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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:47 PM Original message |
Gates: 2-4 years of big Afghan role for US troops |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. 4 more years! 4 more years! |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. 2-4 more years? So the 2011 withdrawal was the Happy, Happy, Sunshine Date. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. He CAN'T actually get up there and say, "Hey, America, I work for TransNatCo/Oil" so |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. 2011 was his bid. 2013+ is pushback from TransNatCoPB/MIC |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Gates doesn't believe in Exit Strategies. He has said so. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd like to ask someone why this BushCo fixer is Obama's SecDef. n/t |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Bipartisanship |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Gates has long filthy career. It reflects very badly on Obama. n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. TPB/MIC own the President & Us. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. DLC controls the party |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. I wish they could replace him with Wes Clarke, wouldn't he |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. 2009 + 4 = 2013 =/= 2011, surprise, surprise . . . . : - (((((((((((((((((((( ~ |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because ONE whole bloody decade of war is not enough. |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Gates on Meet the Press |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Shouldn't President Obama make a new speech? |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think it would accomplish anything. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Singly, the most important assertion made all morning |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Light at the End of the Tunnel is on the move again. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The flickering pinpoint accompanied by a train whistle |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well, it was only turned on briefly to dazzle the born again hawks. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. More like parrots and lemmings. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is not a F*#KING "EXIT" strategy. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. Swell. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. Everyone with a brain realized this when escalation was made policy nt. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Which is of very little consolation. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. two to four years more of death in a unwinnable war. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think the President doesn't understand how credibility is lost... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It may become a little clearer to all of us in 2010. |
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