**** Heads Up: POTUS Speaks on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review, Live 11:45pm EST ****

[Clio the Leo]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-afghanistan-pakistan-annual-review

http://cspan.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/

[Clio the Leo]

1. For those of you who think Hillary should have been elected instead....

.... tune in, you'll get to hear from her too! (And Sec. Gates)

[mtnsnake]

2. For those who won't be able to watch it in a few minutes, here is the summary:

"We are making significant progress in Afghanistan"

;)

[lib2DaBone]

3. They are going to report "Progress" in Afghanistan....

No way they can report that we are spending $436 Million a day in Afghanistan and we have sacrificed thousands of American Military.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Starting now. nt

[Clio the Leo]

5. "we are on track to achieve our goals..." nt

[Clio the Leo]

6. "This is not nation building ... or an effort to maintain the security of Pakistan." nt

[Clio the Leo]

7. "al-qaida is hunkered down..." nt

[paparush]

19. Well, shouldn't we smoke em out? nt

[Clio the Leo]

21. We are...

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=al+qaida+leader+killed+pakistan

[Clio the Leo]

8. "there are 10s of thousands fewer Americans deployed in harms way than when I took office"

(Iraq)

[Clio the Leo]

9. "No question: we are clearing more areas of Taliban control," nt

[Clio the Leo]

10. Says forces will begin to deploy in July.....

.... yall got that?

[Clio the Leo]

11. "We will continue to insist to Pakistani leaders that terrorists w/in their borders..."

"... must be dealt with."

[Clio the Leo]

12. Turns it over to Clinton (Hillary this time), Gates and Cartwright to answer questions. nt

[mtnsnake]

13. So George Bush not only writes our tax policy but he writes our Afghanistan update speeches as well?

Sure sounds eerily similar. Even President Obama had a tough time reading it.

[polichick]

14. The president has sold his soul - and every once in a while he seems to realize it. nt

[Clio the Leo]

16. No, Bush only writes things in the Land of Hyperbole. nt

[Clio the Leo]

15. Clinton: "We dont base our foreign policy decisions on public polling." nt

[Clio the Leo]

17. Related: 120 anti-war activists about to chain themselves to the WH fence. nt

[golfguru]

18. Can anyone spell Quagmire?

Did any one watch the CNN special on Taliban operations?
The terrain is so difficult and mountainous, the insurgents can
operate with impunity. They are playing cat and mouse with our troops.

Wrong war - wrong place -wrong time (we are fighting it on borrowed money).

[NCarolinawoman]

23. Yes, and I would add "credibility gap".

Of course, those who were never invested in the causes of the 60's and 70's may not recognize that terminology.

[paparush]

20. "Yes. We've been in Afghanistan longer than the former Soviet Union occupied the country. So?"

[Carolina]

22. We been in Afghanistan

longer than both World Wars combined!

For what?

What do we have to show for it?

Waste of lives, waste of money....