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12. all of those troops lost in Pres. Obama'snaive surge of force

Reply to Hekate (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 05:18 PM

Jan 2013

. . . all of those innocent Afghans with no ties at all to the 9-11 attacks on our nation who found themselves at the point of our weapons. All of that in defense of the dubious and corrupt Karzai regime. All of that sacrificing of our troops completely removed from whatever they did to find and kill bin-Laden.

And, "all we can do is bitch about it . . . "

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Retreating From Obama's Abject Failure In Afghanistan [View all] bigtree Jan 2013 OP

. bigtree Jan 2013 #1

Excellent, thoughtful piece, bigtree. scarletwoman Jan 2013 #2

Didn't George W. Bush start that war? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #3

I agree sad-cafe Jan 2013 #4

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #9

NO shit. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #5

SAUDI nationals attacked us. George W. Effing BUSH invaded Afghanistan. BUSH left Tora Bora... Hekate Jan 2013 #10

all of those troops lost in Pres. Obama'snaive surge of force bigtree Jan 2013 #12

as I said above, President Obama escalated that occupation bigtree Jan 2013 #11

This was a difficult decision for him--and his advisors were pulling him in different TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #17

I think the exiting of Petraeus and McCrystal from the stage has opened up Skidmore Jan 2013 #20

I do think Obama is now more confident than he was in 2009 to follow his own gut-- TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #24

+1 n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #26

Words "success" and "Afghanistan" are rarely kiranon Jan 2013 #6

Unrec for the title alone. n/t RomneyLies Jan 2013 #7

So when is the new pullout date? OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #8

Saying "We lost again and are getting out" is a politician's nightmare. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #13

Hey, corporatist right wing fuckers! Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #14

The biggest point about the invasion of Afghanistan is... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #15

I do think that a president should be held to account for his own stated goals bigtree Jan 2013 #16

Well... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #19

I'm not so blithe about the loss of American (and innocent Afghan) lives bigtree Jan 2013 #21

Ok, you have made your point... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #22

this is as 'positive' as I'll get about this term of war bigtree Jan 2013 #23

I find it very easy to be against all wars lunatica Jan 2013 #18

It is successful because he knows when it is time to bring the troops home. There is mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #25

I agree with Bigtree truebluegreen Jan 2013 #30

And sometimes we don't know all that is involved in safely removing our troops from these volatile mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #31

Sometimes WE don't; presumably the military commanders WOULD know those sorts of things truebluegreen Jan 2013 #32

American presidents must draw blood...somewhere, somehow...and show that they are libdem4life Jan 2013 #27

ultimately it is bush's failure Skittles Jan 2013 #28

+1 bigtree Jan 2013 #29

Bush started it, but it's been Obama's war for the last four years Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #33