Obama's Afgan Speech

[RoundEye]

I don't know what to believe yet. When your generals request more troops and you put it off for 100+ days and instead focus on health care that nobody wants, there is something wrong in this picture. People die while he waits. That's cold and unfeeling.

[RedLocks]

colonialism? Apologizing for it? What a joke.......GET OVER IT.

lol what?

[RoundEye]

In the 100 days that the troops were waiting for Obama to make up his mind on sending more. 116 troops have died, waiting for reinforcements. Not exactly a decisive commander in chief.

[boaz]

In the 100 days that the troops were waiting for Obama to make up his mind on sending more. 116 troops have died, waiting for reinforcements. Not exactly a decisive commander in chief.

Thank you, RoundEye. That is ALL that really matters, isn't it?

[boaz]

... Look how he dealt with those jack-ass somali pirates.....he greenlighted them real quick. ...

:thumbsup: yeah, I'll give him that. that was awesome!! and i didn't even vote for the dude.

I hope Afghan can go well and peace will break out now as it did in Iraq.

As far as what do we do to an enemy who wants to die? I don't know . . kill 'em? And the Ruskies lost because they of the way they fought and because of some really good stinger missles delivered from the US f'in A.
:s4:

given to our good friends, the Taliban. :stoned:

[Islandborn]

In the 100 days that the troops were waiting for Obama to make up his mind on sending more. 116 troops have died, waiting for reinforcements. Not exactly a decisive commander in chief.

True that.

I noticed Obama looked pained to give that speech.....like he didnt wanna be there. He coulda used a little cowboy in him last night. Rally the troops.......the Marines are the premier fighting force on the planet, that should give the President a certain swagger. Winning the civilian populations mind wont be hard.....is this...or female castration, no music, no school, no work, public executions and limb removal, and lots of wierd men with beards touching boys. I made the last part up...but hey....ya never know.

Hey......I was wondering....there has GOT to be some young baseball talent in Palestine! All the footage of those kids throwing rocks at the israelis...there are some good arms over there.

[boaz]

i did watch his speech but, to be honest, was baked. all I remembered was a few key words. :stoned:

[killerweed420]

What I'm curious about is, are our troops so poorly trained that we need 100,000 of them to capture or kill 100 Al-Qaeda soldiers? It sounds pretty insane to me and I would think it makes the job easier for the guerilla fighters to target large groups of American soldiers.
Our military has truelly run off the tracks.

[boaz]

^ yeah, thats kinda the way I see it too, KillerWeed. I don't doubt for one second our military training is the best anywhere, but I do think we should consider whether sending more troops in country just makes them a bigger target. :twocents: Joe Biden had an idea of limited high tech war from outside of the country. I wonder why we can't do that.

I'm not defending the nwo or anything, but I'm guessing their argument would something like . . . it is all of our collective responsiblity to carry on the momentum of peace and security for all peoples everywhere on this earth. or something like that. :stoned:

[RoundEye]

What I'm curious about is, are our troops so poorly trained that we need 100,000 of them to capture or kill 100 Al-Qaeda soldiers? It sounds pretty insane to me and I would think it makes the job easier for the guerilla fighters to target large groups of American soldiers.
Our military has truelly run off the tracks.

Point well taken and regardless of what side of the political issue you are on, has to be addressed. My thoughts would be.. 2000 years and this country has never had a real government, has been nothing more than tribal hill fighting thugs. And guess what? They have kicked out every army to ever go in there. There are more than 100 to be honest to the argument though. This is one of those no-win no-lose situations. We either need to go in and level the entire country,, or get the fuck out. There is no politically correct way to defeat this enemy.