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RandySF

(57,581 posts)
Tue May 1, 2012, 07:15 PM May 2012

I'm NOT celebrating the president's trip.

It's always good to see the president visiting the troops and marking the 1st anniversery of OBL's death. But Obama took with him the message that we're going to be committed one way or another until 2020, and THAT is a huge mistake.

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I'm NOT celebrating the president's trip. (Original Post) RandySF May 2012 OP
Can I get a link when he said that cause about 40,000 vaberella May 2012 #1
+1. TheWraith May 2012 #2
Who pays for this "security assistance"? Cali_Democrat May 2012 #3
I'm with you. Daniel537 May 2012 #4
This trip is about winning undecided votes Egalitariat May 2012 #5
 

Daniel537

(1,560 posts)
4. I'm with you.
Tue May 1, 2012, 07:26 PM
May 2012

If we can leave Iraq, where there's probably more al-Qaeda today than in Afghanistan thanks to Dubya's Folly, why not do the same in Afghanistan? There's no excuse. But the Pres. seems to actually believe all this stuff about it being the "good war". Tell that to Alexander the Great, the Brits and the late Soviets.

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