White House chief of staff says Afghan war‘adrift,’calls more troops‘reckless’ »
Posted By Tumultuous 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political NewsCalling the eight year war in Afghanistan "adrift," White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel explained on Sunday that the Obama administration considers sending more troops now to be "reckless" without a "credible" election result and a regime ready to begin securing the country.
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Icantwait1 month, 2 weeks ago
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My Fellow Americans: Where would this Country be without good old White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel? Probably on the Road to Recovery. Probably on Better Terms with Israel Our Once Loyal Friend. Probably Supporting Our Troops or Pulling Them Out to keep them from getting Slaughtered. How many more Months are necessary for He and this Weak Administration to Figure Out a Way to Protect and Support Our Troops.
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Yes, Rahm, The "War in Afghanistan is Adrift"? I wonder Why. Could it be because you have more important things to do like, Universal Death Care, or Cap and Trade, (Con Man), Meetings, or Simply Tax and Spend all Our Money Foolishly? Yes, Mister Emanuel, you always have good news for us. Thanks for looking out for our Boys and Girls in War Country.
Wouldn't it be nice if you were over there and they were over here doing the thinking. You Know, just to make sure every single decision they made would be Politically Correct.
O. sure chose a group of real winners to send this Nation back into the Dark Ages. A couple more years of these lame Policies and we will be bordering on the Crow-Magnum years. Well, next time you vote try to make some choices that are a lot more sensible. Remember, the next time you hear a big Boom, it may be your last. The Real American-
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Sageparadox1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Yes, Rahm, The "War in Afghanistan is Adrift"? I wonder Why
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Now why didnt you mention The Eight YearWar in Afghanistan is Adrift
Could it be you dont want to mention or face the facts that practically eight of the years that are adrift were under Bush's watch, or that Obama in fact has not even been leader of this free country for less than a year. So why would try to spin the facts to imply Obama is totally at fault with the war and the economy when basically all this has been caused by the previous administration? Because your the REAL AMERICAN and that is what you do!
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gamahuche1 month, 2 weeks ago
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You're on your way to the Recruiting Station to volunteer?!
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Or having trouble with the laces in your boots?
Real American - you're certainly not like any of the marvellous Americans that I know but if you prove you're a Real Patriot and not an Armchair Warrior you'd deserve some respect - and don't let that pimple on yr ass be a deterrent. -
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hyperbola1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Well, remember that Rahm Emanuel was an israel soldier, comes from a zionist terorist family and passed through the corrupt zionist financial oligarchy on Wall Street (who made him personally rich enough to play politics and who were the biggest contributors to the Obama election campaign).
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Perhaps Rahm thinks we need the troops for use closer to the real "action" in protecting zionist crimes against humanity, i.e. Iran.
Emanuel's War Plan for Democrats
The Book of Rahm
http://www.counterpunch.org/walsh10242006.html
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gamahuche1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Well we all know where your head is at..
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Have you actually read about who the Obama administration is discussing this with or do you imagine that Mr Rahm just dreamt this up when he was having a pleasurable moment in his bath-tub playing with his toy ducks?
Are you cognisant of what happened to the Russians in Afghanistan - with a government that didn't have to concern itself about the body bags coming home?
No, I thought not.
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Tangent0011 month, 2 weeks ago
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"A political hack knows more than the Generals who are the experts."
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If the only solution you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Generals run the war, but the administration sets the foreign policy.
Why are you so gung-ho to send more troops into harm's way?
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billcorno1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Icantwait makes me think of Bush putting our troops in that hornets' nest of Iraq without enough troops and not knowing who's the friend and who's the enemy. What a sad, sad case of leadership.
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I think we should stay in Afghanistan and add troops, but as I learned in the military, leaders have all the time they need to make decisions and we can't make them hurry up. Obama has access to information and he'll make his own decision.
As far as recovery goes, the stock market's doing o.k. and the recession is supposedly over. It's a lot better than the mess left by Mr. Bush and his administration. What a travesty those eight years were.
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Sageparadox1 month, 2 weeks ago
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I too think we need to stay in Afghanistan and finish what we started out to do. It is refreshing to have a Leader that is willing to weigh the option of strageties and is taking the time to make a proper decission. Unlike the last president that demand that we HURRY HURRY HURRY! Attack Iraq before Iraq attacks us with their huge piles of WMDs. I guees you cons expect Obama to drop all domestic issues and become a warmongering pychopath like the previous president.
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rimbaud1 month, 2 weeks ago
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We already won the war against the Taliban, once, with the cooperation of Iran and in alliance with the "Northern Alliance," or The United Islamic Front. Where are those friends of ours, now? I read reports that some of the bombs used against us now come from Iran. as for the "Northern Alliance,"
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"Some of the military strength of the UIF has now been absorbed into the Military of Afghanistan, while many of the remaining soldiers were disarmed through a nationwide disarmament program. The existence and strength of the Afghan National Army has significantly reduced the threat of the former UIF elements attempting to use military action against the new NATO-backed government. " - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Islamic_Front_...
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lloydm651 month, 2 weeks ago
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I think if Obama dropped a lot of his domestic policies America might recover faster.About the stock market we're in a bear market,and can't sustain any real growth until people go back to work,and produce.In the last fifty years the market always does well in times of high unemployment.So I suggest Obama shut off the engine,and drift for a while, it can't as bad as going full throttle in the wrong direction.
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Tangent0011 month, 2 weeks ago
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Oh, give me a break! All the right-wing pundits were saying the market wouldn't recover anytime soon, and certainly not get above 10,000 within the year. Now that there is a hint that the stimulus might actually be working, you want to 'drift for a while'?
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I don't buy it. I think your biggest fear is that Obama's other policies might actually work too. -
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Millie12131 month, 2 weeks ago
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Sageparadox: Have you forgotten that the Afghanistan war was the one that YOUR president wanted all along? Now that he has it, he doesn't know what to do with it! Actually, he doesn't know what to do about anything, EXCEPT keep himself in the daily news. He loves to talk, but only says words that mean NOTHING! Why can't he go back and listen to all the things he promised and at least say he really didn't mean them and APOLOGIZE for lieing? He, in my opinion, will never admit to saying anything wrong or DOING anything wrong. He just omits any thought of that and continues with his words that mean NOTHING!
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lloydm651 month, 1 week ago
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Thank you Skeptic.A very few democrats ignored the talking points of their party which was hate Bush, morning,noon,and night.They thought we should have put more troops into Iraq,me to.But now when the general on the ground in Afghanistan, again ask for more troops,again I concur,but not Obama's base they think he has plenty of time for trivialities,not jobs,not boots on the ground in a war.Instead busy trying to fufill a long time dream of destroying health care for countless millions,and putting his signature on a universal health care bill,single payer if you will.
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