No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving

[cal04]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20238036.htm

President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday.

Obama is considering whether to add thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. He said during a just-concluded trip to Asia that he would like to end the war during his presidency.

Aides have said repeatedly that Obama is weeks away from his decision. Gibbs confirmed by email that no announcement was expected before the Thursday Thanksgiving holiday.

[BobRossi]

1. Wouldn't want to spoil his dinner.

He can't be bothered thinkin' 'bout that war stuff.

[Kdillard]

4. I don't even know where to begin with such a nasty reply.

[jenmito]

7. Obama obviously cares about the troops, unlike Bush.

He's taking in all requested information after rejecting 4 plans for Afghanistan because none of them included an exit strategy. You're just being nasty with your comment. :eyes:

[phleshdef]

10. You sound like a Republican. Good job.

[Cha]

14. He sounds like someone

who doesn't have a fucking clue but just jumps on to spew some hate because he can.

[Cha]

13. Quit suckin' on your

foul rotten lemons..they're destroying your freakin' brain.

[ej510]

2. There is only one logical decision and he knows it.

GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!

[daleanime]

3. But will he make it?

:popcorn:

[ellie]

5. I hope he

decides to bring the troops home.

[optimator]

6. I spent a Thanksgiving deployed while in the army

it is one of my worst memories.
Can only be a thousand times worse for the troops in Afghanistan.

[elocs]

8. I don't expect him to announce a troop withdrawal, but I'd hope he would propose an exit strategy

instead of the continual escalation strategy.

[ind_thinker2]

9. Pres Obama needs to come out clean on this

There are no terrorists in AF. All terrorist are holed in Pakistan. North West Frontier and Occupied Kashmir.

[2tr4nqued]

11. Obama waits until we are in a food-induced stupor

so he can hypnotize us and tell us why we need to send more troops to Afghanistan. But everyone knows the real reason. It's because this is American, home of bloodthirsty killers who just stand back as their government mows down family after family after family.

Thank you Obama for not spoiling our dinners by reminding us of our victims.

Gosh, how many people HAVE we killed already? Enough? Not enough that we will actually make our government stop.

[2tr4nqued]

12. Significantly, there are no Afghanistan threads in General Discussion

mainly because Americans generally think it is their right to kill people. I don't know where they got that idea, but there it is.