Ten U.S. Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan...

[WillowTree]

The outrage for the death of ten soldiers or the outrage that Obama had dinner with his wife?

I am talking about outrage of liberals who screamed every day about the war when Bush was president.

Just, their outrage was never about the war. The war was a tool to be used against the GOP to get a Dem in office. OK, they are in the office... where is the outrage?

And, with the media today, I almost forgot we are still fighting two wars.

1/20 changed everything, man....

Gone are the anti-war protesters... They've become 0ssiah cheerleaders sans pom-poms...

I noticed that. No more screaming to see the coffins either! Liberals are just pure donkeyshit!

 

[Dr.House]

For the typical unwashed leftist, the war is only something to complain about when the President is a Republican...

 

[CryGlennCry]

Why didn't you link to home page where you saw Obama story? No, you linked to a story about Steelers QB... so much about honesty.

You still failed to read my post. I was linking to that because I was showing the most read articles at the time or most linked. No Afghanistan one was in the top ten. Honestly, read my posts before you yell dishonest.

Funny how NO ONE has addressed the fact that you completely disproved to point of this thread.
That the "liberal media" is ignoring this story.
And the fact that the wars we are currently involved in AREN'T top news everyday is criminal.
I wanted this war won and done when Bush was president and nothing's changed.

And honestly people...this "date nite" outrage is just silly.
I personally wish he would stay home more, but I can't see getting upset about it.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

"A War of Necessity" but I won't send reinforcements..


What a national tragedy. god bless our troops and all of their families.

I don't know if you have heard...but our dear leader...in the face of this recent incident....has ordered a retreat from that province.

Exactly what the insurgents wanted.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Yea Liberals and especially the Liberal Press just don't seem to care about our kids dying anymore now that they have the power. No time to report on our kids being slaughtered when there is so much to report on with the Obama's "Date Night." I swear these creeps used to become almost orgasmic when plastering our fallen kid's faces all over TV. Just not seeing that same exuberance from them now that their Hopey Changey is President. Hey just my observation anyway.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Obama's new strategy employed in March of 2009 has been a dismal FAILURE. He has hamstrung our commanders on the ground by sending 20,000 rear echelon types to Afghanistan instead of combat forces. The unheard of Battle of Wanat serves as the first example of his failed strategy....now this second decisive victory for the Taliban. McChrystal's request for more COMBAT units is the right call. Obama's LIBTARD handlers say NO!

Obama....SEND IN COMBAT TROOPS, STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY AND LET OUR SOLDIERS FIGHT.......

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The sad truth is that dead kids are no longer useful to the Liberals and especially the Liberal Press. They have the power now and that's what it was always about for them. Reporting on our dead kids over there just isn't convenient for them anymore. So now it's all about the Obama's "Date Night." Unfortunately it is what it is in the end.

 

[PI2]

The sad truth is that dead kids are no longer useful to the Liberals and especially the Liberal Press. They have the power now and that's what it was always about for them. Reporting on our dead kids over there just isn't convenient for them anymore. So now it's all about the Obama's "Date Night." Unfortunately it is what it is in the end.

We have been in Afgahnistan for eight years it is well past time that we remove our Troops from harm's way.

Anyone who thinks there is something yet to be accomplished is a fool or worse.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

You could be right PI2. I think that's a separate issue though.

 

[rightwinger]

It is despicable that anyone would use the deaths of our brave soldiers in order to trump up an attack on the President for taking out his wife for their anniversary.

Some things should be off limits

Have you no shame??

Oh, now that's just too damn funny!
Who was it that was giving the daily U.S. body counts while Bush was president FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO ATTACK HIM?
Why that was Keith Olbermann.
Who was it that was fighting to put up pictures of our dead american soldiers caskets while Bush was president?
Why, that was the liberal mainstream media.
Fact is, you liberal fuckin' morons have been using our dead to attack a sitting president since day one. And there IS NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL THAT YOU CAN EVER DENY IT!
Christ, liberals are friggin' idiots!

Displaying the body count is not a disservice to soldiers, its when we stop caring about the deaths that the soldier is dishonored.

To use the deaths of brave Americans as a petty means to attack the President for going out on his anniversary is despicable. Only the right wing would sink that low

 

[PI2]

You could be right PI2. I think that's a separate issue though.

