Tonight our leader goes to West Point and will give a speech about escalating the troop levels in Afghanistan. This is the type of policy decision that makes me go third party. Since I can't change my vote I get to rant here and be one of those keyboard warriors.
Sure, Obama's consulted with the generals. Are they going to tell him to get out of there? Did he call Gorbachev and ask him how the Soviet Union's time in Afghanistan went? How about reading up on the Anglo-Afghan War? If that was not enough maybe a quick wikipedia look up on Genghis Khan could have given him a broader view on the subject.
No, it's the same old same old in Washington, this one allegedly has an exit strategy. I'm not buying it though. We've always been at war with Eastasia. The poppy fields need to be cultivated by the right people. Blueprints are up for pipelines and contracts need to be signed, with the right parties. Whose side are we on now? The ones who suppress women and religious minorities? The ones who blow up ancient Buddhas? We're spending billions, killing our citizens and theirs to attempt to control a country that has been bombed and brought back to the stone age and for what? For what this time?
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Have you read Web of Debt by Ellen Brown?
- nammu
I reserved it, looks depressing enough for me not to read it though :)
18 months ago, in an editorial in the NYT, Candidate Obama explained what his plans were for Afghanistan, he is now implementing that plan. He is doing what you and I voted for. Not exactly genuine, to go third party on him when he keeps a campaign promise?
Sending 30,000 troops to find 100 Al Qaeda operatives is overkill. It's a waste of lives, money and resources.
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