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The Spectacle Blog
The House Minority Leader just released the following statement:
"The challenge of bringing stability to Afghanistan is enormously complex, but our efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban are vital to the security of the American people. I support the strategy the President unveiled today because it reflects the advice of our commanders on the ground. I hope he will continue to honor their counsel because we should not allow political considerations here at home to trump the importance of achieving success in the region. Moving forward, we must ensure this strategy is implemented in a manner that is both flexible and reflective of the situation on the ground, and we must aggressively monitor its progress.
"The commitment and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform is nothing short of amazing. Republicans are committed to doing everything possible to support our troops and give them all the resources they need to succeed in their mission in Afghanistan."
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Crusader| 3.27.09 @ 3:50PM
Just saw the ticker on Fox scroll by about an Afghani soldier opening fire on coalition troops, killing 2. Nice! Why are we trying to make nice-nice with muslims?
Taquiyaa anyone?
Can we get someone, dem or repub, to define "success in Afghanistan" please?
chillguy33| 3.27.09 @ 9:36PM
Obama brings only change, not stability.
Obama was a good ACORN commander. Commanding American military, our sons and daughters is outside his league. Obama will pride himself on how many American troops he gets killed, judging by Obama's personal history.
Obama is the wise president of the moderate Taliban, perhaps. He is otherwise illegitimate.
Obama is the champion of destructive terroists everywhere. He is no leader for our beloved troops.
Obama, GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. You are a loose cannon.
And get out of America.
Bugg| 3.28.09 @ 1:34PM
I had friends and neighbors killed on 9/11.But this war is now insane. When is the GOP going to wake up and realize the one opening they have is to stop abusing our military with these endless pointless deployments? Petreus has done great work in Iraq, but on both front we will not change these people, their religion or their culture. Let's stop asking our military to bear these purposeless burdens .
ReaganiteRepublican Resistance| 3.28.09 @ 8:17PM
Obama will likely lose this war for us, he clearly lacks the judgement, dedication, and principle to win such a labrilynthine conflict.
He already was caught dozing while the Russians nabbed the Kyrgizstani air base SO vital to any plans for a US "surge" strategy in Afghanistan. - It is interesting to note that Obama has now endorsed such an approach, as he was one of the most vocal opponents of the SAME strategy in Iraq... as was Biden. If America had followed their advice then, Iraq would be an Al Qaida Caliphate by now.
Of course, the media is too preoccupied with articles on his puppy-vetting process and how he likes to play basketball to call him on these serious strategic errors.
And now he's going to strike a deal with the 7th Century ogres of the Taliban- good grief.
Alan Brooks| 3.29.09 @ 12:17AM
and what about Pakistan?
(stupid question, Brooks [no relation to David])
sikander hayat| 3.29.09 @ 8:43AM
I think what Obama is doing by putting more forces on the ground is to escalate the war initially and put pressure on the insurgents and then bribe people away from Taliban. This is classic stick and carrot policy and how much it will succeed; only time will tell.
Another very important aspect is the increase in Afghan national army from 80000 to 134000. I believe that this is most important aspect of his speech as a strong central force will definitely have some impact on the overall situation. If the situation in Afghanistan stabilise to the extent that local army takes charge of the situation (even if the Taliban are not totally defeated) and foreign forces leave than situation in Pakistan will cool down as well.
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