Reply #14: During th campaign,

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Obama said he was going to add 3 brigades (approximately 15,000 troops) to hunt down Bin Laden and neutralize Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. These troops were added in early 2009.
No one here (or anywhere) complained about these additional 3 brigades at THAT time, because THAT is what he promised.

Obama's "Surge", the additional 30,0000+ troops over and above the original 15,000, was NEVER promised or "talked about" during the campaign, nor was escalating the WAR to Pakistan, nor was ANY of the additional mission creep in Afghanistan.

Those trying to revise history and claim that Obama is doing exactly what he promised during the campaign are absolutely WRONG on this issue.