Obama's Speech on Afghanistan Envisions Exit Strategy
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/world/asia/30policy.html?hp
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Although the speech was still in draft form, the officials said the president wanted to use the address at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday night to convey his exit strategy and not just the immediate order to deploy roughly 30,000 more troops.
“It’s accurate to say that he will be more explicit about both goals and time frame than has been the case before and than has been part of the public discussion,” said a senior official, who requested anonymity to discuss the speech before it is delivered. “He wants to give a clear sense of both the time frame for action and how the war will eventually wind down.”
The officials would not disclose the timetable or how it will be framed. But they said it would not be tied to particular conditions on the ground nor would it be as firm as the current schedule for drawing down troops in Iraq, where Mr. Obama has committed to withdrawing most combat units by August and all forces by the end of 2011.
Some leading members of Congress talked publicly Sunday about their hope that the president would explain an endgame for American involvement in the eight-year war in Afghanistan that includes how Afghans will assume more of their own security needs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/world/asia/30policy.html?hp
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His words are great. His pen sucks.
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WhiteNoise
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"And on the most exalted throne in the world sits nothing but a man's arse." – Montaigne
An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/open-letter-president-obama-micha...Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way over yonder in Afghanistan
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Afghanistan;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Huh!Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Afghanistan.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.Peace, if it really arrived, would upset things. At present, arms expenditure and (military) aid to other countries are bolstering business. U.S. News and World Report, December 31, 1948
White House,Pentagon, State Department, FBI, CIA, etc. may have differences of style, but all of them have the same and well defined and known objective: the defense of the economic and geopolitical interests of its Global Elite. It is not a matter of a president: fat, skinny, dumb or bright, black or white. It is a matter of a system. The capitalist system in its higher level: Imperialism.
Showing my opposition to the esclation in Afghanistan
http://current.com/items/91544341_show-your-opposition-to-the-esclation-in-afgha... - 2 years ago
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