tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926524.post3772897936405875769..comments2023-12-21T04:43:12.366-06:00Comments on Price of Politics, Etc.: Purple MattersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926524.post-62290018053326588142009-12-07T15:54:03.980-06:002009-12-07T15:54:03.980-06:00But yet it took him 4 months to deceide to finally...But yet it took him 4 months to deceide to finally send troops a year and 4 months later.I think in this case the commander in chief shoul not be the president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926524.post-66874555485730880552009-12-03T00:26:18.300-06:002009-12-03T00:26:18.300-06:00Dave, on your last show you parroted the talking p...Dave, on your last show you parroted the talking point that Obama promised to end the war. This is not factual accurate. Obama has been consistent for years that the war we needed to concentrate on is in Afghanistan. Anybody on the left, middle, or right that thought Obama ran as a peacenik was NOT paying attention. <br /> <br />“Ending the war (Iraq) is essential to meeting our broader strategic goals, starting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Taliban is resurgent and Al Qaeda has a safe haven. Iraq is not the central front in the war on terrorism, and it never has been. As Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently pointed out, we won’t have sufficient resources to finish the job in Afghanistan until we reduce our commitment to Iraq. <br /><br />As president, I would pursue a new strategy, and begin by providing at least two additional combat brigades to support our effort in Afghanistan. We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence-gathering and more nonmilitary assistance to accomplish the mission there.” <br /><br />BARACK OBAMA<br />Published: July 14, 2008 NYTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com