Reply #428: No, it makes us think twice and going to or continuing a war

[emsimon33]

should take a lot of deliberation. No one has ever won in Afghanistan. The war the the USSR waged there ended their empire and it will end ours, probably for the good of the rest of the world but not for us.

All of Obama's pretty words only mean that we will end our empire sooner rather than later. In 2012 oil will no longer be bought and sold in US dollars and by then the dollar will be worthless. Money spent to build a real economy and to ignite innovation might make the transition smoother for us. Throwing more money down the rat hole of military intervention and military contractors who rape and lie and steal will not build our economy for the 21st century.

And this war will doom Obama to one term and give the Republicans a free ride to the White House and control of the Senate and Congress.

Way to go, Obama!