The original mission was to take the fight to the perpetrators of 911 and drag OBL out of the cave he was hiding in.

Now what is the mission?
To bring Democracy to a land that is barely out of the stone age and has been at war since the dawn of time?

Why are we there?

 

[Ame®icano]

Barack Obama - candidate for US Senate

As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004, Obama said he would "unequivocally" oppose President Bush on the war. But once in office, he voted for every war-funding bill -- until he decided to run for president.

After the invasion, Obama did not favor an immediate pullout from Iraq. On July 27, 2004, the day after he delivered his brilliant keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, he told the Chicago Tribune that when it came to the war, "there's not much of a difference between my position and George Bush's position at this stage." In other words, while he opposed the war, he was now committed to seeing it through. That was hardly the position of Moveon.org and other progressive outfits at the time.

LA Times

Barack Obama - candidate for POTUS

July 16, 2008
Our troops and our NATO allies are performing heroically in Afghanistan, but I have argued for years that we lack the resources to finish the job because of our commitment to Iraq,” Obama said. “I will make the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. This is a war that we have to win.”
End war in Iraq, focus on Afghanistan

Barack Obama - POTUS

January 31, 2009
President Barack Obama, who pledged during his campaign to shift U.S. troops and resources from Iraq to Afghanistan, has done little since taking office to suggest he will significantly widen the grinding war against a resurgent Taliban.

On the contrary, Obama appears likely to streamline the U.S. focus with an eye to the worsening economy and the cautionary example of the Iraq war that sapped political support for President George W. Bush.

"There's not simply a military solution to that problem," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said last week, adding that Obama believes "that only through long-term and sustainable development can we ever hope to turn around what's going on there."

Less than two weeks into the new administration, Obama has not said much in public about what his top military adviser says is the largest challenge facing the armed forces. The president did say Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front in the struggle against terrorism, a clue to the likely shift toward a targeted counterterrorism strategy.
Obama seems unlikely to widen war in Afghanistan

Before Obama became POTUS, he had it all, he knew it all, and all we needed to do is to elect him... Eight months into presidency, Obama still don't have a strategy for Afghanistan. He has some bigger issues on the table.

 

[CryGlennCry]

Presidential candidates say the things the majority of their constituents want to hear to get elected.
Once in office it's about learning on the job and making it up as they go along. Because no job in politics or the private sector could compare to the POTUS position.

Not that I'm giving him a pass for changing his story.
Just saying it certainly isn't unique to his presidency.

 

[AdlerianThinker]

It is despicable that anyone would use the deaths of our brave soldiers in order to trump up an attack on the President for taking out his wife for their anniversary.

Some things should be off limits

Have you no shame??

Oh, now that's just too damn funny!
Who was it that was giving the daily U.S. body counts while Bush was president FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO ATTACK HIM?
Why that was Keith Olbermann.
Who was it that was fighting to put up pictures of our dead american soldiers caskets while Bush was president?
Why, that was the liberal mainstream media.
Fact is, you liberal fuckin' morons have been using our dead to attack a sitting president since day one. And there IS NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL THAT YOU CAN EVER DENY IT!
Christ, liberals are friggin' idiots!

Displaying the body count is not a disservice to soldiers, its when we stop caring about the deaths that the soldier is dishonored.

To use the deaths of brave Americans as a petty means to attack the President for going out on his anniversary is despicable. Only the right wing would sink that low

 

[Ame®icano]

Presidential candidates say the things the majority of their constituents want to hear to get elected.
Once in office it's about learning on the job and making it up as they go along. Because no job in politics or the private sector could compare to the POTUS position.

Not that I'm giving him a pass for changing his story.
Just saying it certainly isn't unique to his presidency.

No, it's not unique to his presidency. Only, Obama changed his story and broke so many election promises that you can't even keep the track...

In regards of Afghanistan, I think Obama needs to be more aggressive like he said he would. On the issue of going after terrorists, I support him 100%. But he hasn't done it...

What I find pretty amusing is the unbelievable silence from the anti-war nut jobs. I asked earlier, when was the last anti-war protest, where is code pink now? Could someone help me out here and fill in the blanks? Where is Democrats outrage about our soldiers being killed in those two wars? Has anyone seen anti-war protestors camping out at Obama's door?

