What do you all think of the escalation in Afghanistan?

[devilgrrl]

I pick #7

[stray cat]

1. Peace good war bad - for the simplistic thought of the day

[devilgrrl]

3. So what you're saying is you support this?

Good sign up and fight for what you believe in. :hi:

[laconicsax]

7. Don't you remember?

The purpose of war is peace. :crazy:

[shadowknows69]

9. Some things are in fact black and white. I consider unnecessary war one of them.

[Aragorn]

2. save the

pipeline deal

[valerief]

4. War is peace. Divorce saves marriage. Up is down. Sanity is crazy. nt

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

13. Or maybe things just aren't as black and white as you'd prefer? (nt)

[shadowknows69]

17. Post #9

[valerief]

21. War is death. War enriches some, harms more. We've had endless war so far. nt

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

IBTL

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. IBTL

[napi21]

6. I don't like it but I don;t think we can just drop all and leave.

I'm willing to give Obama a chance to give his Generals the opportunity to prove they're strategy is right. Just ONE CHANCE though. I would think that applies to Obama as well. He has one shot at this.

[shadowknows69]

11. New word of the day IDONTLIKEITBUT

The idontlikeitbuts in Congress and in America are the reason we've been in these quagmires for almost a decade.

[napi21]

14. Maybe, but I admit I know nothing about military strategy or what it requires to run a country the

size of the US. I honestly believe Obama doesn't want to be at war and he's giving his Generals 1 1/2 yrs to prove they were right. If they weren't we're out of there!

[shadowknows69]

16. All I know is what I heard from countless troops involved in it

They said it was a shit mission in 2005-2006 and the few I've talked to recently say it's a shit mission now.

[JuniperLea]

12. It was political suicide for Obama to make this decision...

I can't see a smart guy like that making a decision that ends what could be a long and effective political career... he must be very sure this will work, or very sure the effort is worth it. I'm giving him ONE chance too.

[Chulanowa]

18. It would be political suicide to ditch, too

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. At least this way there's a chance of dealing with the fact Bush let the Taliban take over again.

[shadowknows69]

19. Well then by all means let's take the road that costs more American troops their lives.

Are you fucking kidding me? If it's damned if you do and damned if you don't then pull the fuck out. Our troops are being used as an election tool AGAIN, by our own frakkin side. This "withdrawal" in 2011 will never take place. Have we learned nothing yet?

[Chulanowa]

25. We can't pull out.

I know that you're probably one of those people who by now earnestly believe Obama started the war in Afghanistan, but it's been going on for eight years now. And it's been horribly mismanaged. As a result, Afghanistan is a shitheap. Know who's responsible? The United States of America is.

As the responsible party, we have an obligation to fix what we fucked up. And right now, that does mean the use of the military to push back the Taliban, warlords, and thugs that Bush allowed to take over again.

[shadowknows69]

27. Well, your first sentence in that reply should pretty much invalidate your opinion on anything.

For its sheer stupidity. I didn't need to read any further, but like a train wreck I looked anyway and all I saw is more rationalization for needless death, and the blood is on our hands.

[Chulanowa]

28. Sorry, I'm on a hair trigger these days

The last time I saw this much insane ignorance on DU was last November when there was a three-week swarm of "GET THE NI**ERS!" threads after the passage of prop 8.

Sorry, I Cheneyed you there.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/18/harrywhittington_wideweb__470x353,0.jpg

[shadowknows69]

29. All good. Having a fairly, stupendously bad week myself.

And all I see is tears at this end of this road. I still have other people's nightmares from hearing what these wars are doing to our people and the innocent people suffering for the folly of men in cloistered halls.

[Chulanowa]

30. There's really no "perfect answer" to this mess

People are going to die no matter which way we go. The difference then, is which bad scenario has the best possible outcome. I honestly can't bring myself to believe that leaving the Afghans to rot in a failed state we created around them is a good decision. It's unconscionable.

[JuniperLea]

20. You've got that right...

No matter what he does, the goalpost will surely move.

This is what makes me think, more than anything else, that he truly believes that this is the best way to go... there's nothing in it for him personally at all.

[shadowknows69]

8. All of the above and IBTL. A flock of hawks will soon descend to declare this flamebait.

[TomClash]

10. You mean I agree with YOU???

Now I'm really in trouble. :rofl:

All of the above - plus a dozen similar sentiments you didn't need to add.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Thank you for the "all of the above" option. K&R

[On the Road]

22. As Usual,

the right push poll wording results in 100% support!

[quiller4]

23. None of the above. n/t

[devilgrrl]

24. Cool - go sign up Soldier!

:patriot:

[Life Long Dem]

26. Yep.

Cleaning up the mess.