Obama is reviewing the need to send in more troops to Afghanistan. McChrystal was asked ” not to formally submit his request for more troops… …while the administration reviews his assessment.”
In other words Obama is wondering, along with the rest of us that have brains, what the hell are we doing there?
We have no exit strategy. We have questionable support from the Afghanistan government amidst its recent fraudulent elections. Pakistan and Iran are said to be helping the Taliban. Meanwhile, the Taliban never attacked the U.S. Al Queda did, which makes this a preemptive illegal war. Add racism to that since our military has a standing policy of overt racism, as reported by returning U.S. troops.
‘”I’m not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan . . . or sending a message that America is here for the duration,” Obama said.’
Now about that head thing. “The rekindled debate came as a shock to some officials who considered broad U.S. strategy in Afghanistan to be a settled issue. Military officials were scrambling Monday to determine how drastic any changes might be.” I guess they just figure we’re all going to just go along with their failed military policy of never ending war spending. Wakie! Wakie!
The new strategy being considered, which requires no more troops for this debacle, is to get out of Afghanistan and go after Al Queda. Duh. Oh yeah, weren’t they the guys that actually destroyed the twin towers? You remember. That whole 9/11 thing that we went to war over in the first place, at the the cost of 5000 American lives and over a million innocent civilian Iraqi and Afghan lives. The same innocent civilians whose survivors became insurgents in retaliation, just as Americans would do in the same situation.
What was that guys name? Bin laden. Yeah that’s it. Let’s go get him and his operatives. Gee ya think our military might need some remedial critical thinking education? Maybe a special day class. It only took seven years to figure this out. And you wonder why Greece elected a socialist government (as opposed to failed capitalism).
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Do something!
The administration and Congress need to know that regular Americans are paying close attention and that we want a clear military exit strategy.
That’s why I signed a petition urging the President and Congress to lay out a plan with a military exit strategy. Will you join me at the link below?
http://pol.moveon.org/afghan_exit/?r_by=17429-17264405-e6frX8x&rc=confemail
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