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**Fegasderty** · 06-12-2009, 10:47 PM

Sending in 30,000 MORE troops is withdrawing?

Send more troops in now so that we can leave sooner: that's how Obama's reasoning goes. And, of course, it does come down to what happens in the interim: Does the Afghan army become a reliable force? Does the Karzai government clean up its act? Are the radicals holed up in the ungoverned, mountainous regions killed or captured or at least neutralized? Does Pakistan stop supporting radical elements of their population?

Effectively Obama kicked the can down the road until July, 2011. And you know what? He's going to get away with it. Democrats will give him this chance to straighten things out in Afghanistan/Pakistan. They're going to accept his plan because they're mostly happy with his leadership on their programs here at home; not completely happy but mostly. And, he's the only game in town.

06-12-2009, 10:47 PM	#23
Fegasderty Join Date Mar 2008 Posts 5,023 Senior Member	Sending in 30,000 MORE troops is withdrawing? Send more troops in now so that we can leave sooner: that's how Obama's reasoning goes. And, of course, it does come down to what happens in the interim: Does the Afghan army become a reliable force? Does the Karzai government clean up its act? Are the radicals holed up in the ungoverned, mountainous regions killed or captured or at least neutralized? Does Pakistan stop supporting radical elements of their population? Effectively Obama kicked the can down the road until July, 2011. And you know what? He's going to get away with it. Democrats will give him this chance to straighten things out in Afghanistan/Pakistan. They're going to accept his plan because they're mostly happy with his leadership on their programs here at home; not completely happy but mostly. And, he's the only game in town.
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