In a thread active now about the war funding, there is a lot of snark. Defend it in this thread

[Stinky The Clown]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I will be respectful in my discourse with you.

Someone - everyone - come into this thread and defend the Afghan war.

edited to change threada ctive to thread active

[villager]

1. People give up their snark? In the new DU?

Well, sure, we'd love to see it...

But gosh, that'd be like asking for a pony! ;-)

[Cant trust em]

4. I'll get a pony before I get a snark free DU. nt

[valerief]

2. How are pols supposed to steal bagfuls of money without war?

How can they help their elite friends without war?

How can the rich get richer without war?

[w8liftinglady]

3. and who,pray tell,gets it?Which Bush crony?

http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd02152003.html

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0720-14.htm

http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/WhosProfitingFromTheIraqWar.aspx

http://www.hermes-press.com/profiteering.htm

[valerief]

6. Why limit it to Bush cronies? nt

[w8liftinglady]

10. Trust me,I'm not...but it is a perpetuation of their actions

[Oregone]

5. Without war, there would be no known value to peace

No one would know the difference. It would be miserable to not appreciate peace. It could lead to world war.

We do it for everyone's benefit

[valerief]

8. Ha!!!!

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

9. That's... profound

We all need a little peace now and then just to appreciate the horrors of war.

Funny how war never ends, though.

[xultar]

7. Defend the snark?

[Cerridwen]

11. Not only will I not snark, I'll give you a presidential justification with citation

From LBN: Source: The Guardian

Material cataloguing blunders justifies decision to deploy 30,000 more US troops, US president says

Barack Obama today said the disclosures about the mishandling of the Afghanistan war contained in leaked US military documents justified his decision to embark on a new strategy.

Speaking on the White House lawn after a meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss funding for the war and other issues, the US president deplored the leak, saying he was concerned the information from the battleground could jeopardise the lives of US soldiers.

But he went on to say that the material, which catalogues a series of blunders, revealed the challenges that led him to announce late last year a change in strategy that involved sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

The tens of thousands of documents were sent to the website Wikileaks and published in the Guardian, the New York Times and Der Spiegel. They deal mainly with the conduct of the war during the Bush administration, which Obama has repeatedly accused of ignoring the Afghanistan war because of its focus on Iraq. thanks to Poll_Blind

One justification. Two more would be a trifecta, would it not?

[rhett o rick]

12. Good try but seems none of the Obama Posse bit. nm

[metapunditedgy]

13. I would consider giving a "devil's advocate" argument just for fun, but the hard part

is convincing you that the money will be used exactly as I say it will.

That's a big Achilles heel for the war-budget defenders...

[Stinky The Clown]

14. The unrecs are not the least bit surprizing.

No replies.

No defense.

Ne refubra .... refudet ..... refudiating

Just childish unrecs

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. "It’s fun to shoot some people." Gen. James Mattis new CentCom commander.

Of course, appointing psychopaths to run a war is very "pragmatic".

[philly_bob]

16. I supported initial move into Afghanistan to get Bin Laden.

Nine fucking years later -- and no Bin Laden -- I got doubts. Also, in retrospect, I'd like to see diplomatic correspondence to see whether Taliban would have turned over Bin Laden to avoid war. I've heard there were exchanges like that, but of course Bush wanted war.

Supporting Afghan incursion nine years ago is not the same as supporting continuation of war today.

[Texasgal]

17. Errr... Obama supporters

such as myself don't blindly follow EVERY policy ya know...

:eyes:

Jeez.