Do you see difference in between left and right? Pathetic hypocrites like the left loons are, wanted us to lose under Bush, but win under Obama, playing political games while our soldiers are dying... At least, Reps did not changed their story, they always stand for our soldiers.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

The sad truth is that dead kids are no longer useful to the Liberals and especially the Liberal Press. They have the power now and that's what it was always about for them. Reporting on our dead kids over there just isn't convenient for them anymore. So now it's all about the Obama's "Date Night." Unfortunately it is what it is in the end.

We have been in Afgahnistan for eight years it is well past time that we remove our Troops from harm's way.

Anyone who thinks there is something yet to be accomplished is a fool or worse.

While your statement may have merit to some I submit this to you....why does Obama think he can accomplish this with American blood? Why doesn't he demand that NATO step up and fulfill their original commitment to the U.S. on 9/12? Why does he insist on taking up NATO's slack?

Retreat is NOT the answer. If you are going to commit to Afghanistan, like Obama did NUMEROUS TIMES, then send in an overwhelming force and kick the living shit out of the Taliban and be done with it......in other words.....don't fuck around with politicizing the war and thinking you are a brilliant strategist based on advice from the Huffington blog and C.A.P. Let the military do their job Obama...you just shut the fuck up and send troops and ammo.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

To be more blunt...Dead kids just don't sell for the Liberals and especially the Liberal Media anymore. Ten of our kids were brutally massacred over the weekend and not a peep out of our President either. Instead he's getting ready to put on another one of his face-time press conference farces pushing his Socialist health care boondoggle. Yea just what we need at this point. Another lame press conference whining about his Socialist health care debacle. My God,the people just don't want his oppressive Socialist agenda. Can't he see this? Time to move on. In my opinion our President has sold our kids out over there in Afghanistan. He is clearly not committed to winning over there so it is time to bring our kids home. We can't ask those kids to continue risking their lives for nothing. The soldiers know that their Commander in Chief doesn't care and has sold them out. Bring them home right now Mr. President!

 

[Care4all]

It is despicable that anyone would use the deaths of our brave soldiers in order to trump up an attack on the President for taking out his wife for their anniversary.

Some things should be off limits

Have you no shame??

Oh, now that's just too damn funny!
Who was it that was giving the daily U.S. body counts while Bush was president FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO ATTACK HIM?
Why that was Keith Olbermann.
Who was it that was fighting to put up pictures of our dead american soldiers caskets while Bush was president?
Why, that was the liberal mainstream media.
Fact is, you liberal fuckin' morons have been using our dead to attack a sitting president since day one. And there IS NO WAY IN FUCKING HELL THAT YOU CAN EVER DENY IT!
Christ, liberals are friggin' idiots!

the buck stops with whom the buck, lies....with president bush and his congresses who began these wars and handled these wars the past 6 years.

outside of that, I think it is time to come home, from both places...enough lives have been lost....the American Military needs a break....a good long break from all of this fruitless warring....

so, i personally disagree with obama on afghanistan, and the use of our soldiers.... other countries of NATO, of whom the situation in afghanistan affects most, should man up, and give our soldiers a break.

but i will forever be a DOVE not a Hawk!

 

[LibocalypseNow]

No shame in being a "Dove." I fully believe in a Non-Foreign Interventionist Foreign Policy but i don't consider myself a "Dove." My problem is that this President just doesn't seem to care about our kids over there. If you're not going to commit to winning then just bring them home right now. It was a real massacre over there this weekend and i just don't see a sense of urgency with this President. I mean do we really need to see another lame press conference on his Socialist health care debacle? Yikes! I'm still waiting for the Liberal Press to start plastering our fallen kids' faces all over TV as well. They really did become almost orgasmic plastering our fallen kids' faces all over TV when Bush was President. What happened? Where is the Liberal Press now? I guess the Liberals have decided that they no longer have to pretend they care about our kids now that they have the power. Pretty sad stuff.

 

[Wicked Jester]

Presidential candidates say the things the majority of their constituents want to hear to get elected.
Once in office it's about learning on the job and making it up as they go along. Because no job in politics or the private sector could compare to the POTUS position.

Not that I'm giving him a pass for changing his story.
Just saying it certainly isn't unique to his presidency.

When you are POTUS, you are sitting in the most powerful seat in the world. There is no room whatsoever for "making it up as you go along." Particularly when we have troops over there dying at a rate not seen during the entire length of the war.