Comments on: Military Ready To Implement Obama's Plans

Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Forces Are Ready To Shift From Iraq To Afghanistan

[tincup356]

who''s afraid of some third world terrorists,attacking America when we have our own government destroying this country faster than any attack could, Congress and Paulson are just the icing on the cake after 5 years of the lie war, that caused a ripple effect in everything we do ultimately causing the downfall of economics.

[wardoglrs]

Welcome to Obama hell And he aint my prez

[earache4]

CUT&RUN
Posted by Hackerpc at 07:00 AM

You''re right. We should stay until we find those pesky WMD''s.....

[u-r-right]

And why are we in Afghanistan again? Because of the way they treat their women? Taliban? Other?

How about we drum up some coalition troops first to help foot the bill and provide support if this problem indeed affects the whole world? We can''t afford to be the world police force anymore.

[FHMullane]

Holder may want gun control but they are NOT going to take law abiding persons guns. Maybe a bit more accountability. So, if you are honest and have nothing to hide this should not bother you. If you are bothered I question your character at the very least. If the shoe fits.... Don''t show your stupidity with this gun scare ***. The gun dealers have done a rousing business out of promoting this kind of fear.

[violist47]

Obama also wants NATO to do a lot more in Afghanistan, especially those NATO countries like Germany which are trying to stay out of combat and do more rebuilding. This does not sit well with Germany. Obama came right out and said this in Berlin. He''s not shifting. He''s doing what he has always said he would do.

[woodjd42]

anybody who thinks otherwise just doesn''''t get it.


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Posted by guadalcanal3

It is you that just don''t get it. Go back and review the facts and history and you may discover that all this started many many years ago and 9-11 was only a means to this whole mess.

[guadalcanal3]

We are not in Afghanistan because of oil people...If it were not for 9/11 we would have never sent troops to that "Godforsaken" place...That why Al Qaeda had it''s training bases there to begin with...Al Qaeda thought they were basically safe from any major U.S. involvement there...If we had to go to war over oil...Venezuela would be the logical choice..it''s close to home and far easier logistically...This war has never been about oil...this war is about defeating terrorism...so 9/11 does not happen again...anybody who thinks otherwise just doesn''t get it.

[ajaxtheleast]

It''s plain that no president that we could
have elected was going to deviate from Bush''s
protection of our future oil pipe lines in
Afghanistan no matter the pretend "war"
they would have to invent to
carry it out.

If a country cant defend themselves from
terrorists let the terrorists take over the
country.

Would people rather live under a government
not unlike many now existing governments,
of which there are many, or be dead
from bombings, drone missiles and
50-caliber machine gun bullits,,??

Many here have tried to inform of the
reality of our planned oil pipelines
through Afghanistan but they still think
that America is merely trying to keep a
terrorist group from taking over
another country.

That being the case we''d be all over the
world battling terrorists trying to take
over countries.

But what a coincedence!!

In Afghanistan here we got us a war right
in the same country where we also got
big plans to pipeline the black gold
directly to our friends and neighbors.

Will random happenstance ever
cease to astound !!!

[ramos937]

This confirms it. The treaty now being debated in Iraq''s parliment is null and void. Obama will not honor it. Good for him and God Bless America.

[evian_ycnan]

Time for the military to stand down. It is time to disassemble the military-industrial complex that General Eisenhower warned us about. We are NOT a democracy any longer, we are inches shy of a military dictatorship.

Adm Mullens isn`t anticipating Obama`s orders, he`s crafting the command from behind the screen.

[zietzke-2009]

I agree with the President elect.....Out of Iraq !

Post a few brigades in Afghanistan for a short while to get Bin Laden......Then, get the hell out of the whole area. They don''t like us and they don''t appreciate that U.S. troops are dying for them. Enough is enough !

For too long, we as a country have been the Worlds policeman. It is time we spend our money on our children, schools, new energy, global warming, roads, space exploration...instead of killing other peoples children in futile conflicts that only result in our country and our people being further hated and despised.

[evian_ycnan]

Shifting troops? I thought we were bringing them home! What happened to change, change, change? That was all a bunch of BS, wasn''''t it? Who could have guessed?

Posted by DeckardBR at 08:56 PM : Nov 18, 2008

The reality is the country is run by the military. This announcement is a backhanded command from the Pentagon.

[evian_ycnan]

The US military is the antithesis of the ideals under which this country was founded. The have a strict cast system (officers and enlisted with ranks), their own legal system (outside the Constitution and common law), and their own investigative and prison system. A "jury" is alway comprised of "high ranking" officers.

Why would we ever expect these people to defend the Constitution and not the UCMJ?

This is a dangerous group.

[lemonskink]

One last time I am going to tell all of you who fear the government taking your guns. They won''t. You have the right. However, you do not have the right to have the bullets, and they''d simply control the sale, the amount you can have, and they could order them not to be sold at all if they choose. You my friends would then have nice wooden, and metal clubs.

[nearl4511]

The military was ready for this move long ago. That is one reason why Obama got rave ratings among military personnel he met with on his trip to Iraq.


Psst. They were ready for Rumsfeld to leave about 4 years earlier than he actually did, as well.

[ubrew12]

"Forces Are Ready To Shift From Iraq To Afghanistan"

Are they ready to shift from half a trillion dollars a year back to $300 billion (which is where Clinton left them)? Cuz, that''s where we''re going. We just can''t afford them anymore.

[legacyabq]

what are you guys talking about?

Everyone, on both "sides" of govt has been saying for months that we need to shift focus to afghanistan.

Trying to criticize obama is just making you look silly..
Honestly, situations change, and we must change with them to fight this war on terror.
What''s the big deal?
You should give up your immature obama bashing.
We have work to do, dont you see?

[kansas1946]

soon enough the liberals would realize that they were had...again.


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Posted by obamasNUTZ at 09:51 PM : Nov 18, 2008
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Hardly. We should have concentrated on Afghanistan from day one instead of engaging in the Iraq fiasco. After all, that is where the folks were who attacked us, not Iraq. Because of Bush''s failed policies, we have lost many, if not most, of the gains we made in Afghaistan in the first place. If you voted for Bush, it is your judgement that should be in question, not those who voted for Obama.

[gramto8]

You haven''t been listening very well for the past several months, have you? Obama has been saying for a long time that more troops were needed in Afghanistan and that he would pull troops from Iraq and move them to there. That is where the war should have stayed to start with. There was no good reason for attacking Iraq and there is no good reason to remain in Iraq.

Obama hasn''t changed his mind, or altered anything he promised. He is merely following what he has said for a long time.