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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
There is more to it than that.
Is that too nuanced for you? Maybe read the rest of the speech and come back with some questions.
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If really true why a date for withdrawal? Why did it take so long to decide on a surge? Why compromise on the troop request? Why continue the wrong war in Iraq at the expense of Afghanistan?
I don't expect you to answer those questions and others, they just illustrate the underlying issue with Obama's nuance on the issue.
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That isn't "resolvey" enough, don't you think?
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I am at a point where I think we bring the troops home, Obama needs to present a compeling argument to stay - he has not. the answer to your question is - no.
I am not familiar with them and I doubt they represent anything other than an extreme small minority in this country.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
here's a short version.
your entire cowboy line says nothing, clarifies nothing about afghanistan.
it's entirely about your strange psychological preference for simplistic answers to complex questions.
and the thread isn't about you.
that better?
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No, because you confuse issues.
On one level there is an emotional response to war. In a ten year war cycle these emotional responses change. Part of what I posted is related to that and you seem to conflate that with something else.
On another level there is a rational response to Obama's rhetoric regarding the war. Part of what I posted is related to that and you seem to conflate that with something else.
On another level...oh what's the point?