shelter and train their own troops?
BTW if we had provided them with the aid we promised after they kicked the USSR's ass we would not have the issues we do today. On that line wasn't OBL our CIA stooge? Didn't we funnel millions to set up and train the resistance when it fit our purposes? Wasn't Al gua-ad the data base of offers OBL got to aid in the defense of their land against Russian imperial aggression? Inquiring minds want to know.

But I guess I'm not following them. First sentence about shelter and training. Are you familiar with Afghan history. How tribal their outlook. When the Russian first came in, there were more than a few martini-martins left over from the British in use. Didn't have much of an air force. And air mobility does have a lot to do with counter insurgency warfare. I mean the Afghans are the masters of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. Stopping such a war does require training and equipping.

You're right, once the Russians pulled out with their tails between their legs, we quit supporting the Afghans. Then again, the cold war was over and we ain't gonna study war no more, again. What did we do, circle the wagons and cut foreign aid, again.

What pipeline?

And I just do not understand what your inquiring mind is talking about? Yes, we supplied OBL and compatriots with weapons and training as guerrillas. On the other hand, the enemy of mine enemy is my friend. What we failed to do with OBL was keep him our friend.

We did keep OBL as our friend. Research PNAC. I wonder what their "pearl Harbor like event" was?

Something like international Jewry, the Bilderburg group, nwo and such like.

let him put his feet where his mouth is

I'll be damned if we're gonna stay there.

The British...The Russians...

We need to get out.

You can't "win" because there is nothing to "win" These Bush wars violate every one of Clausewitz's principles for war.

There is a way this could be framed, though.

We'll immediately suspend troop withdrawals as soon as you pass into law the tax increase to pay for it.

The war in Afghanistan might be even more unpopular than Mitt Romney. If his electoral strategy is to advocate prolonging that war, he'd have to be really desperate.

Doesn't matter what it is as long as it is opposite of Obama.

If Obama said that oxygen is good, you need to say it is bad!

"Why don't you bring the troops home tomorrow morning?"

The GOP delegates shouted approval.

Boost it right on down the toilet......

#Toilet%20Bowl%20is%20with%20Mitt

...the republicans know they're losing, and they've finally figured out that the economy is not a good issue for them. Medicare isn't working for them, and the American people don't want more tax breaks for the rich, and they've got all the racists. They're fucked, they're desperately casting about for an issue, ANY issue, to gain some traction.

I hope they go with this one. Or maybe war with Iran. Mitt will be lucky to carry the deep south, Utah and Idaho.

Who would have guessed.