Stop the Escalation

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Oh man, I'm confused. Can the man read or not?

Not the Gipper too.

[DEDixon 39]

no idea why afghanistan is a national security issue to the US and not europe. europe is using us.... again!

bring troops home from everywhere: korean, japan, germany, spain, england, the works.... invest in a navy if we want to be everywhere. we put troops in most of these countries to spread democracy a long time ago... mission accomplished, bring the troops home.

[DEDixon 39]

and what a joke, obama saying troops will be returning in july 2011.... getting them there will take 6 months so we are moving 30k troops for 1 year of duty? stupid!

[Ban Hammer 13,481]

While Obama, on the other hand uses one even when saying bed-time prayers with the kids.

[DEDixon 39]

Name calling is fun, we all do it from time to time and to attribute some precious intellectual high ground simply because one indulges in it from time to time is puerile. If that's all one has...different story obviously.

obama what a fcckturd.... ####### head. just having fun.

did she say "puerile?" OMG!!!!

[HAL 9000 96]

Does this thread constitute baiting or trolling?

Its inception constitutes something else- not positive either.

While Obama, on the other hand uses one even when saying bed-time prayers with the kids.

How he would know this is likely funny too.

[Nagishkaw 510]

While Obama, on the other hand uses one even when saying bed-time prayers with the kids.

[EasternDE 35]

no idea why afghanistan is a national security issue to the US and not europe. europe is using us.... again!

bring troops home from everywhere: korean, japan, germany, spain, england, the works.... invest in a navy if we want to be everywhere. we put troops in most of these countries to spread democracy a long time ago... mission accomplished, bring the troops home.

Oh wow, just wow, I knew something like this would come....

Is misinformation this bad in the US or...? Are you just very young or have memory loss issues?

You know that most of european countries chose to send troops to Afghanistan rather than to Iraq when Bush calls for it, right?

Most of the european countries (except the UK) screamed and screamed again that the real threat was coming for Afghanistan years ago.

France with NATO forces sent specialized units to help Afghanistan forming and training their own decent army to stop their civil war.

Europe army presence is there before you even knew what Afghanistan means...!

And if we, frenchies with Lafayette, didn't "spread democracy" in your country, you'd have a queen right now.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

If I was the Taliban.."Hey guys lets go on vacation for year!"

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Obama's new name - Obamass.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Grist to mills of Steve & Joe (OP): even Joseph Farah supports calling it quits and bringing troops home (due to 0bama lacking strategy other than bumping-up of numbers).

Can't just "call it quits" in either Afghanistan or Iraq; we need to leave both countries but only after a stable & secure environment has been established. Granted "stable & secure" are relative terms... I'm thinking something on par with Detroit

In a sense it would have been simple with Iraq--no invasion, they actually HAD a stable government pre-2003 (of course, "stable" along the same lines as Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini...). In the case of Afghanistan, a "stable" government could have been achieved by arming up all those with grievances against (then ousted) Taliban and letting them have a go at them (analysis stolen from India's withdrawal from Bangladesh by March 1972).

[Joseph & Ana 0]

No blood for oil. I want it stopped. I will call and tell them to stop funding the troops.

Ain't no oil in Afghanistan yun'g one..

Does it matter? How many drops did we get from Iraq? Thats the point, little one.

[HAL 9000 96]

And where were you when Iraq was invaded?? Surely not asking your Congressman to fight against it... or where you?

[Joseph & Ana 0]

Grist to mills of Steve & Joe (OP): even Joseph Farah supports calling it quits and bringing troops home (due to 0bama lacking strategy other than bumping-up of numbers).

Can't just "call it quits" in either Afghanistan or Iraq; we need to leave both countries but only after a stable & secure environment has been established. Granted "stable & secure" are relative terms... I'm thinking something on par with Detroit

Yes Obama campaigned on "after we end the war in Iraq, we'll focus on the central front in the war on terror; Afghanistan."

[HAL 9000 96]

You either pay for things you break or at the least... fix them.