Have you no shame Mr. President?

[CaptainObvious]

George Bush isn't the current president, and neither is Romney. This war is on Obama to fix, and he hasn't fixed it. He has the power. Not Bush. Not Romney. All he has to do is say, we're done, and that's it. He is the commander of all military troops. It's his call.

 

[AK Forty Seven]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

George Bush isn't the current president, and neither is Romney. This war is on Obama to fix, and he hasn't fixed it. He has the power. Not Bush. Not Romney. All he has to do is say, we're done, and that's it. He is the commander of all military troops. It's his call.

True,but as voters we should consider what would his replacement would do

 

[AK Forty Seven]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

George Bush isn't the current president, and neither is Romney. This war is on Obama to fix, and he hasn't fixed it. He has the power. Not Bush. Not Romney. All he has to do is say, we're done, and that's it. He is the commander of all military troops. It's his call.

You're pissed at Obama for not ending the war but support a guy who wants more war

For the last 2 years your post criticized what wall street did to the US but you now support a wall street guy for pres

 

[CaptainObvious]

Quote from AK Forty Seven:

You're pissed at Obama for not ending the war but support a guy who wants more war

For the last 2 years your post criticized what wall street did to the US but you now support a wall street guy for pres

Where did I write that I support Romney? All I'm saying is he would be better than Obama at this point. If we're going to have a guy that does nothing to prosecute those that destroyed the economy, and who just sits back to watch a useless war go on and on, we might as have have a republican. At least there's no surprise.

 

[futurecurrents]

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Can someone explain to me why we're still in Afganistan? Please don't tell me it's about bringing freedom and democracy. These savages cannot be changed. Don't tell me it's about 9/11. OSB is dead. This is, and always has been about financing the military industrial complex.
We have a president who pays plenty of lip service to being a liberal, but when it comes to killing for fun and profit, he's onboard all the way. He continues to send our young men and women to die, and he does it to keep the money flowing. Have you no shame sir? No shame at all?

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents beheaded 17 civilians in a Taliban-controlled area of southern Afghanistan, apparently because they attended a dance party that flouted the extreme brand of Islam embraced by the militants, officials said Monday.

The killings, in a district where U.S. Marines have battled the Taliban for years, were a reminder of how much power the insurgent group still wields in the south — particularly as international forces draw down and hand areas over to Afghan forces.

The victims were part of a large group that had gathered late Sunday in Helmand province's Musa Qala district for a celebration involving music and dancing, said district government chief Neyamatullah Khan. He said the Taliban slaughtered them to show their disapproval of the event.

All of the bodies were decapitated but it was not clear if they had been shot first, said provincial government spokesman Daoud Ahmadi.

Information was only trickling out slowly because the area where the killings occurred is largely Taliban controlled, Khan said. The Taliban spokesman for southern Afghanistan could not be reached for comment.

Many Afghans and international observers have expressed worries that the Taliban's brutal interpretation of Islamic justice will return as international forces withdraw. Under the Taliban, who ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, all music and film was banned as un-Islamic, and women were barred from leaving their homes without a male family member as an escort.

Helmand is one of the areas seeing the largest reduction in U.S. troops, as the force increase ordered up by President Barack Obama departs. The U.S. started drawing down forces from a peak of nearly 103,000 last year, and plans to have decreased to 68,000 troops in country by October.

One of the most worrying trends to accompany the drawdown has been a surge in attacks by Afghan forces against their international allies, and another shooting came on Monday morning, though it appeared to be accidental.

Two American soldiers were shot and killed by one of their Afghan colleagues in the east, military officials said, bringing to 12 the number of international troops — all Americans — to die at the hands of their local allies this month.

Because there are a lot of simpleton militaristic righties in the country. The guv does what people want and many people want the US to "kick ass". To get revenge on the Muslims for 9/11.

 

[AK Forty Seven]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Where did I write that I support Romney? All I'm saying is he would be better than Obama at this point. If we're going to have a guy that does nothing to prosecute those that destroyed the economy, and who just sits back to watch a useless war go on and on, we might as have have a republican. At least there's no surprise.

Or we can be thankful that there were no Bush type wall street chaos on Obamas watch and that Obama didn't start any invade,occupy and rebuild wars like Bush did rather then voting for a guy we know will let wall street run wild and start another major invade,occupy and rebuild war like Bush did

 

[Daxtrader]

This is hilarious. People ask how can you support Obama if you are anti-war and liberals answer with "well we would still be in Iraq if Romney were president." As if that justifies being in Afghanistan. Not to mention all the drone strikes on other nations.

Well guess what you assholes, if Ron Paul were president we wouldn't be in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.

You don't have to support Obama OR Romney you dipshits. It may be too late now but where the fuck were you when we had a chance to defeat both of these scumbags?

 

[Daxtrader]

Quote from AK Forty Seven:

but you now support a wall street guy for pres

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Where did I write that I support Romney? All I'm saying is he would be better than Obama at this point....

Ditto for me as well. But then at this point a goat wearing a neck tie would be an improvement.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Where did I write that I support Romney? All I'm saying is he would be better than Obama at this point. If we're going to have a guy that does nothing to prosecute those that destroyed the economy, and who just sits back to watch a useless war go on and on, we might as have have a republican. At least there's no surprise.

That makes no sense to me. Romney is pals with the guys that need prosecuting, so on the issue of the crisis he'd be, if anything, worse than Obama. Romney supports our presence in Afghanistan and might escalate with Iran, so on the issue of wars he'd be, if anything, worse than Obama. Romney is a supply-sider at a time when the economy is awash in supply and short on demand, so on the economy he'd be, if anything, worse than Obama.