How is the surge in Afghanistan any different than the surge in Iraq?

[BooScout]

When Bush decided to go with the surge in Iraq just about everyone here was against it. It was a lost cause, it would never work, why bother? Get out now we all said.

Now......a few years later....here we are again, with Obama in the hot seat, announcing a surge in another war and why am I supposed to believe it's any different? Why is this war the 'good war'? I didn't know any war was a 'good war'? I thought this war was supposed to be about getting Osama, who last I heard wasn't even living in the same country the war is in.

Seriously.....what the hell is the point?

[tabatha]

1. I heard Joe Sestak on Ed's radio show today.

If you can listen to it, it may answer some of your questions.

[BooScout]

3. Sorry...no can do...

I'm in the UK and don't get Ed on the radio.

[tabatha]

9. There are always archives online.

Today's is not up yet:

http://www.bigeddieradio.com/archive/

[ixion]

2. It's not. It's crap

If it had been * this board would be aflame with anger, but there are a few here who seem to have cottoned up nicely to Pax Americana.

[Mari333]

5. and so has Karl Rove, suddenly the RNC loves their Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/bush-officials-rnc-praise_n_375400.html

[LakeSamish706]

6. Agree... This escalation is absolute BullShit...... It will amount to more Military Deaths...

and do absolutely squat for the people of Afghanistan.

[Ken Burch]

7. Indeed. That and the "it's ok when OUR guy does it" meme.

n/t.

[jgraz]

4. "Aftghanistan" ends in an "N"

Geez, do I have to explain everything?

:P

[BooScout]

8. aaaaaah here come the unrecs.....

when the truth hurts.......unrec.:eyes:

[bring_em_home_bush]

10. Not one scintilla of difference

A pointless fucking waste of lives, most of whom will be innocent civilians.

[chill_wind]

11. Because we have bad war and good war.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x26128

[cowcommander]

12. Because the boss now has a D next to his name

Apparently that's all it takes to make the war easier to stomach.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Iraq had no merit whatsoever. 100% fraudulent. Who wants to waste soldiers on that?

[HopeHoops]

14. Less food, more opium.

That's about it, I think.