Chances that Obama's "deficit reduction plan" will include withdrawing from Afghanistan

[brentspeak]

[msongs]

1. chances that military policy is set by a Bush republican - 100% nt

[MH1]

2. Not 'starkly' but I think he'll adhere to the plan he already announced for Afghanistan

which iirc means starting reducing troop levels in July.

Karzai wants that. If Karzai gives us cover to leave, we'll leave. If he flips and starts begging us to stay, that will be a different (and more troubling) story.

[mochajava666]

3. Obama loves to spend money and blood in order to prop up oil

companies and other multi-nationals. We aren't the World's watchdog and police, we are the private army for the multi-nationals.

This is what he loves. This is what he does.

[Exilednight]

4. The answer is no. The Pentagon is currently drawing up plans to send in 40,000 more troops this

summer. There's going to be a summer surge and it's going to be a bloody one.

[vaberella]

5. Link please. n/t

[Exilednight]

6. There is no link because it hasn't been announced yet. Inside source. n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Oh well...who can argue with that?

[Exilednight]

9. Bookmark it. One of us will be around to say "I told you so". n/t

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[TheKentuckian]

8. Other: Baaaahahahehe