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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:56 PM Original message |
re: Afghanistan-There is no "if we just______, it'll be fine"..... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed, hear him out. He is a liberal with good sympatico with Muslim sensibilities. |
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2tr4nqued (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. If Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan... |
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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. you likely didn't vote for him in 2008... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Finish WHAT job, though? What is he going to "finish"? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Finish transforming it into Turkey. Finish squashing religious insanity. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Nonsense. For one, Obama expanded the faith-based initiatives Bush started. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You might agree, though: The Taliban and Al Qaeda are obstacles to that outcome. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Within the context of this thread in which the methodbeing discussed to achieve the goal is warfare, |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Waving a magic wand" is trivializing the importance of removing the impediment they pose. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. There's us, the US, and then there's them, Afghanis. You are arguing the US must fix THEIR society. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Did you forget why we invaded? They were behaving badly long before we did. |
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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. i think that's the idea behind the speech he's |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We'll all be listening - not sure what for, as he seems to rarely mix action with words,but I guess |
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zoff (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. They're there to clear the way for a pipeline. |
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therealbarack (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Obama better make one decision |
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therealbarack (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Cause |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. Ultimately.. "WE" can't do shit in Vietghanistan... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. we're there because of the oil companies and the pipelines |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. Leave 'em alone to make their own way. Not my words, but.... |
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