Reply #35: The goal is to get elected

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The endgame is yet to be addressed; such is the way of the expedient.

Why the fuck are we in Afghanistan? Why are we EVEN there? Look at a map: it's landlocked by people who, at best, tolerate us. "Love of Democracy" is a noble thing, but imposing it on a "country" is neither our right nor sensible in the least. We should take a lesson from the British in the nineteenth century and the Soviets in the twentieth: it's a tactical nightmare and a strategic chimera.

Mr. Obama is compensating for being perceived as "weak" and "Muslim"; that's why he has to back Israel with no conditions whatsoever and he has to continue a pointless fight with Islamists. Now, of course, our pitiful masculinity will be hurt if we back down in that part of the world, so Obama has to compensate for personal gain. Think of the lives. Think of the money. Worse still: try to visualize what "winning" would be. Having trouble with this last one? So am I.

What's galling about this is the legion of Obama supporters who will tolerate ANYTHING that this man comes up with. There must be SOME disconnect with the staunch anti-war faction who effectively backed him unequivocally because he was the only one of the three major condenders who didn't vote for the IWR. Maybe not.

We have the right and responsibility to influence the party and its planks this season, and giving a blank check to this folly is not the way.