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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 01:55 PM
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CNN: US to boost Afghan troop levels
1000 more marines head to Afghanistan.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/06/afghanistan.us.marines/index.html?hpt=T2
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Tejas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 02:05 PM
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1. No surprise.
Election rhetoric vs State of the Union rhetoric vs reality.

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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 02:27 PM
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2. WOULD this have been any worse if it was McCain?
I wouldn't want gramps and I SURE wouldn't want Caribou Barbie, but...

Did we really dodge a bullet in '08 at all?
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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 03:12 PM
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4. Well
I hope our troops can dodge a few.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 04:11 PM
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7. They wouldn't have to dodge if the guy we voted for had brought them home.
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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 07:56 PM
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8. AGREED!
Not one more soldier sent to Afghanistan or Iraq! BRING THEM ALL HOME NOW!
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-11 01:19 PM
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9. Amen
:fistbump:
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 02:30 PM
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3. That's because Obama's necessary war is going so well...like LBJ's war did.
All that's needed is more troops, more money, and more time and...eventually they'll destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Pakistan or Grenada or somewhere.
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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 03:14 PM
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5. Exactly!
What's the endgame here? Osama Bin Laden vs 100,000 troops, since 2001? I don't get it.
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 03:33 PM
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6. WH says our goal in Afganistan is Al Qaeda. That's a lie. Maybe the rare earth elements
in Afghan mountains justify the "national interest" clause. To the WH, that is.
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