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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 11:05 AM
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19. I agree, scentopine. When 70 to 80% of the people in this country want significant
healthcare reform and the President is "reaching out" to the Republicans to help with that, we are operating in the Twilight Zone.
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  -Military growing impatient with Obama on Afghanistan st8grad93  Sep-19-09 09:00 AM   #0 
  - Oh well. I prefer a president who is hesitant about more war instead  babylonsister   Sep-19-09 09:04 AM   #1 
  - +1  mopinko   Sep-19-09 10:41 AM   #17 
  - Time to Fire a few Generals ala Harry truman  saigon68   Sep-20-09 07:45 PM   #50 
  - Yeah, let our troops continue to die and suffer waiting for reinforcements  IndianaGreen   Sep-19-09 01:37 PM   #30 
     - +1...  Iowa   Sep-19-09 02:48 PM   #31 
     - RW framing equals...?  xocet   Sep-19-09 03:02 PM   #32 
     - The person I responded to views Obama as someone beyond fault  IndianaGreen   Sep-19-09 03:06 PM   #33 
        - Do a DU search on yourself,...Mr. "perpetually righteous",...  sicksicksick_N_tired   Sep-20-09 08:36 PM   #52 
     - Will adding another 45 thousand make a difference?  FarCenter   Sep-19-09 08:17 PM   #43 
        - That's the choice: reinforce our troops, or pull them all out  IndianaGreen   Sep-20-09 10:01 AM   #46 
  - "Shoulda stuck with my Republicon FAIL stategery. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)  SpiralHawk   Sep-19-09 09:04 AM   #2 
  - "Gigadittoes on the War Profiteering." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military Deferments' Cheney (R)  SpiralHawk   Sep-19-09 09:06 AM   #3 
  - Really? I didn't know the military found Saddam's' WMDs!  KansDem   Sep-19-09 09:10 AM   #4 
  - come on Obama, dont play middle of the road  Mari333   Sep-19-09 09:11 AM   #5 
  - ,  dr_aswan   Sep-19-09 10:36 AM   #15 
  - Let's leave today!  mbperrin   Sep-19-09 11:16 AM   #20 
  - He needs to make a decision...  Catshrink   Sep-19-09 09:14 AM   #6 
  - Your nephew's situation is my concern as well.  st8grad93   Sep-19-09 09:23 AM   #7 
  - Exactly. It's taking too long to "take the temperature of the country."  DCKit   Sep-19-09 09:27 AM   #8 
  - I'll rather he takes his time and make a good plan  Lost-in-FL   Sep-19-09 09:50 AM   #9 
  - agreed but that does not appear to be a strong point..  dr_aswan   Sep-19-09 10:38 AM   #16 
  - Check with the repubs? the media?  Lost-in-FL   Sep-19-09 11:40 AM   #22 
  - If troops are getting only 4-5 hours of sleep, their commanders are fools  FarCenter   Sep-19-09 12:36 PM   #25 
  - Something isn't right...  Catshrink   Sep-19-09 12:38 PM   #26 
  - Their Commander is President Obama  Thothmes   Sep-19-09 06:51 PM   #38 
     - Obama is the Commander in Chief  FarCenter   Sep-19-09 08:09 PM   #40 
        - He is still the Commander in Chief  Thothmes   Sep-19-09 08:18 PM   #44 
        - No, you can't excuse the Commander-in-Chief for the situation he has put the troops in  IndianaGreen   Sep-20-09 10:05 AM   #47 
  - Got that right.  TacticalPeek   Sep-19-09 03:10 PM   #34 
     - What would Obama have done had he been commander in chief of British troops trapped at Dunkirk?  IndianaGreen   Sep-20-09 10:08 AM   #48 
  - Same story on Afghanistan as HC  Doctor_J   Sep-19-09 09:54 AM   #10 
  - We could always invade another oil rich country that doesn't tolerate al qaeda  hulka38   Sep-19-09 09:59 AM   #11 
  - This is one of those situations where trying to appease all sides, President Obama's trademark,  bertman   Sep-19-09 10:07 AM   #12 
  - Exactly - this point cannot be overstated !  scentopine   Sep-19-09 10:56 AM   #18 
  - I agree, scentopine. When 70 to 80% of the people in this country want significant  bertman   Sep-19-09 11:05 AM   #19 
  - +1  Lost-in-FL   Sep-19-09 11:55 AM   #24 
  - Your last sentence sums it up perfectly, Lost-in-FL. Because we have never had a war  bertman   Sep-19-09 04:47 PM   #35 
  - You are so correct  Dreamer Tatum   Sep-19-09 08:12 PM   #41 
  - Billions for war.. not a penny for jobs at home. Something is wrong here..  lib2DaBone   Sep-19-09 10:11 AM   #13 
  - Not a penny for jobs at home ?  st8grad93   Sep-19-09 11:40 AM   #23 
  - Don't interrupt the delusion  alcibiades_mystery   Sep-19-09 12:43 PM   #27 
     - .....  TheWatcher   Sep-19-09 05:12 PM   #36 
        - You probably thought that post was clever  alcibiades_mystery   Sep-19-09 05:50 PM   #37 
  - Since Afghanistan is landlocked, with poor transportation, it costs $100/gal for fuel  FarCenter   Sep-19-09 01:18 PM   #28 
  - the US military has accomplished what long term in NINE years? nt  msongs   Sep-19-09 10:15 AM   #14 
  - shock and awe  Lost-in-FL   Sep-19-09 11:34 AM   #21 
     - The current Admnistration does not seem to be doing much  Thothmes   Sep-19-09 07:06 PM   #39 
        - You can't fix overnight something that was horribly screwed and has been...  Lost-in-FL   Sep-19-09 08:16 PM   #42 
  - Our troops are facing death everyday while Obama games this war!  IndianaGreen   Sep-19-09 01:20 PM   #29 
  - kick  xchrom   Sep-20-09 09:56 AM   #45 
  - For all the criticism of Bush acting alone, w.o. Congress, Obama is reaching out. Kerry holding  MarjorieG   Sep-20-09 06:34 PM   #49 
  - Disturbing conversation I had with a friend today . . .  ConcernedCanuk   Sep-20-09 08:23 PM   #51 
 

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