Post here if you personally know anyone who supports us being in Afghanistan

[brentspeak]

I'm sorry -- I wish I could start the thread in the affirmative, but I don't know anyone who actually wants us there. I do know a lot of people who want us to get the hell out of there, on the other hand.

[tekisui]

1. There are plenty who support it posting here.

But, no I don't know anyone IRL that thinks it is a good idea.

[yurbud]

14. the plenty are probably the same five who have five accounts and start lots of threads

to create a false appearance that the consensus is behind them.

[Captain Hilts]

2. I do. They are Diehard Dems also. It's a complicated situation. nt

[ShortnFiery]

15. Yes, Vietnam was also a very "complicated" situation. That's what we were told

before losing 30,000 more soldiers. And for what did we lose a total of 58,000? Do you remember? We were preventing those EVIL Commie Gooks from taking over the world. Yes! The domino effect ... we were supposed to be afraid and give Our President all the Troops he needed so we wouldn't be taken over by the Communists.

Today - somehow 100 rag-tag Al Quaeda are going to radicalize the local Taliban people ... and they're all going to come to America and take over Wall Street? :wtf:

This rationalization has THE LEAST data to support it's argument yet you BELIEVE IT.

The Taliban just want to be over in their NATIVE land and be left alone.

I think we need to accommodate that because we will NEVER WIN THE HEARTS AND MINDS.

We've killed far too many civilians with our "smart bombs" to ever stand a chance of gleaning trust, much less a foot-hold in that UNCONQUERABLE LAND.

Anyone who supports this senseless occupation either doesn't know their Military History OR just wants to enrich their Private Contractor buddies in the MIC.

[smalll]

3. I know at least one...

President Barack Obama! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x14766

:hi:

[babylonsister]

4. Americans Oppose War, Want More Troops

Personally, no, but then there's this...

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/11/americans_oppose_war_want_more_troops.php


Americans Oppose War, Want More Troops
Marc Ambinder


That's what a new CNN poll suggests: Americans narrowly support sending 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan--a figure that's shy of Gen. Stanly McChrystal's request for 40,000--by a margin of 50 percent to 49 percent, but they oppose the war 52 percent to 45.

Americans had shown interest in sending more troops as of about a month ago, but that has tapered off of late--so CNN's poll, if anything, shows a rebound of support for more troops.

(In late October, Americans told NBC/Wall Street Journal pollsters that they supported a troop increase, by a margin of 47-43; at the beginning of November, they told CNN they didn't want more troops, by a margin of 56-42; an AP/GfK poll showed Americans opposed to more troops 57-39 in early November; and a CBS poll in mid November showed that 39 percent of Americans want fewer troops, 32 percent want more, and 20 percent want the number to stay the same.)

Today's CNN numbers are surprising not because they show Americans essentially split on sending more troops, but because they're split on such a large number: the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll was the only major survey to put a specific number on the troop increase, and it showed Americans supporting of a surge of 10,000 but opposed 49-43 to McChrystal's requested 40,000.

The seeming contradiction isn't that surprising, either. Polls have, at multiple times, shown that Americans don't want Obama to send more troops, but they do want him to follow the advice of his generals--which, so far, has been to send more troops.

So, unless something major changes between now and next Tuesday, Obama will announce his Afghanistan decision to a public that has complex and mixed feelings about the war.

[ShortnFiery]

16. CNN Polls = Manufacturing Consent in the Service of The Financial Ruling Elite. eom

[valerief]

5. Gee, I don't know anyone who works for Xe or other war profiteering businesses. nt

[tyne]

6. Where

were all of the Obama supporters during the campaign when he talked about Afghanistan? Petting their imaginary ponies?

[tekisui]

8. No viable candidate was ever offered that campaigned against Afghanistan.

[Garam_Masala]

7. I support military action in Afghanistan

to thwart Taliban reginme taking over and then inviting
Al Qaeda to set up camps as they did before 911.

The president is right on this. I am with him on more troops
to search and destroy Taliban & Al Qaeda operations.

Having said that, I will repeat my opinion that Iraq war was
a waste of blood and treasure.

[tekisui]

9. Afghan '09=Iraq'03

[avaistheone1]

10. ^5

[bbinacan]

11. I do and it's me. n/t

[timeforpeace]

12. I don't know him personally, but Barack Obama does.

[bigwillq]

13. Yes, several people.

Friends, family, co-workers.