"H the K" wrote in message
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On 11/3/09 4:32 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:43:21 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Cheney has been responsible for the deaths of thousand upon
thousands of American, Iraqi, and Afgani lives.

That would not ring so hollow if Obama would stop the wars


How's he supposed to do that? Snap his fingers? It takes a while. We're
certainly drawing down in Iraq. A decision is pending in Afg.



Considering what just happened in Afghanistan in regard to the election
re-run, I'm hoping Obama resists the pressure to send in 40,000 more
troops, or any number resembling 40,000. Afghanistan is not a nation, it
is a collection of territories run by warlords, with a central government
run by a crook. Pakistan is also a failed nation. The geography in that
part of the world is pretty impossible.

It's too bad Dubya blew our wad in Iraq. Had our military concentrated on
Afghanistan and the Taliban and al Qaeda these past eight years, we might
be in a much better position now.

What we have is the mess an idiot like Bush leaves behind for others to
clean up.


I don't know what the best course is. I think we should concentrate more on
drones and special operations, but I'm not an expert. Obama is listening to
lots of folks and I'm willing to give him the benefit of my doubt about the
best decision... at least for now.

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Nom=de=Plume