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On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:14:46 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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It is reasonable to question a war he said he would stop on January
20.
What are our objectives in Afghanistan? Why are we there?
There is about as much linkage to 911 as there was with Iraq, another
stupid war Obama said he would stop.
Obama just seems to be Bush with a better tan.


Huh? He never said he would end the war in Afghanistan on 1/20. There's
straight-line linkage to 9/11, as you know. Should we let the Taliban
regain
control, then invite bin laden back in, just when Pakistan is finally
getting down to business with him?

The 911 crew was virtually all Saudi, as is OBL. The Taliban has never
been linked to 911. Just exactly where is the link?

Besides that they were harboring Al Qaeda none at all. Besides that the crew
was trained and directed by bin Ladin none at all.

We are making more potential terrorists every day than we have
actually killed in the whole sordid invasion/occupation. The Afghanis
are saying we are worse than the Soviets.

Some are, some aren't. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we need to continue
it any longer than absolutely necessary, and I'm very concerned about the
apparent fraudulent election that just happened. But, we need to be very
cautious about leaving without getting the current gov't more able to deal
with the Taliban. This is what's going on right now in Iraq. The jury is
still out, but it's at least possible that the Maliki gov't can deal with
the insurgents.

Our incursion is actually destabilizing Pakistan, the real fear we
should have.

We don't do it very much, and Pakistan seems to be doing a good job
themselves.

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Nom=de=Plume