The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama is not considering a strategy for Afghanistan that would withdraw U.S. troops from the eroding war there.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that walking away isn’t a viable option to deal with a war that is about to enter its ninth year. “I don’t think we have the option to leave. That’s quite clear,” Gibbs said.
The debate over whether to send as many as 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is a major element of a strategy overhaul that senior administration policy advisers will consider this week as they gather for top-level meetings on the evolving direction of the war.
Change.
#2 You’re talking about Bush, right? I can dig it!
#19 Why? Wasn’t those two artificial wars made by Dumbya? Make up your mind already!
Once again, I must say: Neutron bomb the entire Middle East, including our so called friends like Israel and the Saudis.
The world will of course have a hissy fit, but after a while they will thank us profusely for ridding the planet of this festering infection.
Agree. Leaving Afghanistan is not a good option. It was the central war on terror then, it is the central war on terror now.
Why do Republicans hate America and don’t want to support our troops?
Bring em all home by the end of December.
9-11=Inside Job. Bin Laden was/is CIA.
End the Drug war too cause guess what Obama your kids and everyone elses children are going to be 18 soon enough. If you keep lying to them they are going to rebel, and they probably will hate you.
Really that’s an incredible load of *** you try to attribute to his “Change” policy.
It was part of the change promised! As a Canadian (country which supported US in Afghanistan but NEVER will in Irak), Obama looks like the only guy able to set things straight. It was all about retaliation to AQ, and AQ was in kaboul … go figure
Big bombs just harvest hatred from all the collateral damage. Look how Obama handled AQ Leaders in Africa (choppers dropped special ops).
I agree it may be a little late but better finish what you start…
And for those who don’t get the link with Iran well… take a look on the map!
(BTW Cherman your rants really suck)
#23 I think you haven’t spin that one enough to secure a good night sleep. Obama’s backpedaling is gonna wake you up tonite
Bring the troops home now. Why are we there? What do we care how they want to run their society? Our authorities say there were 2 people from Afghanistan that had something to do with 9/11, but then again there were 8 times that number from Saudi Arabia that supposedly had something to do with that, and the Saudis got a pass.
Imagine how much they might like us if we stopped bombing them and spent that money on building a modern infrastructure for them. It seemed to work OK in Germany and Japan.
Iran is just a little bit further, north. Russia is east. To the west you have Iraq. Basically, this encircles Iran with friendly states. If you were a strategist, would you want to leave?
Declare victory and leave before we get beat.
We can leave but they aren’t going to leave us alone. They hit us first and given time they will again. As far as these people are concerned they are fighting a holy war begun by Mohamed the prophet that will end when the last infidel falls.
The other issue is what happens in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians and everybody else can smell weakness and their instinct is to grab a much power as they can.
The Super Power is heading toward being just another power. It may take a while to get used to what that means.
Of course sooner or later the Jews are going to decide they don’t want to die and hit Iran and then we have an even bigger stink to deal with. Where this is going I don’t know.
Ranger007 has nailed it.
Bring em’ home and nuke all the sand niggers
Your president has a very white smile. What kind of toothpaste does he use?
#31 What kind of rock do you live under?
Afghanistan + 911 = syntax error.
the Patsies AKA terrorist high jackers where Saudis, not Afghans.
Let em fight it out. America is Broke as a joke, why continue dumping blood, and . billions in the sink? Imagine how good america would be if dumped that much sweat, and money into americas infrastructure, and didnt expose our soldiers to Depleted Uranium.
9-11 was known as LIHOP Let It Happen On Purpose. This is the minimalist view, the maximum view is MIHOP Made It Happen On Purpose. Big debate over it. Cheney yelling at an underling “yes the orders still stand did you hear me say anything to the contrary?”
#31 How did you get internet under that rock? did you drill into some underground fiber?
#35 Right. I guess there are no Iranian Hezbollah militants, nor Lebanese Al-Qaida members. You’re smart.
And remember, if Obama says OK to go to Afghanistan, then it’s OK. It wasn’t cool when Dumbya.
So has Afghanistan gotten better in your opinion? CNN didn’t give an opinion on that part of their fact-check. OK why they were checking SNL is beyond me.