Comments on: Barack Obama’s Address on Afghanistan

By: akfishergirl

akfishergirl — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:56:18 +0000

OMG like she honestly thinks he is listening to HER??? the woman is delusional!!!

NEW – Sarah Palin applauds Obama’s Afghan troop increase
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin says she supports President Barack Obama’s decision to boost the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

But she warns that his plan to send 30,000 additional troops may not be enough to achieve victory, and that talk of an exit date might encourage enemies to “wait us out” in the region.

Palin made the comments on her Facebook page hours after Obama delivered a speech Tuesday night on his new Afghanistan war plan.

The former GOP presidential nominee noted she had urged Obama to increase U.S. forces there three months ago. She said she was glad he had “mostly heeded” the advice.

Palin said she especially welcomed Obama’s decision since he had opposed President George W. Bush’s troop surge in Iraq in 2007.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:03:35 +0000

I respectfully disagree. No nation has the right to invade and occupy another nation unless that nation has committed an act of war against the occupier.

Helping Afganistan yes, but we are destroying that nation and slaughtering it people long past any rational justification.

The war we are fighting is one to protect an oil pipeline. It is not about national defense it is about Exxon’s profits.
In Iraq as many as 1M dead and 4 million refugees and probably much the same in Afganistan, with no end date set, only an if maybe when we see how its going date.

By: Chuck Ford

Chuck Ford — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:58:40 +0000

I love Obama but we keep repeating the same scenario: Commit to a righteous cause; find ourselves losing; escalate our commitment to try and recoup our losses; refuse to leave because it would be a betrayal of those who have died or are mangled; escalate the commitment and the losses. Its the classic definition of insanity: keep on doing what doesn’t work. The unlearned lesson of Viet Nam: the only way out of the cycle is to bear the humiliation and the losses and LEAVE.

By: Watching from New Jersey

Watching from New Jersey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:23:21 +0000

It was a tough decision for him to make and I support him. I’m sure he is also aware that no one ever won a war with the Afghans.

By: A fan from CA

A fan from CA — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:17:38 +0000

Divabave and LIbbyart, yes, I concur that Pakistan is why we are in the region. They have nuclear weapons and the knowledge of how to use them. NATO does not want these weapons to fall into the wrong hands. That is why we have a “force” sitting in Afghanistan. It is about the border regions and going after Bin Laden. The Pakistani’s have been moving on these regions finally. The last thing that needs to happen is for Al Qaida to run back to Afghanistan. I don’t want to see us fighting in a war but I also recognize the danger that is a destabilized Pakistan run by extremists.

I am going to support Obama because I voted for him to make decisions with all the information. I don’t think we are privy to all information about the goings on in the region, so we must trust our leader.

By: renegade80

renegade80 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:38:53 +0000

I very much agree with Strangelet and his/her analysis. Our President has been between a rock and a hard place ever since he took office, with the most serious problems any country could face. I sure don’t know the answer, but WAR is never the answer, in my humble opinion. The point that I never hear mentioned is the BinLaden wanted to destroy our country financially, and by keeping us in unending war, he is winning without having to do anything more at all. But I do thank gawd every day for this intelligent young man that is trying so hard to lead out of this abyss. It just seems to be a no win situation.

By: DivaBabe

DivaBabe — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:20:42 +0000

Bingo, Lilybart! It is all about Pakistan, that’s why the emphasis in his speech. THAT’S where the real risk is, with their nukes and the potential for loose nukes getting into the wrong hands! We need to contain them, and to do so means we need to contain the region. THIS was BushCo’s major failure, they never saw the big picture because their greed & bloodlust blinded them. John “Bomb Bomb” McCain and Clueless Sarah would have just compounded the problem.

By: Cynamen Winter

Cynamen Winter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:05:02 +0000

Big Slick says:

“Barack Obama is the one who is real.

Let’s pull together and support our troops, and their Commander in Chief.”
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Amen to that.

By: Jmf446

Jmf446 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:53:16 +0000

I agree with Strangelet’s comments. Pres. Obama is too easily influenced and dazzled by all the brass and medals of his generals. They are NOT smarter than he is.
We need to get out of Aghani-Vietnam now.
Please read Michael Moore’s Open Letter to Pres. Obama on CommonDreams.org on Dec. 1st. It’s brilliant and is more eloquent than anything I could write.
All the military contractors and the defense corporations that contribute to each candidate in presidential elections have too much influence in the government.
I asked my Congressman Nadler (D.NY) to support Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D. Ca.) bill to not rubberstamp the money for this new surge.I voted for Obama, and still support him. He is trying, but is not listening to us. I do not want a second Iraq. This is tragic. The poor soldiers and their mourning families.

By: Lilybart

Lilybart — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:09:11 +0000

His emphasis on Pakistan’s involvement tells me that it is the border region that is his real target. That is where Omar is and bin Laden, if he is still alive.

If he gets these guys, will we all forgive him?