Early Morning Laughs.

[WillowTree]

the little meltdown on morning joe, the audacity of anyone who would criticize obie wans war.. now remember when they did it to President Bush they were patriots.

 

[Valerie]

obie wans war..

Obama's war? That IS funny, Willow.

The War in Afghanistan is a coalition conflict which began on October 7, 2001,[29] as the US military's Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) that was launched, along with the British military, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US. The UK has, since 2002, led its own military operation, Operation Herrick, as part of the same war in Afghanistan. The character of the war evolved from a violent struggle against Al-Qaeda and its Taliban supporters to a complex counterinsurgency effort.

June 7, 2010, marked the 104th month of US military engagement in Afghanistan, making it the longest war in the history of the United States (American involvement in the Vietnam War lasted 103 months).[30][31]


War in Afghanistan (2001?present) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[WillowTree]

yep. obie's war. he owns it now. He didn't end it did he? He did proclaim it was a war worth fighting didn't he? Yes, it's obie's war.

 

[kwc57]

the little meltdown on morning joe, the audacity of anyone who would criticize obie wans war.. now remember when they did it to President Bush they were patriots.

Really? I remember them being called anti-American terrorist lovers. Guess it depends on who you were listening to at the time.

 

[Valerie]

yep. obie's war. he owns it now. He didn't end it did he? He did proclaim it was a war worth fighting didn't he? Yes, it's obie's war.

Well, he is the CIC for the past 18 months anyway...

The initial attack removed the Taliban from power, but Taliban forces have since regained some strength.[35][36] Since 2006, Afghanistan has seen threats to its stability from increased Taliban-led insurgent activity, record-high levels of illegal drug production,[37][38] and a fragile government with limited control outside of Kabul.[39]

By the end of 2008, the Taliban had severed any remaining ties with al-Qaeda.[40] According to senior U.S. military intelligence officials, there are perhaps fewer than 100 members of Al-Qaeda remaining in Afghanistan.[41] The Taliban can sustain itself indefinitely, according to a December 2009 briefing by the top U.S. intelligence officer in Afghanistan.[42]

On December 1, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he would escalate U.S. military involvement by deploying an additional 30,000 soldiers over a period of six months.[43] He also proposed to begin troop withdrawals 18 months from that date.[44][45] The following day, the American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, cautioned that the timeline was flexible and “is not an absolute”[46] and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, when asked by a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee if it is possible that no soldiers would be withdrawn in July 2011, responded, "The president, as commander in chief, always has the option to adjust his decisions." [47]

On January 26, 2010, at the International Conference on Afghanistan in London, which brought together some 70 countries and organizations,[48] Afghan President Hamid Karzai told world leaders that he intended to reach out to the top echelons of the Taliban within a few weeks with a peace initiative.[49] Karzai set the framework for dialogue with Taliban leaders when he called on the group's leadership to take part in a "loya jirga"—or large assembly of elders—to initiate peace talks.[50]

War in Afghanistan (2001?present) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia