Obama's nation building

Wow · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-2008, 12:35 PM

Obama is going to waste Billion$$$$ rebuilding a foreign country, when there are 48 million uninsured Americans? Where is this change?

Obama Pledges Aid to Afghanistan During Talks With Karzai - America’s Election HQ
KABUL, Afghanistan — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror “with vigor” if he is elected, an Afghan official said.

On the second day of an international tour designed to burnish his foreign policy credentials, Illinois Sen. Obama and other U.S. senators held two hours of talks with President Hamid Karzai at his palace in the capital.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Stroh said Obama and the senators discussed issues including the painstaking rebuilding of the country’s government and economy, the security situation and corruption with Karzai.

The Afghan presidency said Obama’s message was positive.

“Sen. Obama conveyed … that he is committed to supporting Afghanistan and to continue the war against terrorism with vigor,” said Humayun Hamidzada, Karzai’s spokesman.
Both Democrats and Republicans “are friends of Afghanistan and no matter who wins the U.S. elections, Afghanistan will have a very strong partner in the United States,” Hamidzada said.

Bring our troops home!

Wow · #2 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 10:05 AM

When will the candidate of change explain his NO change policies in Afghanistan

***Gunny*** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wow

Obama is going to waste Billion$$$$ rebuilding a foreign country, when there are 48 million uninsured Americans? Where is this change?

Obama Pledges Aid to Afghanistan During Talks With Karzai - America’s Election HQ
KABUL, Afghanistan — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror “with vigor” if he is elected, an Afghan official said.

On the second day of an international tour designed to burnish his foreign policy credentials, Illinois Sen. Obama and other U.S. senators held two hours of talks with President Hamid Karzai at his palace in the capital.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Stroh said Obama and the senators discussed issues including the painstaking rebuilding of the country’s government and economy, the security situation and corruption with Karzai.

The Afghan presidency said Obama’s message was positive.

“Sen. Obama conveyed … that he is committed to supporting Afghanistan and to continue the war against terrorism with vigor,” said Humayun Hamidzada, Karzai’s spokesman.
Both Democrats and Republicans “are friends of Afghanistan and no matter who wins the U.S. elections, Afghanistan will have a very strong partner in the United States,” Hamidzada said.

Bring our troops home!

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Jul 15 08
John McCain on Afghanistan

John McCain laid out his strategic thinking in the War on Terror in an integrated way, examining in particular the link between the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. In describing the situation McCain extends the logic of the Iraq counterinsurgency effort and employs the framework of the “lessons learned” to the global campaign against Islamic extremism. One of the lessons of the Surge has been the need to create lasting security in one place before haring off in pursuit of mobile enemy forces. This was sometimes referred to in the media as the “ink spot” theory of counterinsurgency. McCain, in addressing overall strategy, warns that Obama’s plan to evacuate in Iraq in order to “get” Osama Bin Laden is precisely a repetition of the cardinal mistake of leaving an operation half-finished in order to begin a new one.

Belmont Club John McCain on Afghanistan

And McCain promises to broaden the war, but look at the bright side ... he is going to appoint a special US envoy ....