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Skeptical Democrats resign themselves to Obama war plan

World Dec. 03, 2009 - 11:00AM JST ( 21 )

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SushiSake3Dec. 03, 2009 - 08:41AM JST

It' sure going to be interesting watching the GOP fight back against a surge most of them support. :-)
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The758Dec. 03, 2009 - 09:17AM JST

the buildup’s $30 billion price tag

Where is this money coming from?
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tkoind2Dec. 03, 2009 - 09:37AM JST

Will be hard for them to point their fingers at Obama in the same way again after this.
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SargeDec. 03, 2009 - 09:43AM JST

Sushi, the GOP isn't against the surge, which is less than his military commanders said is needed, they're against the withdrawal announcement.

"Where is this money coming from?"

Japan and China.
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SargeDec. 03, 2009 - 09:59AM JST

The AP's got a story titled "Skeptical Democrats resign themselves to Obama's war plan."
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timorborderDec. 03, 2009 - 10:39AM JST

What's to sell? A decision has been made and orders should be cut. Does it really matter what critics or supporters of this plan think now? Rather than sitting around debating the pros and cons of this policy (which in itself took way too long to develop), the politicians should be shutting up and letting the field commanders get on with their jobs.

God I hate politicians who play at being soldiers.
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GJDailleultDec. 03, 2009 - 11:22AM JST

Does it really matter what critics or supporters of this plan think now?

timorborder- in the USA, the domestic politics tail always wags the foreign policy dog. Not criticizing really, that is just how it works.
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WayneRooney10Dec. 03, 2009 - 12:23PM JST

They'll just have to protest their own failed leadership.

Hate it when that happens!
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skipthesongDec. 03, 2009 - 01:49PM JST

God I hate politicians who play at being soldiers." and I am sure you hate JT posters playing politicians too, don't ya?

really, you are right.

"Where is this money coming from?"" Yo, this is Dem time, its gonna be taxed of course.
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KapunaDec. 03, 2009 - 02:57PM JST

Answer to The 758, either China, increased taxes or both.
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numbskullDec. 03, 2009 - 03:43PM JST

skipthesong: Yo, this is Dem time, its gonna be taxed of course.

This sounds distinctly like some uppity drunk floosey, refusing to pay her own way because she is too "special".
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lostrune2Dec. 03, 2009 - 06:43PM JST

If America is willing to support the surge, then it should be willing to pay for it, either by increasing tax or borrowing ("borrowing" is just another term for "increasing tax in the future" anyways).
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MidnightpromiseDec. 03, 2009 - 06:54PM JST

I feel sorry for Gates, who is forced into making inane statements like the plan was both "firm and flexible" Obamaspeak is catchy eh.
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DickMorrisDec. 03, 2009 - 10:23PM JST

Obama and his Libertal buddies do not have a clue about how to deal with the mess they have created in Afghanistan.

Obama is viewed worldwide as a fruitcake and this new timetable to cut and run makes us the worlds laughing stock.

This plan is doomed to failure and is more evidence that Obama is a one term lame duck President.
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Mark_McCrackenDec. 03, 2009 - 11:46PM JST

Gates suggested the July 2011 withdrawal date was both firm and flexible.

Sounds like Jello.
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adaydreamDec. 04, 2009 - 02:02AM JST

DickMorris

Obama and his Libertal buddies do not have a clue about how to deal with the mess they have created in Afghanistan.

You are so funny. Obama didn't create this mess, but he will end it. < :-)
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Good_JorbDec. 04, 2009 - 02:06AM JST

Yo, this is Dem time, its gonna be taxed of course.

As opposed to Republican times which equate to buy now, pay later.

This plan is doomed to failure.

Iraq and Afganistan were poorly planned invasions from the onset and any future plan is doomed to fail because of it.

new timetable to cut and run makes us the worlds laughing stock.

And the inability of biggest/richest army in world to defeat impoverished insurgents/terrorist over eight years has nothing to do with that.

Obama should have pulled out Afghanistan, it's clear that by the way elections are run, the laws passed into the Afghanistan constitution(including Sharia law) and apathy towards the continued Taliban presence in Afghanistan, that the average Afghanistan citizen could careless about the sacrifices that soldiers are making for them.
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zurcroniumDec. 04, 2009 - 05:47AM JST

Maybe this time the US forces will be allowed to catch Osama Bin Laudin not in tora bora when Bush let the 9-11 killer get away.
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RomeoRamenIIDec. 04, 2009 - 06:28AM JST

Instead of troops, this administration should ship 30,000 white flags over the Afghanistan instead.
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adaydreamDec. 04, 2009 - 07:09AM JST

RomeoRamenII, please explain what the white flags are for? I really don't understand your point, if you are actually trying to make one. < :-)