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15555 Re: This guy Bergdahl
   obama is a political calculator and gradualist rather than an unswervi...
Cactus Flower   ALEA   09 Jun 2014
12:06 AM
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faul   ALEA   08 Jun 2014
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Re: This guy Bergdahl

By: clo in ALEA
Sun, 08 Jun 14 2:58 AM
Msg. 15541 of 54959
(This msg. is a reply to 15539 by Cactus Flower)
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Hi Cactus Flower,

Here's my take on Obama's Afghanistan;

He wasn't a senator at the time of the Iraq war vote.
He said he was opposed, I believe him.
However, I also think if he was in the senate he would have voted for it, purely for political reasons & because at that time there were very few in congress with the courage to vote no. In doing so they were accused of being unpatriotic & soft on terrorism....
If you look at Obama's voting record in congress, he had more 'present votes' than committed votes.

Okay, so in order for Obama to be opposed to Iraq without being soft on terrorism, he made Afghanistan the 'correct war.'
Instead of winding down he doubled down.
And that was 'his' critical error IMO.

We should have started leaving there once Obama got bin Laden & we should have said our job was done....
I dream too~~~




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